Transcript This is the essence of Response to Intervention or RTI!

The ABCs
of RTI:
Background and
the Basics
Questions we will cover
about RTI
1. What is RTI anyway?
2. Why do it?
3. What’s so wrong with the way
we’re doing things now?
4. What are the components of
RTI?
5. Where do we start?
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RTI stands for..
Response
to
Intervention
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In a nutshell, RTI is the
practice of…
1. providing high quality interventions
matched to student need,
2. monitoring progress frequently to
make decisions about changes in
instruction or goals and
3. applying child response data to
important educational decisions.
(NASDSE, 2005)
RTI Is
RTI is an
overall integrated
system of service
delivery.
RTI Is
RTI is effective for
students who are at
risk for school failure
as well as students in
other disability
categories.
RTI Is
The use of
RTI is an excellent
opportunity to more
effectively align IDEA
and NCLB principles and
practices.
Why do it?
1 in 17!
Why do it?
Why do it?
Why do it?
A combination of effective
classroom instruction and targeted
small-group instruction can
remediate up to 98% of students
performing below the 30th
percentile in early reading skills.
Foorman, 2003
We
areso
already
What’s
wrong
with
the way
we’re
doing
many
doing
things
now?
things
right!
Problems With the Traditional
System
– Separation of general and special education
– Little emphasis on prevention and early
intervention
– Undocumented benefits of special education
– Offers little information to inform instruction
– Lack of scientifically-based instruction and
intervention
– Eligibility determination variable across and
within states
– Minority overrepresentation
Standardized
Testing
Small group
instruction
Dibels
Star
Reading
NWEA
Minds in
Motion
Individualized
Instruction
Progress
Monitoring
The framework is the 3-tier model
Movement across tiers
is fluid and
data-driven.
5%
15%
Tier 2:
•Targeted, At-Risk Students
•Some students
•Group Interventions,
Targeted, Efficient
Tier 3:
•Individual Students
•Few Students
•Intense Interventions,
Longer Duration
80%
Tier I:
•All Students
•Preventative, Proactive
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The Key Components of RTI
All Children can
learn
Data-driven Decision
Making
Early
Intervention
Progress
Monitoring
Differentiated
Instruction
Research-Based
Instruction
Problem-Solving
Method
Tiered Model
Where do we start?
• RTI is a general education initiative
• General educators will be more involved in
RTI than all specialists
• General educators will play an active role
in student assessment
• General educators will play an active role
in intervention planning and
implementation
Where do we start?
• The key is in identifying the right students,
early enough, and in a way that informs
how we serve them..
• And how we serve struggling students is
not a one-size-fits-all approach
This is the essence of Response to
Intervention or RTI!
3-Tier Model
~5%
Tertiary Prevention
or Tier III:
Specialized
Individualized
Systems for Students
with Intensive Needs
~15%
Primary Prevention or Tier I:
School-/ClassroomWide Systems for
All Students,
Staff, & Settings
Core Reading Program
Secondary
Prevention or Tier II:
Specialized Group
Systems for Students
with At-Risk Behavior
~80% of Students