Although the steps may vary by school, here's what often occurs:
Your child is referred to the pre-referral team because there's a concern about his academic skills or behavior. Although anyone who knows your child can refer him, usually it's you or the classroom teacher who makes the referral. You'll be asked to identify specific area(s) of concern, such as not turning in assignments, earning poor grades in a subject area, not paying attention, having
trouble understanding homework assignments.
The team meeting follows these steps:
Your child is referred to the pre-referral team because there's a concern about his academic skills or behavior. Although anyone who knows your child can refer him, usually it's you or the classroom teacher who makes the referral. You'll be asked to identify specific area(s) of concern, such as not turning in assignments, earning poor grades in a subject area, not paying attention, having
trouble understanding homework assignments.
The team meeting follows these steps:
- Discuss reasons for referral, overall performance level, and behavior in the classroom.
- Review child's strength, interests, and talents.
- List interventions previously tried and their rate of success. (School interventions may include accommodations, modifications, and behavior plans. Home interventions may include follow up with health concerns, behavior plans, and help with homework.)
- Brainstorm interventions that address concerns.
- Select interventions to try.
- Develop a plan for carrying them out.
- Agree on a time to meet again to discuss
progress. - Put the intervention into action and evaluate it over
time. The timeline can vary greatly — from a couple of weeks to a school quarter
or trimester, depending on the type of program set up. - The team meets again to discuss the success of the
intervention. As a result of the intervention, did your child's performance
improve, remain the same, or decrease?