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Make sure students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds receive appropriate educational placement and services
Students' cultural and linguistic differences are often mistaken for learning and/or behavioral disabilities. On the other hand, these cultural and linguistic differences may actually mask a student's disability. Despite significant advances in the understanding of effective teaching practices for culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students, including limited English proficient (LEP) and English language learners (ELL), the transfer of research to practice remains elusive.
In Seven Steps to Separating Difference From Disability, Catherine Collier introduces the PRISIM process (the Pyramid of Resiliency, Instruction, Strategies Intervention, and Monitoring) for use within an RTI framework. PRISIM's seven steps ensure that diverse students with special needs are not disproportionately identified for special services and that all students with special needs have those needs met in the most appropriate manner. This book contains: A 7-step process for separating difference from disability within an RTI frameworkResource materials for implementing the processReproducible formsRecommended reading materialsCase studiesSelf-study assessment worksheetGlossary
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Ensure appropriate placement and services for your school's diverse students
This timely book shows how to adapt the widely used Response to Intervention (RTI) model to distinguish between lear
Synopsis
Based on the RTI model, this comprehensive book provides seven steps to determining appropriate instruction, intervention, and services for culturally and linguistically diverse students.