Maryland's Largest School District
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Psychological Services → Bilingual Assessment Team
Brenda B. Browne, Coordinator
Ricardo S. Castillo, Instructional Assessment Specialist
Jennifer M. Doidge, Psychologist
Oliver R. Fajardo, Instructional Assessment Specialist
Dr. Barry L. Fargo, Instructional Assessment Specialist
Xiomara A. Guevara, Speech Pathologist
Ronald (Ron) J. Lucena, Instructional Assessment Specialist
Vilmette Y. Mangual, Speech Pathologist
Kenneth M. Milla, Psychologist
Dr. Han N. Nguyen, Psychologist
Dr. Patricia M. Parada, Speech Pathologist
Sara (Elena) E. Rasines, Psychologist
Alexa M. Santana, Psychologist
Patricia C. Sicora, Psychologist
Elsa G. Wood, Instructional Assessment Specialist
The Bilingual Assessment Team (BAT) is a multilingual unit within the Department of Psychological Services that collaborates with school-based teams to provide consultation, assessment, and professional learning to support MCPS K-12 Emergent Multilingual Learners (EMLs) who speak Amharic, Chinese, French, Pashto/Pushto, Persian Dari, Portuguese, Spanish, or Vietnamese who are suspected of having an educational disability and MCPS K-2 EMLs who receive special education services as a result of a Developmental Delay who have not had previous bilingual assessments and need to be re-evaluated prior to their 8th birthday.
School-based teams are invited to contact the BAT instructional assessment specialist and school psychologist assigned to their school for consultation prior to initial Child Find and Re-evaluation Planning IEP meetings.