Evaluating ELL Students for the Possibility of Special Education Qualification - 2nd Edition - Softcover

Gill, Steve; Nanayakkara, Ushani

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1727251733 ISBN 13: 9781727251739

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

Synopsis

The evaluation of language learners for possible special education services is a difficult process at best, with a long history of errors represented in both disproportionate qualification and anecdotal stories. The goal of this book is to help practitioners correctly identify language learners who truly have disabilities, whose disabilities are impacting their ability to access their education and who need specially designed instruction. The errors can be reduced with the following five-step process: 1. Address belief system challenges that lead to disproportionality. 2. Analyze district data to better understand the problems. 3. Examine the challenges using our LE3AP process. 4. Use data from a systematic pre-referral process, the ELL Critical Data Process. 5. Examine the category with the most disproportionality, Specific Learning Disability, using the model we provide. This book provides practitioners with tools and background information to follow this process. It also provides examples of both data and report write-ups. It is supported by the authors’ first book, The ELL Critical Data Process.

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About the Author

Steve’s first job in education, before he became a school psychologist, was as a driver’s education teacher. Steve had a wonderful opportunity to study school psychology and work at the university, so he followed that path. Steve started his career as a school psychologist in a district with a large ELL population. Over the years, he completed graduate work in ELL studies, eventually creating the ELL Critical Data Process. Steve and Ushani (Steve’s wife and co-author) have five books for sale on Amazon.com. Their first book, The ELL Critical Data Process-2nd Edition, is a resource for learning professionals for determining whether more interventions are needed or if a special education referral is a reasonable option. The second edition of their book, Evaluating ELL Students for the Possibility of Special Education Qualification went into print in September of 2018, and focuses on the special education evaluation process for language learners and how to potentially achieve appropriate identification rates. Their book, Special Education Referral or Not, follows a similar method of gathering and analyzing data through a team discussion process that is step-by-step. The self-study or group study ELL Teachers and Special Education covers critical special education topics for ELL teachers. Processing Perspectives is a collection of educator stories that help the reader see different perspectives and process their own perspectives. As of 2018, Steve has trained over 9,000 educators on ELL and Special Education topics, with a focus on using the ELL Critical Data Process. Ushani Nanayakkara is a writer and commercial trainer who has worked for two corporations as a training development manager. In her collaboration with Steve Gill she makes the material applicable to a broad audience. She also writes historical fiction and thrillers.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1727251733
• ISBN 13: 9781727251739
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 128