Child Assistance Team

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Child Assistance Team

• Masonic Model

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Twin Peaks Child Assistance Team Mission Statement

• The Twin Peaks Child Assistance Team will
  collaborate with teachers to develop intervention
  action plans in order to promote student success.

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The CAT Team Consists of

• Classroom Teachers
• Administration
• School Counselor
• Behavior Coach
• Special Education/Speech Teachers
• School Psychologist
• Reading Specialists

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Poor Attendance
Tired
Frustrated
Lack of Effort
Angry
Talkative
Disruptive
Bullying
Failing
Acting Out
Loner
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What Do I Do Now?
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Intervention Ideas (Multiple Pages)
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Refer the Child to the Child Assistance Team
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Purpose of the Child Assistance Team

• To brainstorm possible intervention ideas
• To provide an intervention action plan to the
  classroom teacher
• To provide follow-up and alternate intervention
  ideas
• When intervention is not successful, the Child
  Assistance Team may recommend a Step II Meeting

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CAT Referral Process Timeline

• Teacher collects informal documentation of
  area(s) of concern
• The classroom teacher submits the initial
  referral
• The student is assigned a child advocate
• The child is assigned a CAT meeting date (2-10
  weeks after the initial referral)
• The child advocate distributes the data
  collection forms to all staff who have contact
  with the child

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CAT Referral Process Timeline Cont

• Staff members complete and return the forms to
  the child advocate by the assigned due date
• The Child Advocate compiles all of the data
  collected onto a summary form
• The Child Assistance Team meets to discuss the
  child and to create an intervention plan
• The Child Advocate places a hot pink notice in
  the childs cumulative folder to indicate that
  there is a CAT file for this child

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TPE School Initial Referral to C.A.T.
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CAT Initial Referral Intervention Checklist
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CAT Directions for the Classroom Teacher
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CAT Child Advocate Checklist
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Classroom Teacher Data Collection Form
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Specialist Data Collection Form
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Classroom Teacher Discipline Data
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Counselor Form
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Health Checklist
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Attendance Checklist
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CAT Student Interview (Optional)
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CAT Data Summary Form (Multiple Pages)
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Confidentiality

• Please follow strict confidentiality guidelines
  when referring a student to the Child Assistance
  Team.
• All information recorded on CAT forms must be
  specific, descriptive, observable, and factual
• CAT forms are school records and may be requested
  by parents
• Return forms to the designated Child Advocate in
  a sealed envelope
• Only discuss the childs case with colleagues who
  have an educational need to know

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Team Dos Donts
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Team Meeting Format

• Child Advocate presents the case/information
  about the child (4 min)
• CAT members ask clarifying questions (1 min)
• CAT members brainstorm intervention ideas.
  Classroom teacher writes all ideas on chart
  paper. (7 min)
• Classroom teacher reviews the ideas and decides
  which ones he/she would like to try first. The
  intervention action plan is written for the
  child. (8 min)

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Fish Bowl Activity
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Writing an Action Plan
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Year End Status Checklist
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Poem from Masonic Foundation for Children
It is not the action Nor the fruit of the action
that is important You have to do the right
thing. It may not be in your power, or It may not
be in your time that there will be any fruit But
that doesnt mean you stop doing the right
thing. You any never know what results come from
your action, But if you do nothing, there will be
no result.
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Contact Information

• Robert Shrager, Training Registration
• Arizona Masonic Foundation for Children
• 9208 E. Bellevue Street
• Tucson, AZ 85715
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail LBOB130709_at_MSN.COM
• All Masonic SAT Trainings are Free