Purpose

To provide support for a teacher, parent, or other caregiver that has concerns about a student and wants assistance.

IAT Goals

• To find ways of meeting the needs of students who have academic or behavioral challenges
• To encourage staff members to share strategies that have worked for them and to provide opportunities to support each other
• To find ways of addressing the needs of our ever growing "at risk" population
• To provide documentation of past and current efforts to meet individual learner needs
• To collect additional data to make future decisions
• To continue to involve parents in the educational process
• To recommend a multifactored evaluation after all reasonable interventions has been unsuccessful

IAT Formats

Overview
(Team Reference)

• Any staff member or caregiver can initiate the IAT process.
• Team members will decide which IAT Forms are needed for each case.
• New cases and follow-up will be scheduled as needed.
• Referring teachers must be present at the respective IAT meeting in order for the student to be discussed.
• Referring teachers must bring completed referral, background and rating forms to the first meeting. Consider copying work samples and information from existing IAT folder.
• Parents will provide information through the Parent Questionnaire and the referring teacher will follow-up with the parent after the IAT meeting with a phone call.
• A conference with the parents, staff members, or an IAT member(s) can be scheduled after the initial or follow-up meetings.
• A packet containing all requested forms should be copied for the IAT Team the ____ days before the meeting.    
• IAT meetings will be scheduled by the counselor.

IAT Team Member Responsibilities

• Review referrals before the scheduled meeting
• Be prepared to offer concrete, specific suggestions, if possible for concerns listed
• Attend scheduled meetings