Thank you. Is there a list of approved interventions (who approves or disapproves intervention strategies Pat K
"to be nobody but yourself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you like everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting." e.e. cummings On Jun 15, 2008, at 7:56 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Pat > RTI stands for Response to Intervention. There are tons of resources > out > there now and IRA will be putting out a new book on it by the end of > the month I > think. > The idea behind it is that the discrepancy model most schools use to > identify learning disabled kids doesn't really work. It is a wait to > fail model that > policy makers under the renewal of IDEA believed no longer worked. The > new > regulations on this leave a lot to districts about how to interpret > it...but > most models have 3 to 4 tiers with the first tier being quality > classroom > instruction with interventions being put into place by the classroom > teacher. > She/he collects data and if the child proves resistant to that > intervention then > the child gets more services...more time/smaller group if possible, in > a tier > two intervention. Some school systems have tier two still being done > by > classroom teachers, in other settings, tier two is the reading > specialist or > title one teacher. Tier three is either special ed or in some case > still more > time with specialized services. > > Some schools seem to require 'research based programs" as part of the > tier > 1,2 or 3 interventions...but others seem to be looser in what counts as > intervention. What seems to be crucial is careful data collection to > prove that a > child is not responding to the series of interventions and then that > can get > them qualified as an Learning Disabled child and receive special ed > outside of > the discrepancy formula most districts have used before this time. > > I have been reading a lot about this since our school is moving to this > model next year and it looks like, as reading specialist, I will be > playing a big > role in the implementation. > Jennifer > In a message dated 6/15/2008 9:25:57 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > must have missed a few post. Where can I find information on what > RTI is? > Pat K > > > > > > > **************Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. City's > Best > 2008. (http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102) > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ > mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
