RTI: Response to Intervention

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Orlando, FL 32803-5401

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Welcome!

What is RTI?

“Response to Intervention” (RTI) is an emerging approach to the diagnosis of learning problems that holds promise. In the RTI model, a student with academic delays is given one or more interventions. The student's academic progress is monitored frequently to see if those interventions are sufficient to help the student to catch up with his or her peers. If the student fails to show significantly improved academic skills despite several well-designed and implemented interventions, this failure to “respond to intervention” can be viewed as evidence of an underlying Learning Disability.

One advantage of RTI in the diagnosis of educational disabilities is that it allows schools to intervene early to meet the needs of struggling learners. Another is that RTI maps those specific instructional strategies found to benefit a particular student. This information can be very helpful to both teachers and parents.

How do parents and school personnel put RTI into practice?

To implement RTI effectively, schools must develop a specialized set of tools and competencies, including a structured format for problem-solving, and knowledge of a range of scientifically-based interventions that address common reasons for school failure.

At Brighter Pathways, Dr. Messenger uses various methods of assessment to establish a student’s academic and behavioral functioning, and then make recommendations for interventions. Her suggested exercises, activities, referrals, and reading material can be applied in home and school settings as appropriate interventions for RTI.

Some text adapted from: www.interventioncentral.org

Internet Resources for Response to Intervention:

http://www.rtinetwork.org/

http://www.ncld.org/content/view/1002/389/

http://www.nrcld.org/topics/rti.html

http://www.projectachieve.info/home.html

http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/3057

http://www.studentprogress.org/

RTI:

Response to Intervention