Description
Explain the role of the teacher in determining whether to refer an ELL student for special education assessment by doing the following:
A. Summarize your state’s regulations (New York State) and requirements for determining whether to refer an ELL student for special education assessment. Include your state (New York) requirements with your summary.
B. Describe special factors (e.g., cultural expectations regarding classroom behavior, cultural differences in teaching style, limited formal schooling, native language influence, vision or hearing impairments, ADHD) involved in identifying whether a problem stems from normal language acquisition or if the problem is a special education issue.
C. Describe the steps a teacher would take prior to and during the referral process by doing the following:
1. Describe three information sources (e.g., health screening results, classroom formative or summative assessment data, parent information surveys, universal screening data) that teachers use to make initial modifications in the learning environment to determine whether a problem is due to normal language development or a special education need.
2. Discuss three examples of modifications you would make to the learning environment for a student who is exhibiting difficulty in learning language.
D. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased or summarized.
E. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
Please make sure the state standards are for New York State. Some of the files may need login information which can be provided if necessary.
