Early CHOICES Inclusion Spotlight

INCLUSION SPOTLIGHT March 2019

Early Childhood Outcomes

It is that time of year!

The window for Early Childhood Outcome (ECO) progress ratings is February 1 to July 31. If you have never had any training or have new staff completing ratings you will want to check out our online modules. ECO ratings are reported through SIS and are required for any preschool-aged child with an IEP.

Early CHOICES has an online learning module to review the Early Childhood Outcomes in Illinois. This module reviews the three Early Childhood Outcomes that are used to help measure the impact early childhood intervention has on a child’s ability to

have positive social relationships,
acquire and use knowledge and skills and
take appropriate action to meet their needs

The module includes timelines, assessments, decision making tools and an activity to walk through rating a child for the Child Outcome Summary (COS) form.

A Reflection Guide accompanies the module to capture notes and document reflections throughout the module.

The decision tree and ECO Application along with many Illinois and national tools are highlighted in the module.

Illinois recently created this informational Family Fact Sheet to share with families to better understand ECO in Illinois.

New Teacher Survey

The Early Childhood LRE Stakeholders Consortium is gathering information regarding teacher pre-service preparation and inclusion. Please help us reach teachers by sharing our brief survey:

New Teacher Survey

Preschool Inclusion Toolbox Community of Practice

The Community of Practice is underway but we know it is the perfect time to start planning for increasing inclusive opportunities for the next school year.

Our last webinar of this school year is March 12, 2019. Chelsea Guillen, Early Intervention Ombudsman will be our guest host!

And our final event for the series is an in-person networking opportunity on April 16!

Please register each individual for each event at

www.eclre.org/events.aspx

March 12: Measuring Quality (Webinar)

April 16: Inclusion Networking (In person)

Sharing A Vision 2019

The planning committee is putting together the agenda right now.

Registration will be available soon.

Save the dates October 2-4 on next year's calendar and reserve your hotel rooms in Peoria now.