Classroom process for struggling student
Build relationships
Be intentional with your lesson planning
Have high and consistent expectations
Get your students engaged and excited
Whitney Isley
10 step process by which children are identified
5.IEP meeting is scheduled.
- Child is identified as possibly needing special education and related services.
10.Child is reevaluated.
- After the IEP is written, services are provided.
- Child is found eligible for services.
8.Progress is measured and reported to parents.
3.Eligibility is decided.
9 IEP is reviewed.
2.Child is evaluated.
[The special Ed Process]
6.IEP meeting is held and the IEP is written.
References
10 Basic Steps in Special Education. (2017, April 9). Retrieved from https://www.parentcenterhub.org/steps/
Signs of a Struggling Student. (n.d.). Retrieved February 28, 2020, from https://www.advancedlearners.com/tutoring/struggling.aspx
Pears, K. (2016, September 26). KITS. Retrieved from https://www.kidsintransitiontoschool.org/how-to-positively-approach-parents-whose-children-are-struggling-at-school/
MiddleWeb. (n.d.). 5 Keys to Motivating Struggling Learners. Retrieved from https://www.middleweb.com/35119/5-keys-to-motivating-struggling-learners/
Team, G. (n.d.). Special Education Referral Process. Retrieved from https://edu.glogster.com/glog/special-education-referral-process/28vqorhxwnu
What are some signs of a struggling student 
Becomes easily frustrated
Takes longer than normal to complete written work
Lacks self-motivation
Receives notes home from teachers about classroom misconduct
Has difficulty following directions
What the children want
school administration's directive for special education
Q: What is the school administration's directive for special education?
A. Making sure the IEP is being followed and requirements met. Making sure all the special ed students are being properly taken care of and safe.
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Positively Approach Parents Whose Children Are Struggling at School
Feedback Sandwich
This is a really good way to handle giving a parent a heads up that their child is having difficulties. You position your constructive feedback in between two positives
Be clear about what you would like parents
to do
Saying that a child needs to “work on” something or “should not be” engaging in a behavior does not let parents know about how they can help their children. And many parents genuinely may not know how to change a child’s given behavior. The more specific you can be, the better the chances that parents will actively work on the behaviors with their children.
Mix in positives with feedback about needed
improvements
take time to recognize a child’s positive behaviors, even if you also have to give feedback about things he needs to work on. This can be hard to do when you are pressed for time and frustrated with a child, but it will pay off in the end.
Notes or school cards home
Sometimes you won’t have time to make a call or won’t remember at the end of a long day what went well. That’s where notes or school cards can be really helpful. If you write down during the day what the child is doing well as well as where he needed to make improvements, then at the end of the day you can send home a note that has positives as well as constructive feedback
Making a phone call home if a child is having a particularly good day or even if they just followed one direction well. Take the time to make a call home to tell their parents what a good job they did. This will make everyone feel good. And it will increase the likelihood that parents will be willing to talk to you in the future, instead of screening your phone calls.
Q.Who takes responsibity of the process of the child before and after the referal?
A. A case worker is always assigned to a special ed student. Usally it will be a special ed teacher that will carry 25-28 special ed students.
Q.Do the special ed students feel bad when they are put in different classses than the other students? A: We make sure they are in regular classes for part of the day. They only have a few classes that are in special ed student only classes.
How to motivate struggling students
Developing a Growth Mindset providing the right support for them to learn, encouraging them along the path , and celebrating their resilience and successes. As a part of this, we should teach them to use positive language with themselves, such as “This is challenging for me but with some help, I believe I can learn the water cycle.”
Providing Appropriate SupportIt’s important to realize that support should be used at an appropriate level through the learning process. At the beginning of new learning, more support is needed. As the learning continues, we want students to become more independent in their learning
Using Effective Praise
With struggling students, they needed praise to help them get started, especially because they had never felt successful in an academic setting.
Building a Relationship
The first key to motivating struggling learners is to build a positive relationship with each student.
Effective PRAISE is:
Independence is Promoted
Sincere
Appropriate
Reinforces High Expectations
Positive
Effort and Progress are Noted
Holding High ExpectationsWe have to be on guard to ensure that we keep high expectations in place for every single student. But we also have to put those expectations into action.