Child study team meeting

Gathering information for a child study team meeting can come from a variety of sources. Discuss the possible sources and which stakeholders play a role in gathering said information.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Child Study Team (CST) represents a group of professionals from multidisciplinary fields, which provide a number of learning services to teachers and parents. The services include but not limited to prescriptive, evaluative, and consultative services for students believed to have academic difficulties (Pierangelo, 2012). The possible sources of information about the student include referral forms, school records, academic history, test scores, school districts, attendance records, teacher’s reports, and parents.

A typical CST consists of various stakeholders including social workers, learning disabilities consultants, psychologists, and sometimes a language or speech therapists alongside the children’s parents (Mindes & Jung, 2014). The team must meet prior conducting any special education testing and should continue to meet regularly if the children need special services.  A CST evaluation usually comprises a social history report by the guardians/parents to the social worker as well as an assessment by the psychologist about the student’s ability to learn. Another evaluation involves the student’s academic achievement provided by the disabilities consultant. Speech and language specialists also provide…