Pre-Referral Flowchart: Team Considerations for use prior to referral of a multilingual Learner for Initial Special Education Assessment

Last updated: 09/07/2023

Multilingual learners may experience academic and/or behavioral challenges, in which school-based teams are tasked with reviewing performance data across settings. Multi-disciplinary teams are key to the pre-referral process. Multidisciplinary team members use an iterative process of reviewing data, identifying needed interventions & supports, and make data-based decision prior to supsecting a disability & referring a multilingual learner for special education eligibilty assessment.