Tag Archives: System

Building Evidence-Based State Early Childhood Systems: A Marriage of Developmental Science and Policy

Conference: 2017 Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting Date: April 2017 Presenters: Donna Spiker & Kathleen Hebbeler This poster addresses how developmental science can contribute to evidence-based policy making through the collection of systematic information about the quality of exosystem influences on children and their caregivers. Specifically, this poster describes a system […]

Building High-Quality Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education Programs

Conference: Division for Early Childhood’s (DEC) 32nd Annual International Conference on Young Children with Special Needs and Their Families Date: October 2016 Presenters: Christina Kasprzak, Megan Vinh, & Grace Kelley This presentation gives an overview of the ECTA System Framework, including it’s purpose, intended audience, and structure. The System Framework is designed to support state […]

ECTA/DaSy System Framework Self-Assessment Comparison Tool

This webinar introduces the framework self-assessment comparison tool which can be used to compare quality indicators and elements of quality across one or more system components/sub-components over two or three points in time. Presenters share information on using the tool, as well as a live demo. Presented by Robin Nelson (DaSy Center) in June 2016 […]

Building System Capacity to Implement Evidence Based Practices

Conference: OSEP Project Directors Date: August 2016 Presenters: Christina Kasprzak, Kathy Hebbeler, Donna Spiker, & Megan Vinh This presentation describes a systems framework and self-assessment used to assist EI/ECSE programs in assessing current systems, planning for improvement, and measuring changeover time. State examples illustrate use and increased system capacity. Presentation: Building System Capacity to Implement […]

Promoting State Systemic Change in Early Childhood: New Tools

Conference: Administration for Children and Families National Research Conference on Early Childhood Date: July 2016 Presenters: Debbie Cate, Kathleen Hebbeler, Christina Kasprzak, Grace Kelley, Katy McCullough, Abby Schachner, Donna Spiker, & Sharon Walsh This 2016 poster symposium describes the systems framework and self-assessment tools that were developed to support early intervention and early childhood special […]

DaSy Data System Framework for Developing and Enhancing a High-Quality State Data System

Conference: OSEP Leadership Date: July 2015 Presenters: Kathleen Hebbeler (DaSy), Bruce Bull (DaSy), & Karie Taylor (AZ Part C Coordinator) This presentation demonstrates the DaSy Data System Framework and Self-Assessment, resources created to assist Part C and Section 619 state staff in developing and enhancing high-quality state data systems and in improving the quality of […]

ECTA/DaSy System Framework Self-Assessment Demonstration

This 2015 webinar demonstrates the ECTA/DaSy Framework Self-Assessment, an Excel-based tool that provides a structure for state Part C and Section 619/Preschool programs to evaluate their state systems and set priorities for improvement. DaSy and ECTA staff demonstrate how this tool: produces a profile across quality indicators in each system component (and for the data […]