Maryland's Largest School District
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Psychological Services → Bilingual Assessment Team
Brenda B. Browne, Coordinator
Ricardo S. Castillo, Instructional Assessment Specialist
Jennifer M. Doidge, Psychologist
Oliver R. Fajardo, Instructional Assessment Specialist
Barry L. Fargo, Instructional Assessment Specialist
Xiomara A. Guevara, Speech Pathologist
Ronald (Ron) J. Lucena, Instructional Assessment Specialist
Vilmette Y. Mangual, Speech Pathologist
Kenneth M. Milla, Psychologist
Dr. Han N. Nguyen, Psychologist
Dr. Patricia M. Parada, Speech Pathologist
Sara (Elena) E. Rasines, Psychologist
Alexa M. Santana, Psychologist
Patricia C. Sicora, Psychologist
Elsa G. Wood, Instructional Assessment Specialist
The Bilingual Assessment Team (BAT) is a multilingual unit within the Department of Psychological Services that collaborates with school-based individualized Education Program (IEP) teams to provide consultation, assessment, and professional learning to support MCPS K-12 Emergent Multilingual Learners (EMLs) who speak Amharic, Chinese, French, Pashto/Pushto, Persian Dari, Portuguese, Spanish, or Vietnamese who are suspected of having an educational disability; MCPS K-2 EMLs who receive special education services as result of a Developmental Delay, have not had a previous bilingual assessment, and need to be re-evaluated prior to their 8th birthday; and K-12 Private/Parochial School Spanish-speaking students identified as home or mixed language dominant.
School-based IEP teams are invited to contact the BAT Instructional Assessment Specialist and Psychologist assigned to their schools for consultation throughout the IEP process.