Chapter 6: Child Study Committee Flashcards
What is the purpose of Child Study Committee?
The Child Study Team is a school-based team, often known as the child study team (CST), school building-level committee (SBLC), pupil personnel team (PPT), or pre-referral team (PRT), depending on the state in which the student resides. Members of the CST usually meet on a regular basis, once or twice a week depending the caseload.
What is the role of RTI in the assessment process?
When progress monitoring and teacher observation show that Tier I RTI strategies are not working, they will move to tier II RTI. These students whose performance and rate of progress lag behind those of peers in their classroom, school, or district may receive more specialized prevention or remediation within general education.
What are some of the sources of information on student performance that might be considered at the Child Study Committee?
- school records
- prior academic achievement
- prior test scores
- group standardized achievement test results
- attendance records
- prior teacher reports
- group IQ test information
- prior teacher referrals
- medical history
- student work
Your book lists some pre-referral strategies. List those here.
- Team meeting with teachers
- Parent interviews
- Medical Exam
- Hearing test
- Vision test
- Classroom management techniques
- Help classes
- Remedial reading or math services
- In-school counseling
- Progress reports
- Disciplinary action
- change of program
- Consolidation of program
- Referral to child protective services
- Informal assessment techniques
- Screening
Why is it important to rule out vision, hearing, medical, economic, cultural, and environmental issues during the pre-referral process?
once informal screenings have taken place, if the informal screenings determines the possibility of a suspected disability, then the CST must make a more formal referral to the district’s multidisciplinary team for a comprehensive assessment.
