In collaboration with their early childhood technical assistance center partners, DaSy hosted the national IDIO 2024: Leading for Positive Impact conference on August 25–30, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. IDIO 2024 was designed for IDEA Part C and Part B 619 coordinators and IDEA Part C and Part B data managers, parent leaders, and others working to improve state capacity for equitable, evidence-based data systems, programs, practices and outcomes for young children with disabilities and their families. Questions? Contact IDIO@dasycenter.org.

Meeting Agenda

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(Session archives in progress)

Tuesday August 27

• Preparing for DMS: Steps for Improving State Systems
  This workshop examined the DMS process OSEP uses to monitor states’ IDEA general supervision system, focusing on compliance and improving outcomes for children with disabilities and their families.
• Workshop: Analysis Paralysis? A Multi-Layered Approach to Data Use and Decision-Making
  In this workshop from IDIO 2024, DaSy/ECTA staff guided participants through a multi-layered approach to analyzing data at a deeper level than normal.
• Create Positive Change Through Data Culture and Systems Thinking
  DaSy, ECTA, and the Waters Center for Systems Thinking teamed with four states to improve their Part C/619 programs by increasing the knowledge and skills needed to improve data culture ...
• IDEA Data Systems: What States Have and What They Need
  The presenters highlighted 2023 State of the States Survey data and findings from more than 50 IDEA Part C and B 619 programs. Data systems and their links to other ...
• Automated Sharing of Transition Data: Next Steps for States
  This IDIO Workshop on Data Linking and Integration highlighted tools and strategies to improve DLI for Part C to B transition. Participants collaborated to identify challenges and solutions with their ...

Wednesday August 28

• New to Child Outcomes Measurement?
  In this IDIO 2024 presentation, DaSy/ECTA staff cover the basics for child outcomes measurement and reporting, including an overview of how they were developed, what the outcomes are, how the ...
• Enhancing Collaboration w/ State Directors to Achieve a High-Quality Inclusive Preschool Education
  This session delved into the critical content and data that must be shared with directors to ensure equitable and inclusive opportunities for preschool children with disabilities.
• Cultivating Competencies: Growing the Community of Part C Data Managers
  Sharing information about the Part C data manager community opportunities, presenters and state data managers discussed how DaSy can support new and seasoned data managers. Most content in the presentation ...
• Data for Identifying ​ and Correcting ​ Non-Compliance ​ and Reporting C-12 Findings
  The presenters discussed the new requirements for the FFY 2023 Part C SPP/APR submission, including information about reporting C12 data, and the use of pre-finding correction.
• FUNdamentals of Sampling for Family Surveys: Why Sample and How to do it Well
  The presenters covered concepts relevant to family outcome surveys, including methods such as stratified sampling, the importance of sample size, representativeness, and response rates. Procedures for weighting responses and writing ...
• Cultivating Competencies Growing the Community of Part C Data Managers
  The DaSy work highlighted in this session by current State Part C Data Managers is relevant to providing and supporting a strong Part C Data Manager community, which is especially ...
• Clear, Complete, and Confident: Submitting a Quality APR​
  This presentation at the 2024 IDIO conference provided information and resources to help states to build a solid understanding of the SPP/APR indicators and the nuances of each calculation. Resources ...
• Using Data Frameworks to Improve Services and Address Inequities for Young Children with Disabilities
  This presentation highlighted two data frameworks that can support states in addressing equity: DaSy’s Data Systems Framework and Child Trends’ System Transformation for Equitable Preschools (STEP Forward with Data) Framework.

Thursday August 29

• Equitable Educational Environments for Each and Every Child: Analyzing B6 Data for Accountability and Action
  This session highlighted an overview of the national data for preschool environments, a discussion of what the data reveal, limitations of the data collected, and trends over time.

Updated October 2024.