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Interagency Coordinated Practices
Charting the C’s
2017
Interagency Coordinated Practices Work
Interagency coordination is a powerful strategy to use to ensure better outcomes for students
This workshop will focus on: The Interagency Coordination model pilot
◦ Person centered practices
◦ Interagency coordinated practices
◦ Facilitated IEP process/practices.
What is Driving this Effort?
Federal law• Olmstead
• IDEA
• Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act
State law• Minnesota System of Interagency
Coordination
Families/students • Have reported wanting coordinated planning
and services
Statewide DCD CoP Vision –Educational Professionals:
• People with disabilities will experience an inclusive education system at all levels and lifelong learning opportunities that enablethe full development of independence, individual talents, interests, creativity, and mental and physical abilities.
MNSIC PILOT PROJECT: INTERAGENCY COORDINATION OF SERVICES FOR YOUTH 14-21
▪ Testing a framework of interagency coordination practices
▪ Both system and student-level coordination
▪ Focused on youth ages 14-21 (pilot focus on 20 students over 2 years)
▪ Designed around IEP and annual plan processes
▪ Includes pre-meeting, during-meeting and follow-up practices
▪ Goal: Increased use of interagency coordination and person-centered practices
PILOT
Where: MankatoWest St Paul
Who:16-20 youth in each area will take part in the pilotThe youth must represent a variety of disability types including complex health needs
When:Pilot over school years 2016-2017 and 2017-2018
Developed pilot project to test and refine for future rollout
Identified practices that are teachable,
doable, measurable, repeatable
Met with local practitioners to
learn what works for them
Examined research on successful practices
THE PATH TO THIS MODEL . . .
THREE LEVELS OF TEAMWORK
▪State Team
▪Community Leadership Team
▪Student Teams
Facilitated IEP process/productFacilitation of the IEP
Person-centered concepts &
practices
Interagency coordinated
practices
STUDENT TEAM PRACTICES
Interagency coordination = powerful strategy to improve outcomes for students. Essential components include:
MNLOWINCIDENCEPROJECTS.ORG 10
Olmstead Plan Workplan GoalsOlmstead Plan Workplan - Person-Centered Planning
June 1, 2016 Plan Goals (page 34)
Executive Sponsor: Chuck Johnson (OHS)
Lead: Erin Sullivan Sutton (OHS)
GOAL ONE:
By June 30, 2020, plans for people using disability home and community based waiver services will meet required protocols. Protocols will be based on the principles of person-centered planning and informed choice.
GOAL TWO:
By 2017, increase the percent of individuals with disabilities who report that they exercised informed choice, using each individual's experience regarding their ability: to make or have input into major life decisions and everyday decisions, and to be always in charge of their services and supports, as measured by the National Core Indicators (NCI) survey.
STRATEGIES:
Broaden the effective use of person-centered planning principles and techniques for people with disabilities
Evaluate the effectiveness of person-centered planning principles and techniques
Incorporate assistive technology assessment into person-centered planning processes
Olmstead Person-Centered PlanningKey Activities with MDE Partnering
Olmstead Activity, outcomes, deadlines and partners
Pilot Minnesota State lnteragency Committee
(MNSIC) lnteragency Coordination Model in
two community areas during the 2016-2017
and 2018-2019 school year. This incorporates
person-centered planning practices into the
Individual Education Program (IEP) process.
Students will experience person-
centered practices in their
educational experience.
Implement model
by June 30, 2017
MDE,
DEED,
DHS, MDH
Gather input from students with disabilities
and their families on their experience of the
model. The evaluations will inform potential
improvements to the model.
Students and families provide input on
the model. Modifications may occur to
the models based on the input.
Complete evaluations
by July 31,2017
MDE,
DEED,
DHS, MDH
WHY INTERAGENCY COORDINATION
Relationship Circles
Lynne Frigaard (1991)
“Children and families” connections to multiple systems
Other
HealthCare
Social Services
Education
Government programs
Other specialized
servicesStudent/
family
WHY?
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WHAT IS
PERSON-CENTERED PLANNING?
PERSON-CENTERED
In this model person-centered planning concepts
are integrated into the IEP process.
Person -centered concepts
Person -centered practices
Person -centered
planning (a formal
trademarked process)
Person-Centered Planning
A youth’s strength, interest and goals drive their life and are reflected in their plan/s.
Plans focus on what is important to a person as much as what is important for a person.
Plans are coordinated across home, school and community.
Early planning creates more options and a better transition
Whole Person
Person Centered Planning
The details of person-centered planning are different in each of these contexts. But, the common goal is to support people so they can fully engage in their community.
“Person-Centered”
Now Used in Many Fields
• Aging services
• Education
• Employment
• Health care
• Mental health
• Nursing care
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WHAT ARE CORE FEATURES OF
PERSON-CENTERED PLANNING?
CORE FEATURES OF PERSON-CENTEREDNESS
▪ Strengths-based
▪ Person and family-led
▪ Involves people from across home, school and community
▪ Person has control over amount, scope and duration of services and chooses providers
▪ Awareness and sensitivity to issues of culture, race, age, sexual orientation and gender identity
Whole Person Approach
IMPORTANT TO AND FOR
Working/Not working
Facilitation
The binder that holds the hotdish together
FACILITATED IEP
▪ Model depends on good facilitation practices in order to assure good coordination and to achieve desired outcomes for youth.
▪ Facilitative practices before, during and after an IEP help make sure everyone participates and contributes.
▪ For many of these practices the facilitator will be the IEP case manager. Facilitation of the meeting can be done by any of the partners.
Facilitation
Is a formal process
Facilitator is an assigned role that◦ Is responsible for the process and the product
◦Assures progress through the content
◦Assures participation by all
◦Assures that the interagency team comes together
What’s different?
Pre meeting:
▪Structured format on when and how to invite team members to the IEP and seek input for meeting
▪Student and parents complete an input form focused on the student’s goals, interests and what could be working better
▪Evaluation and/or assessment reviewed outside of IEP meeting
What’s different?
During the meeting:
▪A structured format that focuses on the student’s future goals and steps that can be taken in the next year that work toward those goals.
▪Needs are addressed in relation to how activities and support aid the student in building on interests and goal attainment.
What’s different (cont’d)?
After the meeting:
▪Interagency team members connect at least twice outside of the IEP meeting to coordinate cross-agency plans and goals
DATA is Essential
DATA WILL TELL THE STORY
Effort: How much did we do?
Quality/Fidelity: How well were the practices implemented?
Outcomes
Rate of restrictive student placements
Transitions (postsecondary/ healthcare transitions, settings…)
Discipline referrals
Attendance
Graduation rates
Academic achievement
INTERAGENCY COORDINATION IMPACTS TO LOOK FOR
Agency Specific Activities that Contribute
HOW MANY INTERAGENCY IEP STUDENTS?
➢2016: Less than 1% of students in special education were coded MARSS 6.
➢2012: 8%-15% of children in special education also had a service found in the areas of Developmental Disabilities or Mental Health in DHS.
➢2015: VRS served 13.8% of all students age 16-21 on an IEP in the 2014-15 school year.
Evaluation: Two types
1. Right after the IEP: “How well did this individual meeting work?”Send Survey Gizmo to all participants
1. Longer term: “How has the facilitated person-centered IEP process affected long-term outcomes?”
So far...
Feedback has been primarily positive!
DB101 Can Help…
◦ Engage people in work planning
◦ overcome fears and barriers
◦ explore work as an option
◦ make informed choices about work
◦ achieve better employment outcomes
◦ Understand benefits and work incentives
◦ Access resources
Using the School & Work Estimator
Results
Results
Vault
What now?Try it on your phone or device
Bookmark DB101 in your favorites
Register and create a “My DB101” account
Complete a School & Work Estimator session
Watch the “SSI & Youth Who Work” video
WIOA
President Barack Obama signed the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) into law on
July 22, 2014.
◦ Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
◦ Key changes impacting youth with disabilities:
◦ Pre-employment transition services (Pre-ETS)
◦ Limitations on the use of subminimum wage
Final regulations published 08-19-16
◦ federal register
Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS)
•Job exploration counseling
•Work-based learning experiences
•Postsecondary education counseling
•Workplace readiness training
•Instruction in self-advocacy
Definitions and resources at: definitions and
resources
WIOA Section 511: Limitations on use of Subminimum Wage
Youth age 24 and under cannot enter into subminimum wage
employment without accessing VR services first
Effective July 22, 2016
Reduces the “tracking” of transition aged youth into subminimum
wage jobs
Ensures the informed choice process includes consideration of, and
experience with, competitive integrated employment
HEALTH
Good health is the foundation for success in the community & job.
Goal: Support students to learn about and become responsible for their health - to be as
independent as possible.
Transition IEP: Include health information & representatives
TRANSITION RESOURCES
Education
Sue Benolken (lead contact for Mankato team)[email protected]
Human Services
Bekah Kaufenberg- Satre (lead contact for West St. Paul team)[email protected]
DEED/Vocational Rehabilitation
Alyssa [email protected]
Health
Wendy [email protected]
Interagency Management Team (IMT) Contact Information