prereferral

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• Before making a formal referral, teachers often engage in a prereferral process to try various interventions that may help the student succeed.

• During the prereferral stage, educators collect data and implement strategies to support students who are struggling academically.

• Finally, the participants felt that their knowledge of RIDE tactics would allow them to continue this type of prereferral problem resolution beyond the workshop sessions.

  Academic text (1992)

• Throughout the Prereferral Process

  Academic text (2013)

• Carter and Sugai (1989) surveyed the 50 states and the District of Columbia to assess the type and level of prereferral interventions used.

  Academic text (1993)

• Most importantly, poor treatment integrity may result in a strong prereferral intervention functioning ineffectively (Moncher & Prinz, 1991; Telzrow, 1995; Yeaton & Sechrest, 1981).

  Academic text (1998)

• Because RTI may be used as a prereferral or determination for disability identification, if mandated by state law (Council for Exceptional Children, 2007; The National Center for Response to Intervention, 2011), many teachers will now conduct conferences that extend beyond the typical parent-teacher conference to focus on varied interventions to help struggling learners.

  Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

P

to prescreening

vsprereferral

1 3.9

To check people or things to see if they meet rules before a final decision

tries informal help and assessments first to avoid starting formal procedures

How Formal

referral

2 5.3

prereferral

• Jargon

8.2

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