Transcript Wyoming DDD Monitoring Manual

Using Family Survey Data for
Program Improvement
Melissa Raspa
ECO at RTI International
October 7, 2009
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Analyzing Family Outcomes
Survey Data
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What do I do with my family outcomes
data?
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Looking at outcomes for all families
Looking at outcomes for sub-groups of
families
Looking at outcomes over time
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Family Outcomes for All Families
1. How are families doing on each item and
indicator?
– Frequency distribution
– Mean score
– Cut-off score
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Example: Frequency distribution
Item 4: Know your rights
100
Percentage
80
60
40
20
28
14
18
22
6
8
4
6
7
0
1
2
3
4
5
Response
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2. How are families doing on EACH
outcome?
3. How are families doing on ALL
outcomes?
– Mean score
– Cut-off score
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Example: Cut-off Score for each
Outcome
100
Outcome
80
62
54
60
36
40
42
28
20
0
Understanding Knowing rights Helping learn
needs
Having
supports
Accessing
community
Percentage
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Family Outcomes for Sub-Groups
4. Are there differences in outcomes across
local program?
– Mean score
– Cut-off score
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5. Are there differences in outcomes by
different types of families?
– Race/ethnicity
– Income
– Home language
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Example: Family Characteristic
100
English
Spanish
Percentage
80
60
40
20
0
Understanding
needs
Knowing rights
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Helping learn
Outcome
Having support
Accessign
community
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6. Are there differences in outcomes by
different types of children?
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Gender
Disability
Age
Time in early intervention
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7. Are there differences in outcomes by
services received?
– Type of services
– Intensity of services
– Where services received
8. Are family outcomes related to child
outcomes?
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Family Outcomes Over Time
9. Do family outcomes change over time?
– Mean score
– Cut-off score
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Example: Change Over Time
100
Percentage
80
2006
2007
2008
60
40
20
0
OSEP 1
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OSEP 2
OSEP 3
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For more information…
• Please visit the ECO web site to review “A
Guide to Analyzing Data from the Family
Outcomes Survey”
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~eco/assets/pdfs/
FOS_Guidance_Report_08-09.pdf
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