I’d like to start a discussion around the theme of IST’s, CST’s, or whatever name they go by these days. In fact, I recently heard the name, Child Evaluation Team, used. One can almost deduce the philosophy of these meetings just from the name used which seems to characterize them. If we want a name, I think they should be called Instructional Support Teams (IST). We need to move away from the medical model (problem resides within the child – hence, the old name commonly used: Child Study Team) and think of the whole environment that surrounds the child. Anyway, I am quite interested to hear how other schools/districts handle the IST meeting and how it should be run in particular.
(submitted from a Long Island School Psychologist)
