Assessment : Introduction to the Maryland Child Outcomes Summary Process

1. The Child Outcomes Summary process is an assessment tool designed by the ECO center to measure child outcomes.

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Good work, the answer is false. The COS process is NOT an assessment tool but rather a process that teams use to summarize information about a child’s functioning. Next

2. The COS rating scale consists of 6-points.

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Nice work, the answer is false. The COS rating scale consists of 7-items. Next

3. Results from one source (e.g., parent survey, assessment tool) may be used to determine a child’s COS rating.

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Good work. A team’s assignment of a COS rating should be informed by multiple sources that provide information toward the three child outcomes. Next

4. Which one of these statements is true?

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a) Foundational skills are those that occur earlier than and serve as the foundation for later skill development.
b) Foundational skills follow immediate foundational skills on the developmental continuum
c) Teams do not need knowledge of foundational skills to complete the COS process

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Yes, the answer is a! Foundational skills are those that occur earlier than, and serve as the foundation for, later skill development. Teachers and interventionists often use foundational skills to help children move to the next level of development. Immediate foundational skills are those that immediately precede age-appropriate skills on a developmental continuum. For example, children play alongside one another before they interact in play. Next

5. A team answers the Child Progress Question, Has the child shown any new skills or behaviors related to [this outcome] since the last outcomes summary, with the following:

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a) The 7-point rating scale
b) Yes / no responses
c) Both a and b

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Nice work! Question b asks about the child’s progress so teams will need to consider the child’s current behavior with past behavior, and discuss whether the child has shown any new skills or behavior in the outcome area since beginning the program. If the child enters the program completely unable to feed himself but, at exit, can finger feed some foods, that counts as progress, teams would answer "yes”. This means teams must consider any new skill or behavior within each outcome area to answer the "yes/no" child progress question. Next

Introduction to the Maryland Child Outcomes Summary Process

Assessment

1. The Child Outcomes Summary process is an assessment tool designed by the ECO center to measure child outcomes.

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2. The COS rating scale consists of 6-points.

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3. Results from one source (e.g., parent survey, assessment tool) may be used to determine a child’s COS rating.

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4. Which one of these statements is true?

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5. A team answers the Child Progress Question, Has the child shown any new skills or behaviors related to [this outcome] since the last outcomes summary, with the following:

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