1.+Internal+Referral+Process

= **IDENTIFICATION AND REFERRAL OF STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ** =
 * St Andrew’s Catholic Primary School Clayton South (updated December 2011) **

**1. Classroom teacher identifies issues related to ** : **2. Check any information ** **3. Discuss these issues with the appropriate person / persons: **
 * Academic/learning **
 * Social Emotional ****Behaviour **
 * Look up student’s file **
 * NFORMA for previous year’s records **
 * Classroom files e.g. Ob Surveys /data from previous teacher **
 * Previous Teacher **
 * Level Leader **
 * Professional Learning Team **
 * Reading Recovery /Numeracy Leader **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Student Wellbeing Leader **

**<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">4. Trial Strategies (Collect Data) **

**<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">5 ** **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">. Refer the student ** rtesoriero@saclaytonsth.catholic.edu.au
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Should there be further concern, refer the student. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Use the referral form ‘Student Welfare Group’ located N-forma **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Send an email to Rosemary Tesoriero Student Services Teacher **

**<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">6. Student Support Team ** **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">7. ****<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Programme Support Group Meeting (See Protocols) **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Principal <span style="color: black; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">, ****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Learning and Teaching Coordinator / Deputy Principal, Student Support Teacher/ Learning and Teaching Leader, Reading Recovery Teacher, Student Wellbeing Leader (as ****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">required ****<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">). ****<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">This team will help the teacher to decide on the appropriate action e.g. further data collection, further testing, P.S.G. /referral to CEO speech pathologist / psychologist or appropriate professional. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Principal (or Principal representative),Teacher, Parent/s, Student Support Teacher and invited professional specialists) i.e those with the most knowledge of and responsibility for the student. ****<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">This team works together to: ** <span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">establish shared goals for the student to access the curriculum **<span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">plan an appropriate educational program ****<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- supports the development of an ILP **

**<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">8. Individual Learning Plan (See Protocols) **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Write an ILP. Use the school’s ILP proforma. Includes: **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- a statement of the student’s current performance **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- Long and short term goals **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- Implementation plan **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- An evaluation (the extent of a student’s progress toward meeting the projected outcomes ****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">i.e. the long and short term goals) **