General Education Interventions and the Special Education Evaluation Process

1. General Education Interventions and the Special Education Evaluation Process SEK Interlocal #637 SEK Interlocal #637

2. The 2 Prong Test • Eligibility is based upon a student meeting 2 prongs • Prong 1 • Does the student have an exceptionality? • Prong 2 • Does the student need special education services (determined by general education interventions and instruction)?

3. General Education Interventions • Schools must carry out interventions and document the child’s progress. • The interventions and progress monitoring data will provide information about the child’s needs, including: • Intensity of instruction needed • Support required for the child to be successful • General Education Intervention is an integral part of the evaluation process • General Education Intervention and instruction information is required to answer prong 2

4. SIT Requirements • SIT teams will be required to keep an intervention record indicating • Skill Targeted • Interventions conducted • Dates intervention implemented • Duration of intervention implemented • Group size to which the intervention is implemented • Progress monitoring data

5. Skill Targeted • Must identify students specific skill deficit • Basic Phonics Skills • Multiplication facts • Attending to instruction • Avoid general terms such as • Can’t read • Low in all areas • He’s all over the place

6. Interventions Conducted • Interventions must be researched based • Interventions must be specific as to the name of program or intervention • Ex. Build up, 15-2 CVC words • Avoid general terms for interventions, ex.“tier 2,”“Math Tutoring,”“Title services for Reading” • SIT teams must keep record of the specific dates the intervention was implemented.

7. Progress monitoring data • Progress monitoring data is necessary to determine intervention effectiveness • Progress monitoring of interventions must occur on a regular basis. • Example progress monitoring methods: • DIBELS Oral reading fluency • Aimsweb • Curriculum Based measures • Skill based probes • Tracking of assignments completed on-time • Points/stickers earned on a behavioral point sheet

8. Intervention Forms

9. MTSS Intervention Log

10. Intervention Forms • Intervention log and progress monitoring data is required before eligibility and need for special education services can be determined • Intervention documentation will also be required when a parent makes a request for an evaluation

11. Resources • Interventions for all areas • www.interventioncentral.com • Florida Center for Reading Research • www.fcrr.org • Reading Interventions/Assessments • www.cehd.umn.edu/reading/PRESS/resources.html • Intervention Guides for Reading and Math • www.centeroninstruction.org