Kindergarten+Screening+and+Early+Intervention

We use the DIAL III to screen incoming K, and yes we provide intervention K-5 as per scores on AIMSweb (3x's per yr.) in ELA and Math. Karen

We use the Brigance Kindergarten screening. For those children who score below the developmental cut offs, we can do a number of things: refer for a full eval. immediately (depending on the profile of the student), recommend for screenings (speech, hearing, vision), recommend for specific interventions to be provided by Reading Teacher, put on a "watch" for first few weeks of school and then bring to IST.

M. Milliam, Principal John Paulding School

We have developed our own screening and use the DIBELS for our entering kindergarteners. We assess over the first three days of school with a staggered student schedule. We administer the PASI (Phonemic Awareness Screening Instrument) to those who are below benchmark. We have early intervention for PA based upon the results. When we assessed in the spring we found results to be skewed. We used to use the DIAL 3 but found it did not identify those we felt should have been identified for intervention and/or language support. Happy 2011, Robin

We give the KRT in the spring and then invite incoming kids to a 4 week summer school program for kids who fell below cut-off (if parents would like them to come). Helene Kane

   We presently use the Dial 3 and perform the assessment in the late Spring. We feel that the Dial is not giving us enough information. We use the DIBELS in December but have decided to DIBEL the incoming K students in September along with a teacher made phonemic awareness instrument The kindergarten teachers, the school psychologist and I are presently looking at the this process and want to refine it. We begin AIS in January as well feel the students need time to develop in their own classrooms. Teacher assistants help with AIS in the rooms.  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 3pt; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Happy New Year. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 3pt; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Joan