Helping Students with
Special Needs succeed in
IB Schools
Present by Canadian Academy's Learning Support Team
Our Team
Rose Yee
Douglas Chee
Joe Gorski
Aimee Moore
Supporting Needs in the PYP and MYP/DP
Part 1, The PYP
Rose Yee and Aimee Moore
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steps involved in the referral
process
department tracking system
support models
resources
questions
5 minute
Break
(if time
available)
Part 2, the MYP
Joe Gorski and Douglas Chee
Assessment in the MYP
Sample activity
What is modified Criteria?
Sample activity
Bringing it all
together:
Part
3, the why
DP modified
Supplementing
assessment?with external courses
Serving Students with
Needs:
An Elementary Perspective
Aimee Moore & Rose Yee
SENIA 2016
Video:
Overview:
●steps involved in the referral process
●department tracking system
●support models
●resources
●questions
Student Support Model at CA
Learning Support
Coordinator
- LST
- LSA
Admissions Office
Health Office
ESOL
- Coordinator
- ESOL teachers
Counseling Programme
- Counselor
Director, Principal
Steps Involved in
Supporting Students
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Parent Meeting/Initial Referral
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Development of an Action Plan or
IEP
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Assessment; Follow-up with Parents
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Placement & Support
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SST Meeting/Requests for
Evaluation/Parent Consent for
Evaluation
Parent Meeting/Initial Referral
1
● Teacher has concerns about student
English language
acquisition→
ESOL Teacher
Behavior →
ES Counselor
Progression of
learning→ LS
Department
B r a i n s t o r m
● Refers to PRIM
● Contacts parents about concerns
● Completes Pre-Referral form*
● Document strategies, at least 3 weeks
● File copies: 1) ES student folder
2) respective support department
■ Student discussed at weekly ES SST meeting
PRIM: Pre-Referral Intervention Manual
Pre-referral
Form
SST Meeting
2
● SST Meeting:
○ Fill out Google doc; everyone’s input
○ Collective plan
■ in-house testing; more strategies in class;
next steps for parents; observations
Assessment; Follow-up with Parents
3
● In-house test results shared with parents
● Consent for further testing from external agency
○ Parents provide copy of external assessment
to school
● Review at weekly ES SST meeting
● Data collected to form a plan with goals
Development of AP or IEP
4
● Action Plan:
○ no official
diagnosed learning
disability
○ accommodations
● IEP (Individualized
Education Plan):
○ diagnosed learning
disability or other
formal diagnosis
○ adjusted year-end
expectations but
accessing the current
grade level
Placement and Support
5
Support provided based on specific plan:
pull-out as necessary
in-class support
small-group or 1:1
LSA provided based on
need
co-teaching, planning,
consulting/
resourcing, LSA
supervision
Sample Support Schedule
Mini-lesson
Reading/Writing/UoI
Resources:
Reading A to Z (www.readinga-z.com)
K5 Learning (k5learning.com)
Fluency Tutor (www.fluency.texthelp.com)
CBM: Curriculum Based Measurement (www.interventioncentral.com)
Dictation: Mac-based
Wilson Reading Program
LindaMood-Bell Talkies Program (lindamoodbell.com)
ALEKS (www.aleks.com)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fluency-tutorfor-google/ejajakfhhhhkifioabcekjjlhpoiijfa
● Features ‘share extension’ - can pull info off web
for reading
● Bank of reading passages at various lexiles and
reading ages
● Used to increase fluency/ build vocabulary
A few resources...
LS to Success!
QUESTIONS?
Question
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Exit ticket : THANK YOU!
Please share your ‘take-away’ from this session and what
you would like to know more about!
Thanks for joining us today!
Padlet link: http://padlet.com/amoore33/LStoSuccess
Supporting
Special Needs
in the
MYP and DP
Assumptions:
● You are already differentiating to the highest degree
possible
● You already have accommodations in place
● The student has been placed appropriately
● Even with differentiation and accommodation, student has
not been successful
Accommodation Vs Modification
Accommodations generally change the
delivery
Modifications change the content
Why modified criteria and not content?
Inclusion!
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Link to Assignments
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9AJVfH4q4XLW5CRDRqNXI2dVE&usp=sharing
Case Study 1#
High School Chemistry
Lab
Criterion B and C
Examine 2 labs from an
inclusive classroom
Case Study 2#
9th Grade
Interdisciplinary Unit
(History and English)
Criterion A, C, D
Review the essays at your table
and grade according to both criteria
Which do you think is most appropriate? And
for whom?
Some Caveats....
● should be noted on report card
● not eligible for Gr. 10 Certificate
● should NEVER be done without
explicit permission and understanding
from parents and student
The exception..... The DP!
Supplementing the DP with online courses...
Q and A
Thank you for attending!
Please feel free to contact us, and we hope to see
you in Japan at SENIA 2017!