Georgia Pyramid of Interventions: Setting the stage for appropriate child find procedures
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Georgia Pyramid of Interventions: Setting the stage for appropriate
child find procedures
Dawnyell S. King – Troup County SchoolsDr. Paula Freer – GaDOE
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
In your job, which describes your role?
• Fireman• Policeman• Teacher• Coach
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Essential Question
• What are key elements of Child Find?Procedures that ensure that all suspected
students with disabilities, birth to 21, are identified, located and evaluated
Pre-referral process that includes the implementation of scientific, research-based interventions, and frequent progress monitoring for a sufficient length of time prior to referral for Special Education (GA Rules & Regulations,2010)
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Objective• To review the 4 components of local general
supervision as they relate to child find
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Troup County Schools: That was then…..
• Problems with:– School wide approaches and prereferral
interventions– Child Find procedures– Evaluation and Reevaluations– Eligibility Determination– Least Restrictive Environments– Discipline
Teaching CoachingProfessional LearningPractices
Fireman SupervisionPoliceman Implementation
Policies & ProceduresPre-RTI
1998-2005FM-Dispro • MID/EBD, Disc,• Achievement• SI/Lang• Psych Serv Audit• SST Audit
No longer Dispro based on05-06 data
2006-07• POI
committee formed
• SI Dismissal• Discipline
Reports
2007-08• PL on RTI
and POI for Admin
• Implement POI Elem
2008-09• Implement
POI Middle School
2009-Present• Implement
POI High School
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Guiding Question #1
• Does your system have written policy and/or procedures for the implementation of Georgia’s child find rule?– What is the district level
policy or procedures related to child find?
Guiding Question #2
• Does your district provide high quality, job-embedded, ongoing-sustained professional learning activities (coaching, walk-throughs..) for school personnel to assist with the implementation of the child find rule?– What data do you use to guide development of PL?– Who delivers the professional learning?– How is it sustained?– What follow up data (fidelity, coaching..) is collected to ensure PL is
implemented and successful?– What personnel are included in the professional learning?
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Guiding Question #3• Does your district provide
sustained supervision to monitor the implementation (practices) of policies and procedures that will ensure compliance of child find policies and procedures?– What are the procedures for
monitoring?– What are the procedures for
intervening if the rule is not followed?
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Guiding Question #4
• Does your district have a process to identify schools that are not compliant with the child find policies and/or procedures and require a corrective action?– What are the procedures for identifying schools?– Are there corrective action plans developed for non-compliant
schools?– What type of technical assistance (TA) and how is TA provided?
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Guiding Question #5
• Does your district publish an annual notice of any significant activity that is designed to identify, locate or evaluate children using some type of media to publicly notify parents?– What type of information is
provided related to child find and where does the LEA publish the information?
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Guiding Question #6
• Does your district provide screening and evaluation of all children with suspected disabilities birth through age 21?– What are policies and
procedures for screening and evaluation of children suspected of having a disability?
– What is the process for obtaining an evaluation and obtaining a consent?
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Guiding Question #7
• Does your district have a practical method to determine which children are currently receiving special education and related services?– What is your system for
keeping records of and monitoring students with IEPs?
Guiding Question #8• Does your district provide student referrals that are accompanied
by documentation of scientific, research or evidence-based academic and/or behavioral interventions that have been implemented as designed for the appropriate period of time to show effect or lack of effect that demonstrates the child is not making sufficient rate of progress to meet age of State-approved, grade-level What guidance do you use to determine scientific, research or evidence-based academic and/or behavioral interventions?– What guidance do you use to determine scientific, research or evidence-based
academic and/or behavioral interventions?– Is there systematic documentation of interventions and student’s response to
intervention (progress monitoring) and guidelines to measure rate of improvement/progress?
– How do you provide training of interventions to staff?– How is intervention implementation, fidelity and coaching of interventions ensured?
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Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Research to Guide You
What Works Clearinghouse (US Dept of Ed)http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/
Best Evidence Encyclopedia (Johns Hopkins)www.bestevidence.org
Promising Practices Network www.promisingpractices.net
Colorado Blueprintshttp://www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints/http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/index.html
SAMHSA NREPPwww.nrepp.samhsa.gov/
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Research to Guide YouGaDOEhttp://public.doe.k12.ga.us/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Curriculum-and-Instruction/Pages/Response-to-Intervention.aspx
• RTI Guidance Document• RTI Professional Learning Webinar Series: Using
Research to Select and Design Effective Interventions– RTI Series 1: RTI Overview of the Series – RTI Series 2: Scientifically Based Research and Evidence-Based
Decision Making
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent“Making Education Work for All Georgians”www.gadoe.org
Thank you!
You are the key to success!
Together, We Can Make a Difference!
Dawnyell King [email protected]
Paula Freer [email protected]