Policy – Category 5000 (Students) BP 5001 – Identification and Referral of Individuals for Special Education
• All academic IEP goals for ELs must be linguistically/culturally appropriate. • ELD standards are aligned with the Common Core standards and should be used when writing goals for ELs. Please refer to the following documents posted on the Desert//Mountain DMCS website for in-depth information regarding special education assessment, IEP development, and re-classification criteria: English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) on the CDE website at https://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/ep/ In General: Child Find/Pre-Referral Activities It is especially important for the SST to determine whether accommodations and supports in the general education curriculum or in the manner in which instruction is provided may assist the child in overcoming their learning, language-speech, and/or behavioral problems. The child’s teacher and SST should gather the following information about the child to help make this determination: • Background.
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• Culture and language. • Acculturation level. • Socio-linguistic development; and
• Data showing the child’s response to the school and classroom environment when accommodations and supports are provided.
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Cultural and Linguistic Interventions Interventions to help resolve difficulties that arise from differences in cultural and linguistic background or from difficulties with the schooling process might include: • Cross-cultural counseling and • Peer support groups.
BP 5001 – Identification & Referral of Individuals for Special Education Desert Mountain Charter Special Education Local Plan Area (DMCS) (rev.08/21)
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