Test 4-Intervention Flashcards
Option 1
Consultative, collaborative, service provision in which ELL student remains in the GE classroom and the teacher receives assistance from special education personnel, ESL teachers, and/or bilingual staff members.
Option for ELL Students who Qualify for Special Education
Range of options for ELL students who qualify for special ed.. after RtI has been found to be insufficient to meet their specific learning needs.
Available options depend greatly upon particular school district and what state it is in.
You need to find out what your particular school district offers.
Option 2
Pull-out services in English (or ideally bilingually tx) conducted 1-2 times a week in specialists room.
Usually group, but could be individual.
Option 3
Placement in regular bilingual education or Sheltered English Classroom with support from special education.
2 other options:
- Monolingual English special education classroom (hopefully with primary language support using a bilingual teacher, tutor, etc.)
- Bilingual special education classroom.
It is important to think….
FLEXIBILITY.
And we always have to keep the possibility of poverty in mind; for example in Elk Grove Unified alone…
- Children from 80-60 different language groups were represented.
- Many from low-income homes.
Language Impairment In ELL Students:Foundations
A. Legal Considerations: IDEA
IDEA:Students who speak a second language must be assessed in both the primary L1 and and English.
- Must show delays in both primary lang. and english in order to be diagnosed as having a language impairment.
- ELL student–true LI if difficulties learning in BOTH Languages.
- Student with age-appropriate L1 skills and low scores in English is NOT LI and is not a candidate for special education.
- We must make teachers and admin aware of difference.
There is an increased focus on diverse students in our schools…No Child Left Behind Act (2001):
Strong emphasis on achievement for low-income, diverse, ELL students.
No Child Left Behind says Students with disabilities must…
participate in state accountability systems for reading and math in grades 3-8.
-Accommodations are allowed.
Schools must show:
Adequate annual progress toward all students being proficient in math and reading or face penalties.
IDEA 2004
LEAs (local education agencies) are allowed to eliminate the IQ achievement discrepancy gap that formerly was mandated in order to qualify students for many special education services.
IDEA 2004: There is a greater emphasis on…
pre-referral services
IDEA 2004: Schools may now use…
more fund for early intervention.
There is a special focus on children in…
K-3 who don’t technically qualify for special ed but who need additional support-ELLs too.
There is also a special focus on children who…
are having difficulty developing their basic reading skills, especially in the early grades.
The law also emphasizes if a particular group of students (e.g. ELLs)…
is overrepresented in special education, states will be required to provide coordinated, comprehensive, early intervention programs for these students.