1. Miami Trace Elementary 1,110 students Grades PreK- 5 th Number of Students on IEP –PreK: 8 –K: 7 –1 st: 15 –2 nd: 24 –3 rd: 24 –4 th: 38 –5 th: 31 8.9% ethnically diverse

2. IDEA’s Definition of SLD: A disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using language May manifest itself in an imperfect ability to: –Listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do math Does not include learning problems that are the result of other disabilities or environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage

3. ODE’s Definition of Learning Disability: a. General. “Specific Learning disability” means a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself in the imperfect ability to listen, think, read, write, spell, or to do mathematical calculations, including conditions such as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia.

4. Response to Intervention Tier 1 Instruction from the Core Curriculum –Scott Foresman Reading and Math –“Light” Research-Backed Interventions 2x/week –PALS –Otter Creek –Repeated Reading

5. Response to Intervention Tier 2 Small Group Differentiated Instruction –Below Leveled Readers –Targeted Strategies from the Reading Core –Math computation 2-3x/week

6. Response to Intervention Tier 3 My Sidewalks –5 days/week, 30 minutes/day Lexia –5 days/week, 20 minutes/day  Tier 3 must be implemented for 6 weeks with fidelity, progress monitored with support and evaluated at the end of this 6 weeks.  Progress monitoring must be data based, i.e. STEPS

7. References http://www.uwsp.edu/Education/lbardon/LD.htm http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Page s/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelation ID=968&ContentID=28143&Content=84085http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Page s/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelation ID=968&ContentID=28143&Content=84085