Essentials of Response to Intervention
208Essentials of Response to Intervention
208Overview
As adoption of the RTI model grows, professionals such as educational diagnosticians, school psychologists, general and special education teachers, and school administrators are eager to find resources that describe the theory behind it and provide useful guidelines for its effective implementation. Packaged in the user-friendly Essentials series format, and authored by two RTI experts, Essentials of Response to Intervention provides just that resource. This book offers a concise overview of the features of RTI, instruction for its implementation, and post-implementation guidelines for assessing whether a program has been effective.
Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, this book is designed to help busy mental health practitioners, and those in training, quickly acquire the psychoeducational assessment knowledge and skills they need. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you to gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered.
Complete with a Foreword by Jim Ysseldyke, Essentials of Response to Intervention offers rich and up-to-date information on obtaining meaningful data for decision making, evaluation of the research base for RTI, and clinical applications of RTI.
Other titles in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series:
Essentials of WISC-IV Assessment, Second Edition
Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, Second Edition
Essentials of Evidence-Based Academic Interventions
Essentials of WJ IIITM Cognitive Abilities Assessment
Essentials of WJ IIITM Tests of Achievement Assessment
Essentials of WIAT-III and KTEA-II Assessment
Essentials of Processing Assessment
Essentials of Assessment Report Writing
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780470599778 |
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Publisher: | Wiley |
Publication date: | 03/16/2010 |
Series: | Essentials of Psychological Assessment , #79 |
Sold by: | JOHN WILEY & SONS |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 208 |
File size: | 3 MB |
About the Author
Matthew K. Burns, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Coordinator of the School Psychology Program at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Burns is currently the Editor of Assessment for Effective Intervention and Editor Elect of School Psychology Review. He has published multiple books about Response to Intervention and has assisted in the implementation of RTI with dozens of school districts across many states. Dr. Burns coedited The Handbook of Response to Intervention with Dr. VanDerHeyden.
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Table of Contents
Foreword Jim Ysseldyke xi
Series Preface xvii
Volume Preface xix
1 Overview of Response to Intervention 1
2 How to Implement RtI 17
3 How to Obtain Meaningful Data for Decision Making: Rethinking Technical Adequacy 37
4 How to Interpret RtI Data 69
5 Evaluating the Research Base for RtI 88
6 Clinical Applications of RtI 105
7 Case Report Illustrations 115
Appendix A Evaluation of Screening Data Accuracy 135
Appendix B Analysis of Screening Data for Intervention and Prevention Planning 137
Appendix C Troubleshooting Instructional Basics 138
Appendix D Dealing with Potential Sources of Error in RtI Decision Making 140
Appendix E Monitoring Tier 2 Intervention 144
Appendix F Screening Integrity Protocol 145
Authors' Note: ROC 146
References 150
Annotated Bibliography 165
Index 168
About the Authors 181
What People are Saying About This
"This jewel of a book truly lives up to its title providing the essential information needed for school-based practitioners about how to implement Response To Intervention (RTI) using research-based practices. While there are many books on RTI, this one by VanDerHeyden and Burns provides all of the essential information to actually implement RTI at the district, school, class, and student level." —Sharon Vaughn, Ph.D., Executive Director, Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk H.E.Hartfelder/Southland Corp Regents Chair, University of Texas at Austin
"VanderHeyden and Burns deftly explore the history of RtI and then provide a comprehensive guide to its implementation. Complexities and challenges are addressed head-on with concrete solutions and recommendations for educators. Readers will come away with a robust understanding of RtI, as well as encouragement to put it into practice so that all students can benefit." —James H Wendorf, Executive Director, National Center for Learning Disabilities
"A practical guide for education professionals and others interested in RTI models, Essentials of Response to Intervention is a thorough review of the issues involved in these approaches to assessment and service delivery in schools. The book contains many useful appendices for assessment and for monitoring of intervention integrity that can be used for RTI implementation. The authors do a marvelous job of tying practical implementation issues to the available research base supporting RTI models, and also clearly highlight areas of difficulty with implementation and limitations of RTI approaches to the identification of children for special education services." —Jack M. Fletcher, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Houston Texas Medical Center Annex
"This is an incredibly rich resource. Burns and VanDerHeyden have managed to put into one small volume, the research, practice, successes, and challenges of implemented RTI models. They offer practical and clear examples, support their presentation with a rich understanding of the literature, and offer a resource that will be beneficial long into the future. The volume offers all educators associated with RTI implementation a "one-stop shop" of information and practical knowledge on RTI implementation. In addition, the volume will become required reading for pre-service training of all educational personnel. Thank you, Matt and Amanda for this incredible addition to an already too crowded field of resources on RTI." —Edward S. Shapiro, Ph.D., Director, Center for Promoting Research to Practice Professor, School Psychology Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA