Initial Referral Procedures

1. Please collect required documents.

2. Put in the order listed on the SPELL Referral Form.

3. SCAN and EMAIL all forms to the SPELL Committee (spedspell@dsdmail.net).  All  SPELL files are now digital. If copies are ponied to the district office, they will be scanned and shredded.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:

• K12 Required Referral Documents (except At-Risk Forms)
• PreK Required Referral Documents (except At-Risk Forms)
• EI Referral Form

**At-Risk documentation is also required for all age levels including:

• Hearing and Vision testing complete
• Areas of concern marked
• Intervention descriptions and data (including for comparison peers where possible) for at least two interventions per area of concern
• Administrator signature

A Sample At-Risk form can be found HERE.  You can use this one or submit the one your school uses as long as it has the above information. Please make sure your At-Risk documentation is clearly identified as such.

Procedures for Renewal of Eligibility or Adding Services

• SPELL Re-eval File Review Request Form (only needed if team would like consultation on a re-eval or if a bilingual assessor is being requested)

SPELL Move In Procedures

• School-age Parent Caregiver Interview (to be filled out by parents if a similar form is not already found in the file).
• School-age Parent Caregiver Interview in Spanish
• Preschool Parent Caregiver Interview
• Preschool Parent Caregiver Interview in Spanish