Student Suspected to be 'Struggling'

Signs of Struggling

  1. Lacks focus
  2. Indiscipline
  3. Withdrawal
  4. Poor memory
  5. Poor assessments
  6. Change in behaviour
  7. Avoidance behaviour
  8. Aggressive behaviour
  9. Difficulty staying on task
  10. Takes longer than normal

Teacher, parent
or student has concerns for a student

Point to Note


New to English: Wait for six months.


New to ISL (without previous services): Wait two months.

Teacher notifies parents about specific classroom concerns and checks the
Support Services document

Initiate: Data Collection (DC) Process

Required

Not Required

Teacher completes the DC Form (link here), which includes student strengths, concerns, anecdotal information and strategies
tried and outcomes of those strategies with rationale
(2 weeks of concise
examples or more)

Teacher sends completed DC to Principal and Support Services (SUPP)

Principal makes a determination.
SUPP notifies student's teachers

Who: Relevant support, Principal, and teacher that completed DC
What: Plan next steps and determines who to include in DC.
Fix date of Meeting 2.
Next Steps: Implement interventions



Data Collection
Process ends



Student Study Team (SST) Meeting 1: Initial Review of DC

Principal
Addresses Concern

End of Support/
Intervention

Required

Not Required

SST Meeting 2: Reviewing Outcomes & Level of Support

Who: All relevant members
What: Review outcomes from plan and determine ongoing support
levels + SUPP placement
Next Steps: Referral to SUPP
or DC ends

Required

No Need For
Further Support



Strategies are successful.
No need for SUPP.
Data Collection Process ends



Not Required

Who: All relevant members
and parents
What: Final referral/ DC meeting
Next Steps: 60 days Individual Learning Plan (ILP) or Support Overviews (SO)

SST Meeting 3: Finalizing Student Support Plan

Required



Strategies are successful.
No need for SUPP (referral).
Data Collection Process ends



No Need For
Further Support

Not Required

REFERENCES:


  1. Spotting the signs: How to support students struggling with mental health. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.nyeducationservices.co.uk/spotting-signs-how-support-students-struggling-mental-health.
  2. The State of LD: Identifying Struggling Students. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.ncld.org/identifying-struggling-students.

Activity 2: Students with
Special Disabilities

Mohammed Waseem

ISL Learning Support Process

Comprehensive Evidence-based strategies and practices (by Beatriz Cacheda De Paz)
Link here

Learning Environment Environment

Assistive Technology Assistive

Differentiated Instruction Differentiated-Instruction-Resources

What is DI and how
can they can be used?
Link to Waseem's Unit 2
Act 2 Infographic