Prevent under- and over-identifying English-language learners for special education services!
Packed with practical guidance on how to appropriately refer and identify students for special education, along with IEP best practices, this guide helps you serve students effectively and avoid costly, time-consuming disputes and litigation.
Arm yourself and your staff with the know-how to:
- Ask the right questions when assessing students to distinguish English learning deficits from learning disabilities
- Implement RTI to help ensure ELLs are not inappropriately referred and identified
- Devise linguistically appropriate IEP goals and accommodations
- Promote collaboration among special education, general education and ELL staff
- Employ appropriate instructional strategies to ELLs across various service providers
Complete with references to IDEA and NCLB mandates, summaries of legal cases and OCR Letters of Findings, plus quick-reference charts and tools: ELL Pre-referral Checklist, Potential Bilingual Assessment Tools Chart, IEP Team Checklist for Serving ELLs, and more!
