Application of the Personal Outcome Measures® for Families, Children, and Youth
Certificates
National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals
This activity is approved for 3.00 contact hours.
Course Details
Recognize how Personal Outcomes Measures® are employed to determine quality of life for families with young children
Describe how Personal Outcomes Measures® are used to determine quality of life for school-age children
Explain how Personal Outcomes Measures® assess the effectiveness of supports for children, youth, and their families
Outline:
Application of the Personal Outcome Measures for Children, Youth, and Families with Young Children
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Personal Outcome Measures® - A Different Approach
Meet Jeremy and His Family
Traditional Measures of Quality
New Ideas and Approaches
Empowerment, Self-determination, and Equal Opportunity
Measuring Quality in Human Services
A New Way of Evaluating Services and Supports
The Measure of Success
Beyond Process Measures to Success
3 Major Categories of Outcomes
Review
Supports and Services: What Do You Do?
Meet Maribel
TIPS for Learning about People
TIPS for Facilitating Outcomes
Using Personal and Family Outcomes for Measuring
TIPS for Measuring Outcomes
Outcomes and Evaluation of Quality
William's Dilemma
Summary
Section 3: Personal Outcome Measures® for Families with Young Children
Introduction to the Personal Outcome Measures® System
Personal Outcome Measures® Overview
The Process of Gathering Information for the Personal Outcome Measures®
Gathering Information for the Personal Outcome Measures®
Persons and Family
Personal Outcome Measures®
5 Factors
Our Human Security, Our Community, Our Relationships, Our Choices, and Our Goals
Supporting Personal Outcome Measures®
Our Human Security Outcomes for Young Children
Our Human Security Outcomes for Young Children
Our Community Outcomes for Young Children
Our Relationships Outcomes for Young Children
Our Choices Outcomes for Young Children
Our Goals Outcomes for Young Children
Review
Summary
Section 4: Personal Outcome Measures® for Children and Youth
Supporting Personal Outcome Measures® for Children and Youth
Considerations for Children and Youth
Considerations for Children and Youth
My Human Security Outcomes for Children and Youth
My Community Outcomes for Children and Youth
My Relationships Outcomes for Children and Youth
My Choices Outcomes for Children and Youth
My Goals Outcomes for Children and Youth
Larry the Case Manager
Supporting Outcomes Through Principles and Practices for Organizations
Personal Outcome Measurement as an Organizational Change Agent
Principles of Personal Outcome Measures®
Meet Connie
Summary
Section 5: Put Into Practice
Using What You Learned
Creating Your Own Work Portfolio
Section 6: Conclusion
Course Contributors
References
Congratulations!
Cathy Ficker Terrill’s career has included working in government, non-profit organizations, university teaching, advocacy and supporting and mentoring self advocates. Before joining CQL on January 1, 2013, Cathy was President and CEO of The Institute on Public Policy for People with Disabilities, an Illinois based organization dedicated to providing leadership and technical assistance to drive public policy and promote best practices for individuals with disabilities. Cathy previously served as President and CEO of the Ray Graham Association, where she utilized the CQL Personal Outcome Measures® to reinvent a provider agency to become a more community based, person-centered organization. Ray Graham Association was the first organization to be accredited with both the Quality Measures 2005® and the latest standards, Person-centered Excellence Accreditation. Past President of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), as well as a former President of Illinois TASH, Cathy authored a manual on Consent Issues for Self-Advocates and Direct Care Staff. Terrill was a two term Presidential Appointee to the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID). For the past 20 years, Cathy has volunteered internationally, helping to create services for people with disabilities in Kosovo, Poland, Russia, Korea, Cyprus, Lithuania, Japan, Saudi Arabia and China. Disclosure: Cathy Ficker Terrill, M.S. has declared that no conflict of interest, Relevant Financial Relationship or Relevant Non-Financial Relationship exists.Instructor: Mary Kay Rizzolo, DrPH
Mary Kay Rizzolo is the President and CEO of CQL | The Council on Quality and Leadership. Before joining CQL on January 19, 2016, Mary Kay was the Associate Director of the Institute on Disability and Human Development (IDHD), the University Center for Excellence on Developmental Disabilities for the State of Illinois. She has also served as a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) where she mentored students and taught classes on disability policy and community integration for people with disabilities. Mary Kay previously worked at the Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities at the University of Colorado, was a member of the State of the States in Developmental Disabilities project for almost two decades, a front line supervisor at a large ICF/DD and managed a three-county program that provided home-delivered meals and programming for older adults. Mary Kay holds a Doctorate in Public Health (University of Illinois at Chicago), a Master’s in Psychology (North Carolina Central University) and a Bachelor’s in Psychology (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill). Mary Kay is the author of over 50 book chapters, journal articles and reports, focusing on public and financial spending in the states, family support, HCBS Waiver services, and cognitive technologies. Disclosure: Mary Kay Rizzolo, DrPH has declared that no conflict of interest, Relevant Financial Relationship or Relevant Non-Financial Relationship exists.
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