Personalized Child Supports Work Plan 2011

Personalized Child Supports Committee
Best Start Strategic Priorities
1: Basic Needs
2: Pathways to Learning
3: One System of Care
Personalized Child Supports Committee Work Plan 2013- 2014 *Priority Deliverables Bold
Mission: More young children will receive timely, evidence based early intervention services, personalized to their needs
and those of their families.
SYSTEMIC INFLUENCES
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City of Hamilton & Best Start Community Plan
Best Start Strategic Framework & Priorities
Schools-First Retro Fit
Healthy Babies Healthy Children Program Changes
Hamilton Neighbourhood Strategy
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Vision
BS
Strategic
Alignment
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Make it easier  3 & 2
for parents
with concerns
about their
child’s
development
to access early
identification
resources in
timely and
family centered
ways
Modernization of Child Care
Early Years Policy Framework
o FDK
o Best Start Child & Family Centres
o Speech/Language Services
Early Development Instrument Provincial Review
Description
 - Access to “On Track” tool.
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 - Hamilton’s 7 Service Provider Networks will continue to
increase consistency and the neighborhood‐focus of
SPN events.
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Deliverables
Projected
Time
Frame
Status
-
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
Hardcopies
for
distribution
- Ongoing
discussion
regarding
SPNS and
Childcare
Networks
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Increase
opportunities
for parents to
access specific
developmental
information
about their
child
2&3
Ongoing
In Progress
- Partnering
with work
group to
determine the
form
requirements
related to
legislation
Ongoing
In Progress
- Advisory on
the Eye See
Eye Learn
school based
project
TBD
TBD
Ongoing
In Progress
- Build in an evaluation component for the CIO
- Evaluation of
the CIO
- Transition to school agreements and practices will be
reviewed and enhanced to incorporate ELP pilot plans.
Contribute to understanding of the impact of the introduction
of ELP specific to children with special needs and their
families
- Working
Group to look
at transition,
evaluation
activities.
Work to be
continued
across all 5
phases
In Progress
- A community wide Family Service Plan template(s) will be
developed to promote consistency of terminology, practice,
- Working
Group to be
established
On-Hold to
Align with
On-Hold to
Align with
- Continued development of the Check It Out (CIO) drop‐ins
and clinics based on yearly statistics
- Review of partner agencies consent and determine risk
associated with integrated consent and notice for
minimizing the number of forms to be filled out by parents
and caregivers
- Support the Eye See Eye Learn school based
vision assessment pilot to extend earlier into the
preschool years
More families
will experience
quality,
integrated and
family‐centere
d personalized
services that
are consistent
with the United
3&1
- Enhanced
marketing
resulting in
increased
attendance at
CIO’s
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Nations
Convention on
the Rights of
Persons with
Disabilities.
and communication with parents and within the early year’s
system. Look into a visual planning process with families.
- Explore and learn about the Hawaii Early Learning Profile
Tool, VORT Corporation as a potential support for
transitions to school
from various
committees of
the Best Start
Network
Adhoc
Working
Group
recommendati
ons to Best
Start
- Further explore the engagement of infant and
children’s mental health services on PCS
- Review of
Membership
and
recruitment
- Eligible children with special needs will attend the pilot
schools of the Early Learning Program (ELP) with optimal
supports.
- Early
Learning
Program and
Special Needs
Group
- Develop common developmental assessment practices,
including evidence based tools and best practice protocols
- Working
group to be
established
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Priority 3
Priority 3
TBD
In progress
Winter,
Spring
Ongoing
Fall and
Winter
Work in
Progress
Ongoing
Ongoing
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