georgia pyramid of interventions: setting the stage for appropriate child find procedures

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


In your job, which describes your role?

• Fireman• Policeman• Teacher• Coach


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)


Objective• To review the 4 components of local general

supervision as they relate to child find


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


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?


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?


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?


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?


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?


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?

• ?


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/

http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/

https://webmail.sowegak12.org/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx

http://www.promisingpractices.net/

http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints/

http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/index.html

http://www.nrepp.samhsa.gov/


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

http://intranet.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Curriculum-and-Instruction/Pages/Response-to-Intervention.aspx

http://intranet.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Curriculum-and-Instruction/Pages/Response-to-Intervention.aspx



Thank you!

You are the key to success!

Together, We Can Make a Difference!

Dawnyell King [email protected]

Paula Freer [email protected]

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georgia pyramid of interventions: setting the stage for appropriate child find procedures

Documents

implement poi middle

school wide approaches

paula freer gadoe

psych services audit

poi elem2008

poi committee

psych services prerti

researchbased interventions