Response to Intervention

(RTI)

When Congress reauthorized IDEA, they changed the law about identifying children with specific learning disabilities. Schools will “not be required to take into consideration whether a child has a severe discrepancy between achievement and intellectual ability ..." (Section 1414(b))

What is Response to Intervention?  How will these new practices affect struggling children who have not yet been identified with specific learning disabilities? How will this affect the millions of children who have been identified with specific learning disabilities and who are receiving special education services?  (excerpt taken from:  http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/rti.index.htm)

RTI:  A Guideline for Parents and Practioners	Website:  National Center to Response to Intervention
RTI:  A Blueprint for Practioners, Parents & Policymakers	Website:  The National Research Center on Learning Disabilities
For Parents:  What is Progress Monitoring?	Website: Dibels
RTI & Universal Design for Learning:  How Might They Intersect in the General Classroom?	Website:  The RTI Action Network
A Parent's Guide to RTI	Website:  RTI Wire:  Your Getaway to the Best Free RTI Resources
Preventing Early Reading Failures & and Its Devastating Downward Spiral	Website:  School Based Intervention Team Resources
School Based RTI Practices	RTI and Learning Disabilities
What Do We Mean "Scientifically Based Instruction?"	RTI in the Identification of Learning Disabilities:  A Guide for School Teams
PowerPoint:  RTI:  Reading & Math Standardized Tier 2 Research Based Intervention	RTI:  A New Method of Identifying Students with Learning Disabilities
Implications for Reading Teachers in RTI	Website:  National Center on Student Progress Monitoring
Book Download:  RTI Research to Practice	RTI:  A Primer for Parents
PowerPoint:  International Reading Association:  RTI	RTI:  New Roles for Everyone
	Understanding RTI in Learning Disabilities Determination