Quality IFSP and Outcomes (QIO) Tool User Guide

While many Early Intervention Brokers have developed file review checklists for the purpose of programmatic quality assurance, it is more challenging to assess quality in a completed Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP). The Quality IFSP & ...

Context and Updates to the QIO Tool The intent of the QIO Tool is to provide common criteria for examining IFSP and Outcome quality, and to ensure that families across the state receive consistent, high-quality IFSPs. To ensure the highest degree...

The State QIO Team is comprised of members from the Training Team, Part C Team, Evaluation Team, and Data Team. This group is responsible for reviewing monthly QIOs and meets monthly to review the latest QIO data and determine necessary training and...

Monthly, the State QIO Team will review selected QIOs from all EIBs. The team may decide to review QIOs based on specific sections of the IFSP (e.g., family assessment, global outcomes, IFSP outcomes) or overall quality. The State QIO Team reviews Q...

Breakdown of Monthly Schedule The Bilingual Quality Assurance Coordinator on the state team will email the EIB on the first Monday of each month to let them know that their QIO Sheet has been populated with IFSPs and the number of QIOs that need ...

The QIO State Team will push all completed IFSPs to the EIBs Google sheet. The EIBs will select a minimum of 10% of IFSPs for QIO assessment (this percentage may vary for smaller programs). Criteria to keep in mind when selecting IFSPs for QIO ass...

The QIO uses a five-point analytic rating scale, which provides clarifying descriptions for each criterion. Quality statements are only presented for Not Acceptable (0), Acceptable (2), and Best Practice (4), as shown below. However, the scal...

The assessor will determine the Section Score for each of the three sections of the QIO Tool: Family Assessment, Global Outcomes, and IFSP Outcomes/Plan of Action. While the point calculations serve as a visual aid in determining the section score, ...

An overall score of Acceptable (2) is the expectation for QIO submissions. An IFSP with an overall QIO score of Acceptable (2) means the entire IFSP meets quality expectations. EI Colorado realizes that since 2 falls in the middle of the possible s...

Note : The QIO Tool is embedded in the EI Data System and is located within the child’s IFSP page. The following screenshots aim to show examples of what the page looks like. Using the Google Sheet to Access the Monthly Batch of IFSPs Eac...

Saving a QIO Assessment The assessment will automatically save when the assessor exits the survey Resuming a QIO Assessment Open the IFSP in which the QIO was not finished Navigate to the QIO Survey (using the same instructions a...

Grammatical errors include misspelled words, incomplete sentences, use of passive voice, and a general sense of ambiguity. If two or more instances of grammatical errors are present in a section of the IFSP, the assessor should choose the related ...

The following terms are used in the QIO Tool and sometimes cause confusion. They are listed in alphabetical order. Child Outcome Definition: An outcome that focuses on the child making progress and is directly tied to a service; a child outcome...

History of Updates Made to the QIO User Guide