1. Ayrshire Early Years Collaborative
Donna McKee
Work Stream 2 Lead
North, South and East Ayrshire Community Planning Partnerships
Learning Session th May 2013

2. Who We Are
Donna McKee , Jim Carle , April Masson , Marjorie Adams , Clare Monaghan
EAST AYRSHIRE
Maureen James, Head Teacher Netherhird PS, Nursery & Family Centre
 Isabelle Campbell, Centre Manager, Hillbank Nursery & Family Centre
 Dorothy McAvoy, Asst Principal Officer, Early Education and Childcare 
Sina Currie, Clinical Team Leader, Early Years Children & Families 
Kathleen Winter, Public Health Practitioner (Child Health)
NORTH AYRSHIRE
Frances Rodman, Senior Manager, Early Years Education 
Margaret Cruickshanks, Clinical Team Leader, Early Years 
Irene Sinclair, Public Health Practitioner
 Pauline Martin, Deputy Head of Nursery & Family Centre
 Jayne Miller, Ass CNM Early Years
SOUTH AYRSHIRE
Aileen Valenti, Senior Manager , Early Years Education 
Veronica Watters, Clinical Team Leader, Early Years 
Janice McIlloney, Deputy Head of CherryTree Nursery
 Robert McDowall, Girfec Co-ordinator
Katrina McCall, Integrated Children Services Manager
Location
Population of area
Type of area
Organisations/members involved
Include name, title, and role on the team (e.g., Early Years Champion, Workstream Leaders.) Please include a picture!
Anything else you’d like everyone to know about you

3. Stretch Aim
WORKSTREAM 2 85% of all children within North, South and East Ayrshire will reach expected developmental skills and abilities expected at 27 month old
Given all of the above, craft your Aim statement. This may be slightly different or an updated version of the Aim you had on your Storyboard at Learning Session 1.
For example:
The (name of your specific project/team)
________________________________________________________________
intends to accomplish (This is a general over arching statement describing what
you intend to improve. It also includes the areas you have targeted for change)

4. Our focus from LS1 to LS2
To practice using the Improvement tool PDSA small tests of change in own working areas.
A common understanding of the stretch aim
Implement a universal assessment for all children at 27 mths
To implement a universal timeline of assessments prior to 27 mths
To consider interventional care pathways

5. INSIGHTS First Ayrshire wide WS2 meeting Friday 3rd May
Our TOP 5 INSIGHTS FROM THE WS2 TEAM MEETING
We could agree a common understanding of child development.
Shared knowledge of the universal 27mth assessment content/process.
Shared knowledge of the universal timeline for assessments & contacts prior to 27mth.
WS2 Driver diagram discussed and agreement that is aligned and fits with our tests of change
Recognition of gaps and importance of data collection from tests
Please describe on one slide the 5 greatest insights you have gained since Learning Session 1

6. Some of our testing Test examples from Away Team
To test the knowledge and understanding of the Solihull Approach
Number of parents accessing groups specific to their parenting needs
Impact on parental knowledge through additional HV support for parents in community settings. (Nursery)
To measure knowledge of children’s developmental milestones.
Understand professional barriers to information sharing where child wellbeing could be affected
Understand parental barriers to information sharing where child wellbeing could be affected
Impact of interventional home based support re parental confidence around infant routines
Following parenting intervention in Early Years establishment test increase in knowledge, ability and confidence
To test parental engagement via 27 month flyer
Please share on one slide the 5 most interesting tests you have run since Learning Session 1 (i.e., the ones that generated the most learning for your team – remembering that learning can often come from failed tests)]

7. Learning from testing
PDSA I feel prevent people from taking immediate actions based on observations without having a clear picture of real impact
Allowed the user to have clarity around what they were trying to acheive
I found the process to be useful
I feel there were comments made that I had not considered prior to the tests
The test highlighted the need for input around developmental milestones
I learned how much the nursery and Health Visiting staff valued the opportunity to speak directly with each other about child well being and parental support
Provided me with a useful model to follow
Once we know the main barrier….discuss with managers and implement …then repeat question…..that will give us quantitative run chart data…with some narrative…..
Once we know the barrier, discuss, change and repeat, these cycles will give us run charts

8. Our Accomplishments On one slide, please complete this statement:
“Since Learning Session 1, we have been able to…..?”]

9. Our Results So Far
All away team members have increased confidence of the PDSA tool now exploring data collections
All away team members have agreed the primary and secondary drivers in the Driver Diagram and where testing fits
We have limited experience in collating data using run charts.
If you have been able to start to collect any data, please show some sample data from your tests of change on charts

10. Our Results So Far
From April % of Ayrshire children reaching 27 months are offered a home based assessment by the Health Visitor, following The National Child Health Programme
The WS2 away team have a shared understanding of skills and abilities (developmental milestones) all have copies of Mary Sheridan assessment guide, the Child Health Programme, The Health Visitor assessment and Ages/Stages validated assessment tool.
The WS2 away team have a shared understanding of the universal Health Visitor assessment timeline which could identify early developmental delays and interventional support
The WS2 away teams arranging for home teams to have understanding as above
4 Care Pathway groups in early stages to assist where skills/abilities or delays in development are identified
NUTRITION , ORAL WELLBEING, GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTAL AFFECT OR A LONG TERM MEDICAL CONDIITION, COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE

11. What are we working on
Parental access to support to increase confidence and knowledge
Information sharing across service on wellbeing
Integration of HV clinics within Early Years settings to share
intelligence, increase access and opportunities
Parental Knowledge and skills following intervention
Use of Solihull in practice
Early detection of developmental delays or other health/wellbeing
related matters
Uptake of 27 month assessment and ASQ Tool

12. Our Tips, Our Needs
Need common understanding of child development Need to link with existing priorities and group structures What works well test, test, test and scale
Tips you would like to share
What is there that you think other areas may be able to help you with?