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Before the Special Education Referral
Leading Intervention Teams
January 2009 | 168 pages | Corwin
Develop an efficient prereferral intervention process that truly benefits students! For struggling students, the effectiveness of a school's prereferral intervention team can dramatically influence their level of school achievement and future success. This resource presents a step-by-step, four-phase model for developing effective prereferral intervention teams and presents methods for evaluating the effectiveness of a prereferral intervention program. The author shows how well-organized prereferral intervention teams can:Identify instructional and behavioral strategies before initiating a referral for a special education evaluationProvide powerful support to the Response to Intervention model for identifying learning disabilities Enhance the collaborative strengths of a professional learning community
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1. An Introduction to Prereferral Intervention Teams
2. The Analysis and Decision-Making Phase
3. The Planning and Preparation Phase
4. The Start-Up Phase
5. The Assistance Phase
6. Evaluating Prereferral Intervention Teams
7. Connecting Prereferral Intervention Teams and Response to Intervention
Resource A: Putting It All Together: The Implementation Plan
Resource B: Implementation Tools
References
Index