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Quick Information about the Referral Process

As part of the referral process, we will ask you to complete a checklist of behaviors you may have seen your child exhibit at home. His or her teacher will also complete a checklist of behaviors the teacher may have observed in the classroom. District academic test scores will be included in the referral paperwork as well as his or her grades. We will take a look at all these indicators, as well as give your child a “screening” type intelligence test called the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test 2 (KBIT2). Unlike the full-scale IQ test given by the school psychologist, this screening test takes less than an hour to administer. This test adds to the information we already have about your child’s abilities, and allows us to obtain an idea of where your child scores intellectually compared to others of his or her age.

When all of these items have been completed and reviewed, the decision will be made as to whether further evaluation is warranted. If so, we will ask for your consent to do a full-scale psycho-educational evaluation of your child. Once we have your consent, the necessary information will be sent to the school psychologist. He or she will then give your child a full-scale intelligence test. Understand that this testing will be completed within 90 school days from the date of your consent. Please be patient! The entire referral process does take quite a bit of time. We want to be sure the end result is what is best for each child.

Amanda Howell Nancy Howser

Elementary Gifted Programs Content Specialist Secondary Gifted Programs Resource Teacher

321-633-1000 ext 11375 321-633-1000 ext 11322

howell.amanda@brevardschools.org howser.nancy@brevardschools.org