Response-to-Instruction and Intervention

Implementation Planning

Response-to-Instruction and Intervention, or RtI², involves evaluating the degree that students (a) master academic material in response to effective instruction and (b) demonstrate appropriate, prosocial behavior in response to effective classroom management.  When students are not progressing or “responding,” academically or behaviorally, to effective instructional conditions, RtI² includes a functional assessment/problem-solving process to determine the reason(s) for the lack of success, and the implementation of strategic through intensive interventions to help those students progress and be successful.  While RtI² must be conceptualized within the broader context of school improvement and student mastery, RtI has its most recent roots in IDEA 2004 in those areas specifically addressing students with learning disabilities.

Response-to-Intervention Planning Services:

When implementing Project ACHIEVE's Response-to-Instruction and Intervention (RtI²) and SPRINT (School Prevention, Review, and Intervention Team) approaches, the following components and services are emphasized:

• Effective Classroom Instruction
• Effective Classroom Management
• Data-based Problem Solving
• Functional Assessment leading to Strategic Intervention
• Early Intervention Services
• Academic Interventions at Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
• Behavioral Interventions at Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
• Grade-level and Building-level

SPRINT Teams

• Building-level Resource Analyses, Resource Directories, and Staff Collaboration
• Effective Consultation Processes
• Co-Teaching and Clinical Supervision
• Progress Monitoring, Curriculum-based Assessment and Measurement, and Authentic Assessment
• Formative and Summative Evaluation
• Applications to Identifying Students with Learning Disabilities
• Effective Articulation processes from one year to the next

     For a Project ACHIEVE RtI² Implementation Guidebook, click on the link below:

• RtI² Model Guidebook

Project ACHIEVE Experience in this Area:

Project ACHIEVE components have been implemented in over 1,500 schools or districts across the country.  The SPRINT (School Prevention, Review, and Intervention Team) and Response-to-Instruction and Intervention (RtI²) component is one of the most-frequently implemented Project ACHIEVE components, along with the Positive Behavioral Self-Management System (PBSS) component.  The SPRINT/RtI² component is also integrated with the Strategic Planning and Organizational Development, the Effective School and Schooling, and the Evaluation and Outcomes components.

Project ACHIEVE's SPRINT process is the approach being used by the Arkansas Department of Education's (Special Education Unit) State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) to implement early intervention and RtI² services, on-site, to schools  and districts statewide.  The Arkansas SPDG is a five-year initiative funded by the U.S.Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs.

Since 1990, Project ACHIEVE's SPRINT/RtI² process has been implemented (a) in state initiatives (e.g., Alaska, Florida, Arkansas); (b) in state Educational Cooperative Center or Intermediate Unit initiatives (e.g., Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Mexico, Texas); (c) in large and urban school districts (e.g., Washington, DC; Baltimore; Tampa; San Franscisco; Montgomery County, MD; Cobb County, GA); (d) in small, rural school systems (e.g., Wyoming, Nebraska, West Virginia, South Dakota); (e) in numerous Native American communities (e.g., North Dakota, Arizona, Wyoming, New Mexico, Alaska); (f) in collaboration with other national school reform initiatives (e.g., Core Knowledge); and as part of awarded federal and state grants (e.g., Safe School/Healthy Student grants, 21st Century grants, Elementary and Secondary Counseling Programs grants).

ANNOUNCING...

JUST PUBLISHED:  A Comprehensive Electronic Book on Response-to-Intervention... Implementing Response-to-Intervention at the School, District, and State Levels:  Functional Assessment, Data-Based Problem-Solving, and Academic and Behavioral Interventions.

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Project ACHIEVE's Electronic Books

Project ACHIEVE has a number of resources and a series of Electronic Books available to facilitate your Positive Behavioral Support, Response-to-Intervention, and other implementation activities.

Among our various resources are:

• The Stop & Think Social Skills Program for Schools
• The Stop & Think Social Skills Program for Parents
• The Preschool to Grade 1 Stop & Think Songbook—a CD that teaches children 14 social skills through music
• The Stop & Think Social Skills posters for early childhood

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Our Electronic Books address:

• More Stop & Think Social Skills Program for Schools
• Developing and Implementing School-wide Positive Behavioral Support Systems
• Developing School-wide Student Behavior Accountability Systems
• Implementing an Effective Classroom Time-Out Process
• Response-to-Intervention

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