1. Making Instructional Decisions
• Decisions About Students Who Are Not
Thought To Be Disabled
– Does A Student Have A Hidden Disability?
– Is Student Having Academic Difficulties?
• Ineffective Instruction
• Individual differences
– Is Student Having Behavioral Difficulties
• Ineffective management strategies
• Atypical behavior problem

2. Instructional Decisions
– Increase Teacher Competence and School
Capacity
– Help From Intervention Assistance Team
• Making a request for assistance
• Clarifying the problem
• Designing interventions
• Implementing interventions
• Evaluating interventions
– Referral for Multidisciplinary Evaluation

3. Instructional Decisions
• Decisions Made in Special Education
– What to include in a student’s IEP
• Current levels
• Annual goals
• Specially designed instruction
• Related services
– What is the Least Restrictive Environment
– Factors affecting placement choice
• Disruption
• Well-being of students without disabilities
• Well-being of student with a disability
• Labeling
• inclusion

4. Instructional Decisions
• Instructional Program Effectiveness
– How will progress be measured?
– By what criteria will progress be evaluated?
– How often will progress be evaluated?