Developmental Trajectories and Outcomes Summary
south dakota
BIRTH TO THREE
The first three years build a lifetime
Strands of Action
If the State......
Data Quality
Accountability
Professional
Development
Recommended
Practices
SSIP Theory of Action
....establishes a process to
obtain and report exit BDI
scores for children exiting the
Birth to Three programs
regardless of reasons for exit
....Provides BDI-2 training in
collaboration with 619 to
evaluators
....develops and implements a
monitoring protocol to
identify appropriate IFSP
decisions and the use of
appropriate recommended El
practices
....provides support and TA to
all partners to increase their
active participation in the
SSIP process
....designs and implements
training/TA to increase
knowledge and skills and use
of appropriate
recommended El practices
....presents a consistent
statewide message about early
intervention service delivery
and evidence based practice
....provides training and
resources on appropriate use of
family assessment and
embedded routines
Then regionally.....
....service
coordinators/districts will
increase the number of usable
BDI-2 exit evaluations
....evaluators will improve the
reliability and validity of BDI-2
administration
.....IFSP teams will increase
evidence-based service
decisions
....Birth to Three partners will
increase active involvement in
SSIP process including
analyzing data and making
data informed decisions
......providers will increase use
of recommended practices
...service coordinators and
providers will implement
and cultivate family and
caregiver engagement and
coaching practices
Then
Results
....statewide data
quality will increase
...children and
families will receive
appropriate
evidence based
practice
....parents and
caregivers will be
engaged in child's
routine based
intervention
....infants and toddlers
exiting early
intervention services
will demonstrate
increased growth in
their acquisition and
use of knowledge and
skills (including early
language/
communication)
South Dakota
Stakeholder
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