How does an intervention team determine if English learners (ELs) have special education needs? What are the best interventions to use with ELs? How can we distinguish between a disability and English language development difficulties? This book can help school intervention, referral, and IEP teams learn how to assess the specific nature of an EL student’s learning challenges, create a continuum of appropriate interventions and measure the student's response to those interventions.

This Professional Development Book Study will consist of:

 2 hours of independent reading time plus

 2 discussion sessions (1.5 hours each) with team activities relating to the school’s MTSS process and time to discuss interventions.

Attendees will receive:

 5 hours of additional Professional Development pay at the per diem rate

 3 Clock Hours (optional)

 This book for future reference 

Who should be invited to participate in this book study? 

Up to 5 members of the school’s referral team: SSC, School Counselor(s), Social Worker, Special Education Teacher(s), Administrator, and others relevant to the identification process.