Today was spent writing three court reports for work (rather productive day if I do say so myself) and interspersing that with studying for THE interview tomorrow. I looked over some math interventions (I think my favorite was cover, copy, compare - the student is given the math work with the answer, they cover up the answer, copy the problem and attempt it, then compare their answer with the correct one. You should throw in some that they have already mastered so it will keep their confidence up) and studied the levels of CELDT. It was a really good thing to review as I bet they will ask me about working with ELL students tomorrow. So in review, there are 5 levels to CELDT, 1 is the lowest level of proficiency, 5 is the highest. I still am not certain at which point you should rely on a nonverbal assessment over a typical comprehensive assessment. I would assume it would be silly to WISC a kid who was at level 1 or 2, but I am not sure about level 3. It doesn't seem like they would have the english vocab for it.I would guess that you would get a better estimate of cognitive ability from a CAS (PS I heart the CAS for working with ELL kids) or a non-verbal assessment. But that's just my assumption. Seems like level 4 and 5 you could do a comprehensive assessment and be safe.
Another thing I have done to prep myself is talking out loud some of the answers I would give to specific questions. It seems to be helping keep my stress down since my answers aren't half bad (of course they are to my own questions so perhaps this isn't the best exercise!)
Lastly, I had a fantabulous workout this evening in an attempt to tire myself out and burn off some anxiety. It was a lot of fun too! Dance Dance Revolution - if you haven't tried it, you should. It makes for an entertaining workout - although it is most fun when you have a buddy to dance with. It doesn't make you feel as silly.
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