Before the Special Education Referral: Leading Intervention Teams

This book helps readers to develop an efficient prereferral intervention process that truly benefits students! For struggling students, the effectiveness of a school’s prereferral intervention team can dramatically influence their level of school achievement and future success. This resource presents a step-by-step, four-phase model for developing effective prereferral intervention teams and presents methods for evaluating the effectiveness of a prereferral intervention program. The author shows how well-organized prereferral intervention teams can: identify instructional and behavioral strategies before initiating a referral for a special education evaluation; provide powerful support to the Response to Intervention model for identifying learning disabilities; and, enhance the collaborative strengths of a professional learning community.