Response to Intervention: A Practical Guide for Every Teacher / Edition 1

by William N. Bender, Cara F. Shores

Overview

Discover a resource that shows teachers how to implement RTI in the classroom!

This practical guide helps educators understand the tiers of the Response to Intervention (RTI) process, as well as how to implement interventions and utilize the results to modify existing instruction for students in the classroom. With vignettes, examples, and reproducible forms based on the problem-solving and standards-based approaches to RTI, this accessible handbook gives teachers the tools to:

• Document the existence or nonexistence of a learning disability
• Monitor individual student progress
• Plan specific follow-up interventions based on a learner's needs
• Implement strategies to support students' success

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412953863
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	04/05/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

William N. Bender, Ph D, has had a long and distinguished career in education, teaching in public school for several years and in higher education for some 26 years at Bluefield State College in West Virginia, Rutgers University in New Jersey, and the University of Georgia. He has written 36 books in special and general education. With his retirement, he has stepped back from his rigorous workshop schedule, which as recently as 2016 included some 40 workshop days per year. While the COVID-19 pandemic impacted his work, he has written four historical fiction novels and several educational books in recent years. He has delivered several professional development projects, including most recently a keynote for a virtual conference on project-based learning in Brazil in conjunction with his Corwin book Project-Based Learning (2012).

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Consulting Description: Differentiated Instruction
Consulting Description: Math
Consulting Description: Project-Based Learning
Consulting Description: RTI
Consulting Description: Technology

Cara Shores began her career as a special education teacher and taught children in both pullout and inclusive classrooms. Shores has trained thousands of teachers and administrators across the United States on practical strategies for inclusion, co-teaching, and increasing achievement for all students through differentiated instruction and RTI. She provides regional and national training for the Council for Exceptional Children. She is co-author of Response to Intervention: A Practical Guide for Every Teacher. Shores now serves as the president of Wesley Educational Services. She received her master’s degree and educational specialists’s degree from the University of West Georgia and has served as student support services coordinator and district director of special education. 

Table of Contents

Preface: An Open Letter to Educators
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Contributors
1. Response to Intervention
2. Implementation of a Standard Treatment Protocol RTI
3. Implementation of a Problem-Solving RTI
4. Implementing RTI to Meet the Needs of All Learners
5. Will RTI Work? Ongoing Questions
Appendix A. RTI Needs Assessment
Appendix B. The Georgia Pyramid of Intervention
Appendix C. RTI Summary Forms
Appendix D. Where Do General Educators Find the Time to Do RTI?
Appendix E. Resources for RTI Interventions
Appendix F. Using Response to Intervention for Inappropriate Behaviors
Index

Editorial Reviews

"The book presents a nice combination of research and practice. "

Jennifer Doolittle

"Offers a unique organization of key concepts and addresses current implementation issues with integrity. The strategies, suggestions, and tips contribute to the overall 'reader-friendliness' of the book. The comparison/contrast of the problem-solving and standard treatment protocol approaches is well written and provides the reader information with which to determine the best approach for his or her students, school, or district. "

Linda Palenchar

"Straightforward presentation on a hot topic. "

Carol H. Mc Clain

"Of the many RTI materials published today, this one is user friendly and so much broader in scope. Written in clear and understandable yet professional language, this excellent book is appropriate for all K–12 educators and administrators. "

Carla Osberg

"A fine recommendation for any teacher who would incorporate RTI into the classroom. "

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