SPD 320 Child Study Team Presentation

Child study teams provide school districts with an established structure for following screening, pre-referral, referral, and classification procedures. In turn, teachers should be knowledgeable of their role and responsibilities within the child study team process. This ensures pre-referral strategies are implemented with fidelity within the classroom setting and data is collected concerning student’s strengths and weaknesses to fully inform decision making.

Design a 10-15 slide digital presentation for general education teachers detailing the following about child study teams:

• An engaging title section as well as appropriate text, graphics, and layout.
• Why a child study team would be assembled and who would be a part of the team. Explain each team member’s role.
• The differences between screening, pre-referral, and classification procedures.
• Legal definitions and assessment requirements regarding next steps for obtaining a formal special education disability classification. Include when the team can determine that all pre-referral strategies have been exhausted and the only thing left is to refer the student for a comprehensive evaluation for formal classification under one of IDEA’s disability categories.
• Select one of the IDEA disability categories. Identify and describe 3-4 resources teachers can use to help determine students’ strengths and weaknesses in consideration of a referral for this chosen disability category.

In addition to the presentation, create a supplemental handout that briefly explain three classroom pre-referral instructional strategies that could be used to provide documentation of targeted supports for a student not making adequate progress.

Support your findings with 2-3 scholarly resources.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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The Multidisciplinary Evaluation Team (MET) includes educational staff and specialists who collaborate to make decisions regarding the special education eligibility and placement process. The MET decides which formal assessments to administer to gather additional data on academic, social-emotional, speech-language, or gross/fine motor concerns. Special education teachers should have a working knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of the MET including participants and their roles and responsibilities. Teachers should also be able to analyze assessment data to recommend additional assessments that should be administered by specialists, when necessary.

After reviewing the “Multidisciplinary Evaluation Team (MET) Case Study,” reflect upon the following in a 750-1,000 word essay:

• Who would participant in the MET? What role does each team member hold and how can these team members collaborate effectively with the student’s family and each other?
• What background and informal assessment and observation information does the case study illustrate that might be significant to the MET? Why?
• What additional information, not mentioned in the case study, could be gathered that might be significant to the MET? Why?
• Recommend one formal and one informal assessment for making eligibility, program, and placement decisions, including at least one example that uses technology in one of the assessments. Justify the recommendations.
• Support the essay with 2-3 scholarly resources.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located on the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.