What We Do
Bilingual Assessment Team personnel
work with school personnel, ESOL bilingual counselors,
ESOL Parent Services, Recidency and International Admission
Office, and families of students to support Individualized
Education Program Teams in collaborative problem solving,
addressing the needs of English Language Learners who
are suspected of having educational disabilities.
Students referred to the Bilingual
Assessment Team require the experience of multilingual
and multicultural staff.
The Bilingual Assessment Team members
use a variety of standardized instruments, informal
measures, rating scales, consultation, clinical observation
and behavior samples to collect a broad spectrum of
data and make a valid assessment of the factors influencing
a child's learning.
Members of the Bilingual Assessment
Team work with Individualized Education Program Teams
to analyze and interpret data and test a full range
of hypotheses about how social, cultural, linguistic,
curricular, instructional, and familial factors combine
to influence a student's academic success.
Collaboration among Bilingual Assessment
Team members and the ESOL bilingual counselors, ESOL
Parent Services, families, and local school personnel
is an integral part of assessment, making it possible
to incorporate all of the significant information needed
to provide the most valid assessment possible in order
to guide the Individualized Education Program process
in compliance with federal and state laws.
The Bilingual Assessment Team works
in collaboration with the ESOL bilingual counselors,
ESOL Parent Services, families of students, schools,
and central office personnel to develop a system of
supports and accommodations appropriate to the needs
of each child to ensure academic success and optimal
development.
The Bilingual Assessment Team uses
the linguistic and cultural knowledge, skills, and abilities
of its members, aided by interpreters as needed, to
make complex Individualized Education Program procedures
comprehensible and accessible to parents from a broad
range of cultural and educational backgrounds
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