Description
This bestselling work provides practitioners with a complete guide to implementing response to intervention (RTI) in schools. The authors are leading experts who explain the main components of RTI – high-quality instruction, frequent assessment, and data-based decision making – and show how to use it to foster positive academic and behavioral outcomes for all students. Implementation procedures are described in step-by-step detail. In a large-size format with lay-flat binding to facilitate photocopying, the book includes reproducible planning and implementation worksheets. Book purchasers can download an accompanying PowerPoint presentation for use in RTI training. This edition includes extensive new research that reflects the increasing adoption of RTI nationwide. It is expanded to include behavioral interventions. It includes a chapter on effective instructional practices for general education, a chapter on implementation at the whole-school and district levels, and a chapter featuring multiple intervention case studies. This book will be important reading for school psychologists, school administrators, special educators, and classroom teachers; graduate students and researchers in these fields. It will also serve as a text in graduate-level courses such as Response to Intervention, Academic Interventions in School Psychology, and Educational Assessments.
