Your district has Arabic-speaking students who need psychoeducational evaluations, bilingual IEP meetings, and IDEA-compliant special education assessments. Monica provides the bilingual school psychology expertise most districts cannot find on staff.
Every service Monica provides is designed to integrate directly with your district's special education process — IDEA compliant, fully documented, and built for the realities of school-based practice.
Complete cognitive, academic, social-emotional, and adaptive assessments conducted in Arabic or German. Identifies learning disabilities, ADHD, intellectual disabilities, and giftedness with IDEA-compliant reports in English and the student's home language.
Monica attends and facilitates IEP meetings in Arabic or German, presenting evaluation findings and IEP goals directly to families in their home language. Meets IDEA's requirement for qualified interpreters at IEP meetings. Available for initial and annual IEP meetings.
Initial evaluations and triennial re-evaluations for Arabic and German-speaking students. Monica works within your district's timeline and process, integrating with your special ed team from referral through eligibility determination. Fees are scoped to the specific evaluation battery required.
IQ and cognitive ability testing using gold-standard instruments (WISC-V, WJ-IV, KABC-II) administered in Arabic or German. Academic achievement batteries measuring reading, writing, and math in the student's dominant language for accurate performance data.
Multi-method, multi-informant evaluation of emotional functioning, behavioral concerns, anxiety, depression, and social skills. Includes parent and teacher rating scales administered in Arabic or German and direct assessment measures appropriate for English learners.
Specialized developmental and school readiness assessments for preschool-aged Arabic and German-speaking children. Cognitive, adaptive, language-based, and developmental evaluation for early intervention eligibility and Part C to Part B transitions.
Structured autism spectrum disorder evaluations for Arabic and German-speaking students across ages 3–21. Includes parent interviews in the family's home language, behavior observation, and comprehensive reports documenting strengths, challenges, and recommended special education supports.
Evaluation of daily living skills, communication, and social-adaptive functioning using instruments such as the Vineland-3. Administered with Arabic or German-speaking caregivers for accurate adaptive functioning data essential for eligibility determination and transition planning.
Professional psychological evaluation reports written in English and Arabic or German. Translation of IEP documents, prior written notices, evaluation summaries, and consent forms — ensuring Arabic and German-speaking families receive full procedural safeguards documentation in their home language.
Vocational, post-secondary, and independent living assessments for older Arabic and German-speaking students with disabilities. Supports IDEA-required transition IEP goals with bilingual family engagement and documentation for students aging out of special education.
Professional development for special education teams on evaluating Arabic and German-speaking English learners, culturally responsive assessment, distinguishing language acquisition from learning disabilities, MTSS/RTI best practices, and expert witness support for special education due process.
Monica integrates with your existing special education process — your timelines, your forms, your team. No friction, no ramp-up. Just a qualified bilingual school psychologist ready to work.
Special education director or school psychologist coordinator contacts Monica to discuss student referral, timeline, and evaluation scope. Available by email or in-person meeting.
Monica reviews referral documentation, prior records, and bilingual assessment needs. Determines which evaluation battery is appropriate and confirms scope with your team.
Monica communicates with the family in their home language (Arabic or German) to explain the evaluation, obtain informed consent, and coordinate scheduling — reducing district burden.
Full psychoeducational assessment conducted in the student's home language. Testing is strengths-based, child-appropriate, and completed within your district's required evaluation timeline.
Full evaluation report in English and Arabic or German, ready for your eligibility determination meeting. Documentation supports all IDEA eligibility categories.
Monica attends the IEP meeting, presents findings to your team in English and to the family in their home language — ensuring full procedural safeguards compliance and meaningful family participation.
Monica has provided bilingual school psychology services to districts across the Chicago metropolitan area — from southwest Cook County to DuPage and beyond. She is available to work with new districts throughout Illinois.
Every service Monica provides is structured to integrate cleanly with your special education process — IDEA compliant, fully documented, and ready for your team to act on.
Full psychoeducational report meeting Illinois and federal documentation standards, ready for your district's eligibility determination process under all applicable IDEA categories.
Complete translated version of the full evaluation report for the family — meeting IDEA's requirement that families receive information in their native language.
Monica attends the IEP meeting as the bilingual school psychologist of record, presents findings in English to your team and in Arabic or German to the family simultaneously.
All evaluation data organized to support your district's eligibility determination under IDEA categories including SLD, OHI, ASD, DD, ID, and ED.
Translation of Prior Written Notices, evaluation consent forms, and procedural safeguard summaries — ensuring full IDEA compliance for Arabic and German-speaking families.
Post-evaluation consultation with your special education team to review findings, answer questions, and support IEP goal development for Arabic and German-speaking students.
With over ten years of practice as a school psychologist in Illinois, Monica Abdelkodous brings clinical depth, cultural fluency, and deep familiarity with IDEA compliance to every district she serves.
Monica conducts comprehensive psychoeducational evaluations for students from age 3 to 21 — assessing cognitive, academic, social-emotional, and adaptive functioning with IDEA-compliant documentation your team can act on immediately.
As a trilingual evaluator fluent in English, Arabic, and German, Monica provides what very few Illinois school psychologists can: a full evaluation, complete bilingual report, and IEP meeting facilitation all in the student's home language.
Monica provides developmentally appropriate bilingual evaluations and services at every grade level — from early childhood through transition age.
Developmental delays, school readiness, early autism screening, Part C to Part B transition eligibility
Learning disabilities, ADHD, reading and math difficulties, behavioral concerns, giftedness identification
Anxiety, depression, academic struggles, re-evaluations, 504 plan documentation, social and emotional assessment
Transition IEP assessment, post-secondary planning, vocational evaluation, IDEA §614(d) transition documentation
We had several Arabic-speaking students in our special education pipeline who needed evaluations and had been waiting months. Monica completed the evaluations within our timeline, and her reports were some of the most thorough we've seen. The IEP meetings with families finally felt like real participation.
The school said our son didn't qualify for services. Monica's independent evaluation told a completely different story. Her report was so thorough and well-documented that the district reconvened immediately and placed him appropriately within two weeks.
As a German family recently relocated to Illinois, we had no idea how the special education system worked here. Monica evaluated our son in German, translated everything, and walked us through every step of the IEP process. We finally felt like equal partners in his education.
A child assessed in their non-dominant language will almost always appear to have greater deficits than they truly have. Scores become unreliable. Eligibility decisions become flawed. And families — without a trusted voice in their own language — are left confused and underserved.
Under IDEA, districts must ensure that evaluations are conducted in the student's native language and that parents can participate meaningfully in IEP meetings. Monica provides full evaluations, complete bilingual reports, and IEP facilitation in all three languages — not summarized translations.
For Illinois' large Arabic-speaking student population — the state's second-largest ELL language group — Monica offers a service that is genuinely rare across the Midwest.
Contact Monica for District ServicesMonica also works directly with Arabic and German-speaking families who need private psychoeducational evaluations, IEP advocacy, or independent evaluations outside the school district process.
When your child is assessed in their non-dominant language, results are unreliable — deficits appear that don't exist, and children get placed in the wrong programs. Monica ensures your child is seen and understood as they truly are.
Book a ConsultationEvery test, every question, every explanation in your child's home language — so results reflect who they truly are, not a filtered version.
Full psychological reports in Arabic or German so families understand every finding, every recommendation, and every right they have under IDEA.
Monica attends your child's IEP meeting and presents everything in your language — ensuring your family is an equal voice in every educational decision.
Monica provides private psychoeducational evaluations in Arabic or German for families seeking an assessment outside the school district process.
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Whether you need bilingual evaluations, IEP facilitation, or a consulting engagement — reach out to discuss your district's needs. All inquiries are responded to within one business day.