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Understanding the intervention process. Establishing Special Education Referral Procedures. Help is Available!. Access handouts and referral questions at www.hisdsped.wordpress.com (Click Referral)
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Understanding the intervention process Establishing Special Education Referral Procedures
Help is Available! • Access handouts and referral questions at www.hisdsped.wordpress.com (Click Referral) • Access information on the district’s Response to Intervention (RtI) initiatives at www.hisdrti.com • All Special Education Referral Forms (excluding Chancery Reports) are located at the Special Education Operating Guidelines Website.
What is Response to Intervention (RtI)? • Establishes a comprehensive assessment and intervention process to support students in need of academic and behavioral supports. • Serves as the framework of interventions that must be documented as part of the Special Education referral process. • RtI is prior to, and a part of the evaluation! • Teacher data documented during the RtI process is the most powerful component of a Special Education evaluation! • Teacher data sets the “scope” of a Special Education evaluation!
What is Response to Intervention (RtI)? • Tier I: Represents the delivery of the core curriculum and is on-going for ALL students. • Tier II: Represents intensified support to meet specific academic and behavioral needs in addition to Tier I. • Tier III: Reserved for students most in need of academic or behavioral supports. Represents individualized or intensive intervention. • Those who fail to respond to Tier III interventions are the best candidates for a Special Education evaluation.
What is the Intervention Assistance Team (IAT)? • Works within RtI to coordinate a series of tasks • Universal screenings • Progress monitoring • School-wide data review to trigger the intervention process • Academic and behavioral interventions • Facilitates all referrals for Section 504 or Special education • Even those in which intervention is not needed!
Child Find • Continuous process of public awareness activities, screening, and evaluation designed to locate, assess and identify children with disabilities. • Campus IATs serve the Child Find function at your campus
Who should be on the iat? • IAT coordinator (Honest broker of data). • Campus administrator or designee. • Classroom teacher(s) who specializes in the presenting problem. • Classroom teacher of the student. • Parent, nurse, counselor, social worker, and campus instructional coordinator as needed. • Evaluation Specialist, Speech Therapist, Licensed Specialist in School Psychology (if behavioral issues are a concern) at Tier Three.
IAT TIME-SAVING TIPS • Standard-Protocol Approach • Matches appropriate intervention strategies to specific student needs (i.e. Interventions are prescribed, the need for IAT meetings at Tier II is eliminated). • Reserves IAT meetings for Tier III • Establishes the “Assumption,” the campus knows what to do immediately for Tier II (i.e. Standard-protocol) and there is no need for an IAT meeting at Tier II.
IAT TIME-SAVING TIPS • Consider having multiple IATs to decrease the time on task for one IAT team. • Consider IAT by level, by curriculum area, or alternating IATs.
Parent Referrals • When a formal request for special education evaluation is made by a parent (i.e. in writing) the IAT must respond within 10 school days. • The response should be to either formally REFER or to REFUSE the parent request for evaluation. • Use the Notice of Refusal form located in the Special Education Operating Guidelines if the decision is to refuse a parent request for evaluation. • Refusals are allowed, but must be supported with data.
Documenting Interventions in Chancery SMS…what!!!! • Supports the HISD appraisal process • Ensures the intervention record “travels” with the student • Assists with parent meetings • Eliminates IAT paperwork • Establishes intervention consistency between grades • Eliminates Special Education referral paperwork for the teacher
Documenting Interventions in Chancery SMS…relax!!!! • ALL teachers with the teacher role in Chancery SMS already have access • ALL administrators already have access • If you are in need of school-wide access and you do not have the administer role in Chancery, simply request the role View Only w/ Discipline role • Additional training is available at SIS HELP Course Number SP0911 (RTI). Easy to view online video if additional assistance is needed.
TIPS for the IAT Chair • Set aside time with the Campus Evaluation Specialist to understand: • The Referral for Disability Evaluation form • Detailed and overview steps for a Special Education referral • Additional documents needed in the referral process • How to enter referral dates in Chancery SMS to trigger the data transfer to EasyIEP