SAT Process

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SAT Organization

Potential SAT Potential SAT MembersMembers

May consider: General Educators Parents Administrator Other Specialists (i.e., social workers,

counselors, reading specialist, etc.) Others by invitation:

* Special Educators* School Psychologist

SAT - Where, when, SAT - Where, when, how long?how long?

Where Quiet, PRIVATE space

When The problem-solving team can

convene during screening (Tier I) or progress monitoring (Tiers 2 and 3).

How long Develop a schedule for the meetings

and stick with it Efficiently utilize time

Erica Lembke

SAT Set-UpSAT Set-Up Establish a clear team process and

meeting procedures. Publicize your team and its services to

your faculty, other staff, and parents Create an inventory of resources in your

building that can be used by your intervention team

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 Definition of Roles 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

SAT Case manager: Check with referral teacher, observations, follow-up phone calls with parents, assist with intervention, check on intervention integrity

SAT members: Attend/participate meeting, share interventions ideas, represent the team within the school and community, support team decisions and recommendations

Referral Teacher: Bring documentation, pinpoint target areas with team members, follow through with intervention suggestions

Parent: Providing suggestions of interventions and follow through with suggested interventions.

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 Activity: Questions to Help SAT Members Help SAT Members

OrganizeOrganize

How to Structure a How to Structure a SATSAT

Typically 10 to 15 minutes

Assessing teacher concerns

Inventory of strengths and talents

Review base line data

Select target teacher concerns Define top 1 or 2

How to Structure a How to Structure a SAT, cont.SAT, cont.

Set academic/behavioral goals

Design and intervention plan

Method of monitoring progress

If no parent, plan how to share with him/her

Review

Set a timer!

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