Which of the following best describes the prereferral intervention team (PIT) expertise?

• A. Consultation, problem solving, and data‑based decision making
• B. Assessing only intelligence
• C. Behavioral therapy with students
• D. Creating IEPs without data

Answer: (A)

PIT expertise is about using collaborative problem solving and progress data to support students in general education before moving toward special education evaluation. The team brings teachers and specialists together, analyzes the student’s needs, designs targeted in-class interventions, and continually collects and reviews data to decide what to do next—continue, modify, or refer for further assessment.

This is why the option that highlights consultation, problem solving, and data-based decision making best fits. It emphasizes working with educators, developing targeted supports, and making decisions grounded in evidence from progress monitoring. The other choices miss that collaborative, data-driven approach: assessing only intelligence is too narrow and evaluative rather than collaborative; behavioral therapy alone is just one intervention and doesn’t capture the team’s broad, problem-solving, data-informed role; creating IEPs without data contradicts the prereferral purpose and the data-driven decision process that guides these teams.