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ABSTRACT INFORMATION
Title: 'Tracking Child Outcomes Statewide: Integrating Data in the EHDI System' Track: 5 - Medical Home Keyword(s): collaboration, outcomes, accountability, database Learning Objectives: 1. Identify child outcome datapoints that should be collected in the EHDI database. 2. Identify solutions to the challenges and obstacles involved in data collection 3. Identify key collaborative partners for successful collection of child outcome data Abstract: One of the challenges facing EHDI programs is the difficulty in tracking data related to intervention services for children who have been identified as deaf or hard of hearing. Through collaborative efforts with private and public agencies, Colorado has established an effective database for tracking infants from screening to entrance into intervention. Recently we have made changes to this system for data collection that not only allow us to track the entry of children statewide into intervention, but to track their progress within this system. Outcome data is tracked at designated times for specified developmental domains and targeted areas related to communication, speech, and language development. This ability to collect and track data on individual child outcomes is vital to our effort to ensure a cohesive and seamless system for families from screening to intervention. Child outcome data is one measure used to determine accountability and program efficacy. This presentation will address challenges and barriers to child outcome data collection and tracking within the EHDI data system, as well as share information about our resolution of these issues. Presentation: This presentation has not yet been uploaded or the speaker has opted not to make the presentation available online. Handouts: Handout is not Available
PRESENTER(S) / AUTHOR(S) INFORMATION
Dinah Beams - Co-Presenter Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind      Credentials: M.A.      Other Affiliations: Colorado Home Intervention Program       Dinah Beams is the program coordinator for the Colorado Home Intervention Program (CHIP), a statewide, in-home, family-centered early intervention program for families with children who are deaf or hard of hearing that is part of the Outreach Department of the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind (CSDB). Previous experience includes working as an Outreach Specialist at Beginnings for Parents of Children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing in North Carolina and as both a classroom and itinerant teacher in Colorado. Dinah is the author of the CHIP Parent Manual and the Curriculum for Sign Language Instructors, and co-developer of materials for the Integrated Reading Project, part of CSDB’s Early Literacy Development Initiative for young children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Dinah also serves on the board for Colorado Families for Hands and Voices.       ASHA DISCLOSURE: Financial - Nonfinancial - Vickie Thomson - Co-Presenter Colorado Department of Public Health & Education      Credentials: Ph.D.       Vickie Thomson, Ph.D, is the State Audiology Consultant and Director of Newborn Screening Programs at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. She worked as a clinical audiologist for 25 years. The past 15 years have been devoted to developing comprehensive systems from newborn hearing screening through early intervention. Vickie provides technical assistance at the local, state and national level.       ASHA DISCLOSURE: Financial - Nonfinancial -