Response+To+Intervention

=__ Response To Intervention __= =__ What is RTI and Why Do It? __= Response To Intervention (RTI) is a multi-tiered educational intervention model, responsive to the needs of struggling learners and supported by research-based instruction and intervention techniques. Students' progress is closely monitored at various stages to determine further needs, if any. While there is no one-size-fits-all RTI program, there are certain key components to a successful RTI program:
 * high quality, research-based instruction
 * increasingly intensive, individualized, multi-tiered intervention
 * ongoing student screening, assessment & progress monitoring
 * focus on measurable student outcomes, not labels
 * home-school collaboration

"Answering the question "Why adopt a Response-to-Intervention (RTI) model?" can be approached from several different perspectives, including legal, historical, best professional practice, and, indeed, political." Because RTI provides a system in which programs and interventions are adjusted based on each child's educational needs, which are scientifically measured by careful, periodic progress monitoring, then regular and special education resources can be focused on student outcomes, __not labels__.

media type="youtube" key="nkK1bT8ls0M" height="276" width="371" align="center" =__ How to Implement RTI __= To implement RTI effectively, schools must develop a specialized set of tools and competencies, including a structured format for problem-solving, knowledge of a range of scientifically based interventions that address common reasons for school failure, and the ability to use various methods of assessments to monitor student progress in academic and behavioral areas (Wright, internet).

RTI methodology is conceptualized within a three-tiered model of prevention across //all// students in a school, general education and special education students. The three-tiered model incorporates the following:
 * Tier 1
 * Benchmark Level
 * All students receive instruction in an effective, scientifically-based core curriculum
 * Data collected at three times during the year
 * Tier 2
 * Strategic Level
 * Students who do not respond adequately to the core curriculum are considered "at risk" for academic failure
 * Supplemental Instruction is provided
 * Tier 3
 * Intensive Level
 * Students who do not respond to Tier 1 or Tier 2, provided with more intensive interventions and progress monitoring

The follow is a document on a step by step process of RTI used at Holsenback Elementary School in Widner, GA,

Curriculum-Based Measurement is the gold standard for measuring academic progress through RTI. This page, [|'CBM Warehouse]' has a world of resources. Instructions and training materials for administering math, reading and writing, along with monitoring probes.

[|Student Progress Monitoring] is a scientifically based practice that is used to assess students' academic performance and evaluate the effectiveness of instruction. This can be implemented on the individual student or an entire class.

=__Reflection & Evaluation__=
 * //Collaboration & Problem-Solving//**

//**The Implementation of a Problem Solving Response to Intervention** (Shores & Bender 2007).//
 * Problem Solving RTI's were first used in behavior consultation (Fuchs, Mack, Morgan, & Young 2003).The process is described as inductive, empirical, and behavioral. No one intervention fits all students.
 * //Only when individual learning needs are taken into account// is when intervention is most effective.
 * In the problem-solving RTI model, team members need to discuss individual student needs and develop interventions based on those needs.
 * Even though there could be more than one student involved in the implementation of the intervention, //the strategy is designed to address the specific needs of the student.//
 * Teams will evaluate the outcomes of the intervention and adjust strategies if needed based on the child's IEP. //This is to ensure that the student has educational success.//
 * Most educators and practitioners prefer this RTI problem-solving model.
 * With any RTI teachers should implement the specific strategies //with precision and rigor.//
 * But, it is also understood that most intervention in RTI is carried out by classroom teachers and their para-professionals in the public schools.
 * In that type of environment //many demands placed on these instructors interrupt the educational environment.//
 * If teachers and their instructional assistants are trained or educated in the specific techniques of RTI, //a classroom can perform the proper interventions needed for those specific students.//
 * As far as follow up and training:
 * It is important for administrators and other professionals to observe and monitor the techniques used by the teachers and instructional assistants in order //to know what works and is most effective//.
 * Because children lives are significantly affected by the implementation of RTI, decisions made in the problem-solving model must be //data-based decisions.//
 * Teams of professionals need to be sure that any intervention used is //validated and based on research//.
 * The data should be taken from //frequent progress-monitoring// and in turn should //drive decision making and instruction.//
 * Teachers should use //curriculum-based measurements// to record how well their students are doing and continue the frequency of curriculum-based measurement for those students receiving the intervention.
 * Challenges for teachers using RTI are:
 * Adequate education for teachers and their assistants to be able to implement RTI correctly.
 * Providing enough classroom support in order for teachers and their assistants to collect the necessary data for RTI to work effectively.
 * Some websights that offer more resources and information for teachers and parents are:
 * http://people.uncw.edu/kozloffm/diutah.pdf,
 * http://www.rti4success.org/
 * http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/rti.index.htm
 * These websights offer an RTI BLOG, DISCUSSION BOARDS, QUESTIONS TO ASK EXPERTS in the field, and WIKISPACES to refer too.

**For further information on Response To Intervention, click** **here** **for an annotated web bibliography.**