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TITLE 19EDUCATION
PART 7STATE BOARD FOR EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION
CHAPTER 239STUDENT SERVICES CERTIFICATES
SUBCHAPTER CEDUCATIONAL DIAGNOSTICIAN CERTIFICATE
RULE §239.83Standards Required for the Educational Diagnostician Certificate

    (B) recognize how student diversity and particular disabilities may affect evaluation, programming, and placement and use procedures that ensure nonbiased results.

(i) Standard VIII. The educational diagnostician knows and demonstrates skills necessary for scheduling, time management, and organization.

  (1) The educational diagnostician knows and understands:

    (A) time-management strategies and systems appropriate for various educational situations and environments;

    (B) legal and regulatory timelines, schedules, deadlines, and reporting requirements; and

    (C) methods for organizing, maintaining, accessing, and storing records and information.

  (2) The educational diagnostician is able to:

    (A) select, adapt, or design forms to facilitate planning, scheduling, and time management;

    (B) maintain eligibility folders; and

    (C) use technology appropriately to organize information and schedules.

(j) Standard IX. The educational diagnostician addresses students' behavioral and social interaction skills through appropriate assessment, evaluation, planning, and instructional strategies.

  (1) The educational diagnostician knows and understands:

    (A) requirements and procedures for functional behavioral assessment, manifestation determination review, and behavioral intervention plans that incorporate positive behavioral supports and interventions;

    (B) applicable laws, rules and regulations, and procedural safeguards regarding the planning and implementation of behavioral intervention plans for individuals with disabilities;

    (C) ethical considerations inherent in behavior interventions;

    (D) teacher attitudes and behaviors that influence the behavior of individuals with disabilities;

    (E) social skills needed for school, home, community, and work environments;

    (F) strategies for crisis prevention, intervention, and management;

    (G) strategies for preparing individuals to live productively in a multiclass, multiethnic, multicultural, and multinational world; and

    (H) key concepts in behavior intervention (e.g., least intrusive accommodations/ modifications within the learning environment, reasonable expectations for social behavior, social skills curricula, cognitive behavioral strategies).

  (2) The educational diagnostician is able to:

    (A) conduct functional behavioral assessments;

    (B) assist in the development of behavioral intervention plans; and

    (C) participate in manifestation determination review.

(k) Standard X. The educational diagnostician knows and understands appropriate curricula and instructional strategies for individuals with disabilities.

  (1) The educational diagnostician knows and understands:

    (A) instructional strategies, technology tools and applications, and curriculum materials for students with disabilities within the continuum of services;

    (B) varied learning styles of individuals with disabilities;

    (C) curricula for the development of motor, cognitive, academic, social, language, affective, career, and functional skills for individuals with disabilities;

    (D) techniques for accommodating and/or modifying instructional methods and materials for individuals with disabilities;

    (E) functional skills instruction relevant to transitioning across environments (e.g., preschool to elementary school, school to work);

    (F) supports needed for integration into various program placements; and

    (G) individualized assessment strategies for instruction (e.g., authentic assessment, contextual assessment, curriculum-based assessment).

  (2) The educational diagnostician is able to:

    (A) interpret and use assessment and evaluation data for instructional planning; and

    (B) use assessment and evaluation, planning, and management procedures that are appropriate in relation to student needs and the instructional environment.


Source Note: The provisions of this §239.83 adopted to be effective April 28, 2002, 27 TexReg 3351; amended to be effective December 23, 2009, 34 TexReg 9201; amended to be effective December 21, 2017, 42 TexReg 7144

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