DaSy: Child Outcomes Summary (COS) Process Online Module  

What to Expect

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Activities in each session of the Child Outcomes Summary (COS) Process Online Module are organized around a cycle of instruction that follows a consistent format and sequence. It is recommended that you work through all sections of the cycle to maximize your understanding of the content.

 

Cycle of Instruction:

  • Set-Up establishes the purpose of the session and provides a Challenge Question to guide learning
     
  • Presentation presents the essential concepts, ideas, and skills of the session content
     
  • Just for Me extends learning with more specific information and practice working with core concepts. Activities include individual reflection, application of content, and resource gathering
     
  • Assessment checks for understanding of the essential concepts, ideas, and skills
     
  • Wrap-Up concludes the session with an opportunity to record your thoughts in a Reflection Journal and respond to the Challenge Question

How much time is required to complete this module?

It is anticipated that each session will take approximately 30-45 minutes to complete. You may complete a session in one sitting or gradually work on it over time.

 

Please note that a completion certificate is not available for this module.

Get Organized!

Look for the Resource icon throughout the module for helpful information and materials. Consider taking time now to set up a folder on your computer or on a flash drive for saving documents you download.

Interactive Features

This module is embedded with various interactive features to help facilitate your understanding of the content and promote active engagement. Some of the features also serve as assessment mechanisms. Below are descriptions of the main interactive features that you will encounter:

  • Links to helpful websites and downloadable resource documents
    Blue text in the module is a link to an outside website or downloadable resource. When you click the link, you are directed to the outside website or resource. Use the "back" arrow at the top of your web browser to return to the page you were viewing.
     
  • Multimedia Presentations
    The Presentation component of each session features an audio-visual display of essential content.
     
  • Self-assessments
    In each session, you have the opportunity to take brief assessments designed to provide immediate feedback on your performance; however, the "score" you receive is not saved in the Online Learning Management System (OLMS; i.e., the electronic platform in which the module exists). These assessments are simply intended to be quick probes for your own self-monitoring purposes.

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Reminder about Navigating through the Module

Use the navigation menu on the left to move through each session of this module. Simply click on the session you would like to view to navigate to that page. You can also use the Next button at the bottom of the page to advance to the next page in sequential order.

Browser Plugins

This site links to non-web file formats that require appropriate browser plugins. To run these files, the following plugins are recommended:

 

Adobe Acrobat Viewer

  • View Portable Document Format files: .pdf

Adobe Acrobat Reader

  • View and print Portable Document Format files: .pdf

Microsoft Office Converters and Viewers

  • View and print Microsoft Word files: .doc, .docx
  • View and print Microsoft PowerPoint files: .ppt, .pptx
  • View and print Microsoft Excel files: .xls, .xlsx
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