Documenting Outcomes Flashcards
What are outcomes?
Achievement of client’s goals of participation and engagement in occupation
Measurable
Guide intervention process
Created collaboratively (child, family, and team)
Early childhood outcome data are collected by teams and reported to what state programs?
State Performance Plan
Annual Progress Report
Data collection to determine efficacy of services
Client-centered outcomes
Meaningful to child and family
Reliable and accurate
Functional
Easily obtained
What are important features of data collection?
Qualitative
Quantitative
Reliability and validity of data
Fidelity of implementation
What is qualitative data?
Perspectives of child, family, teacher, or caregiver
Subjective experience
May include rating scales (such as pain scale)
Quantity
Amount
Intensity
Frequency
Data-based decision model
Systematic and collaborative approach
Uses baseline a ongoing quantitative data as basis for decisions regarding
- Need for series
- Effectiveness of services
- Frequency of services
How do you monitor progress?
Defining and operationalizing the concern
Identifying the measurement strategy
Gathering current baseline performance
Establishing a goal
Creating a visual chart with a goal line
Creating a decision-making plan
Collecting data during intervention and using for decision-making
How do you define and operationalize the concern?
Observable language
Specify and clarify outcome
How do you identify the measurement strategy?
Simple, time efficient, and systematic
Collected as regular intervals
How do you gather current baseline performance?
Baseline data collected in reliable manner
Frequency relates to concern
3-4 data points in short period of time
How do you establish a goal?
Meaningful to child and family
Addresses occupational performance
Clear and concise
Relevant to child and current situation
Provide conditions and/or timeframe
Represent positive actions
Goal attainment scaling
Create goals from objective and subjective data.
Operationally define outcome criteria.
Use independent examiner to measure outcome.
Determine if intervention was implemented as stated.
What is the 5 point scale?
What are rubrics?
Define purpose.
Analyze current performance.
Identify performance components to target in rubric.
Select a measurement scale.
Clearly and objectively define criteria for mastery.
Clearly and objectively define criteria for each score on scale.
Provide instruction.
What is fidelity implementation?
measures how well home programs or intervention strategies are followed
