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:
Academic/learning
Social Emotional Behaviour

2. Check any information
Look up student’s file
NFORMA for previous year’s records
Classroom files e.g. Ob Surveys /data from previous teacher

3. Discuss these issues with the appropriate person / persons:
Previous Teacher
Level Leader
Professional Learning Team
Reading Recovery /Numeracy Leader
Student Wellbeing Leader

4. Trial Strategies (Collect Data)

5. Refer the student
Should there be further concern, refer the student.
Use the referral form ‘Student Welfare Group’ located N-forma
Send an email to Rosemary Tesoriero Student Services Teacher
rtesoriero@saclaytonsth.catholic.edu.au

6. Student Support Team
Principal, Learning and Teaching Coordinator / Deputy Principal, Student Support Teacher/ Learning and Teaching Leader, Reading Recovery Teacher, Student Wellbeing Leader (asrequired). 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.

7. Programme Support Group Meeting (See Protocols)
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. This team works together to: - establish shared goals for the student to access the curriculum - plan an appropriate educational program - supports the development of an ILP

8. Individual Learning Plan (See Protocols)
Write an ILP. Use the school’s ILP proforma. Includes:
- a statement of the student’s current performance
- Long and short term goals
- Implementation plan
- An evaluation (the extent of a student’s progress toward meeting the projected outcomes i.e. the long and short term goals)