What is SDI?

SDI In-class Support

SDI In-Class is for students who access TEKS through accommodations and/or modifications in the general education setting. A student’s IEP must include the provision of specially designed instruction, such as teaching prerequisite skills, pre-teaching vocabulary, and key concepts, or re-teaching. Routine use of strategies that change the way content is accessed and the different ways that students can demonstrate their learning. Minutes on the schedule of service page are documented as weekly minutes and serviced by a special education teacher or paraprofessional.  The Special Education teacher or paraprofessional will collaborate with the general education teachers on a regular basis in order to effectively implement specially designed instruction and provide the necessary support for students. SDI services are individualized according to the needs of the student and based on ARD committee recommendations. (Argyle ISD, Instructional settings - argyle independent school district)

SDI Pull-Out Support/Resource

SDI Pull-Out/Resource is for students to receive intensive direct instruction from a special education teacher in a separate setting from the general education classroom. SDI must address specific goals in the student’s IEP. IEP goals should be aligned to the grade level TEKS and identified deficit skills based on assessments. Students who receive a resource program should have pull-out services daily. Some students may need to be pulled out once or twice a week to address prerequisite skills, pre-teach vocabulary, and key concepts, etc. (Argyle ISD, Instructional settings - argyle independent school district)