SAT Process
Larianne Polk
lpolk@esu7.org
402-564-0815
SAT Organization
Potential SAT Members
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May consider:
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General Educators
Parents
Administrator
Other Specialists (i.e., social workers, counselors,
reading specialist, etc.)
Others by invitation:
* Special Educators
* School Psychologist
SAT - Where, when, how
long?
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Where
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When
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Quiet, PRIVATE space
The problem-solving team can convene during
screening (Tier I) or progress monitoring (Tiers
2 and 3).
How long
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Develop a schedule for the meetings and stick
with it
Efficiently utilize time
Erica Lembke
SAT Set-Up
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Establish a clear team process and meeting
procedures.
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Publicize your team and its services to your faculty,
other staff, and parents
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Create an inventory of resources in your building
that can be used by your intervention team
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Try out the intervention team roles and meeting
procedures at least two or three times in actual
meetings before accepting your first staff referral
Intervention Central
Definition of Roles
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SAT Coordinator: Accepting referrals, disseminating referral information to team
members, assigning case manager and assisting as needed, maintaining official records of the
SAT, setting meeting date and time, facilitating the meeting, setting follow-up date
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SAT Case manager: Check with referral teacher, observations, follow-up phone calls with
parents, assist with intervention, check on intervention integrity
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SAT members: Attend/participate meeting, share interventions ideas, represent the team
within the school and community, support team decisions and recommendations
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Referral Teacher: Bring documentation, pinpoint target areas with team members, follow
through with intervention suggestions
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Parent: Providing suggestions of interventions and follow through with suggested
interventions.
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Child: Offer insight into what motivates them, share areas of concern, and provide possible
adaptations that would help them in the classroom
Activity: Questions to Help
SAT Members Organize
How to Structure a SAT
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Typically 10 to 15 minutes
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Assessing teacher concerns
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Inventory of strengths and talents
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Review base line data
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Select target teacher concerns
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Define top 1 or 2
How to Structure a SAT,
cont.
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Set academic/behavioral goals
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Design and intervention plan
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Method of monitoring progress
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If no parent, plan how to share with him/her
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Review
Set a timer!
SAT Forms
SAT Process