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RTI: Academic & Behavioral Interventions

Jim Wright, Presenter

Jim Wright presented a workshop on RTI: Academic & Behavioral Interventions for the Weld RE-4 School District in Windsor, Colorado on 15 July 2010.

Here are workshop PowerPoints from the workshop. NOTE: To download and save these files to your computer, right-click and choose 'Save Target As...':

RTI: Academic & Behavioral Interventions

Workshop Handout 1: General Concepts About Interventions

Workshop Handout 2: Academic Interventions

Workshop Handout 3: Behavioral Interventions

Building Teacher Capacity to Carry Out Tier 1 Interventions: An 8-Step Process

Teacher Tier 1 (Classroom) Intervention Plan Documentation Form

 


Web Resources: These web sites additional resources that schools may find helpful:

RTI 2.0 Blog. Browse entries from the Intervention Central RTI blog. (See example entries below.)

RTI 2.0 Blog: Academic Enabler Observation Checklists. This blog entry describes how to define student 'academic enabler' skills and turn them into observational checklists with multiple uses.

RTI 2.0 Blog: Redefining Staff Roles Under RTI. Review the skills of the 'interventionist', 'consultant' and 'data analyst', RTI roles that should be required training for all educators.

RTI 2.0 Blog: Reaching the RTI TIpping Point. Read about the first steps needed to move your school toward a positive tipping point for RTI.

 


Behavior Report Card Generator. Customize your own 'Daily Behavior Report Card' to measure student classroom behaviors, have students self-rate their behaviors, and communicate with parents about their child's school conduct and work habits.

What Works Clearinghouse Practice Guides. These short (60-100 page) manuals give research-based ideas for teachers and schools for interventions.

Reading Interventions Manual from Jim Wright. This manual uses intervention ideas taken from the National Reading Panel Report of 2000. It contains 4 reading fluency interventions, and 10 interventions for reading comprehension.

HELPS Reading Program. HELPS (Helping Early Literacy with Practice Strategies) is a free program that targets student reading fluency skills. HELPS was developed by Dr. John Begeny of North Carolina State University. The program is an evidence-based intervention package that includes the following effective treatment components: adult modeling of fluent reading, repeated reading of passages by the student, phrase-drill error correction, verbal cueing and retell check to encourage student reading comprehension, and reward procedures to engage and encourage the student reader. HELPS can be used as an RTI intervention for reading fluency at Tiers 1 through 3.

Cognitive Strategy Instruction . This website presents a series of interventions in which students are taught thinking strategies that they can use to perform better in reading, mathematics, writing, studying, and other areas. The site was created by Dr. Bob Reid and Torri Lienemann at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Ideas to Boost Basic Academic Skills . This site, 'Scientifically Based Research', contains interventions that target reading, math, and writing. The strategies were written by Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden of the University of Southern California at Santa Barbara and Dr. Joe Witt of Louisiana State University.

Reading, Math, & Writing Interventions from MSU . Find pages featuring intervention ideas to improve reading comprehension, writing, and math skills on this site. It is sponsored by the School Psychology Program at Michigan State University.

Intervention Central . The site has a range of academic and behavioral intervention ideas suitable for middle and high schools.

Florida Center for Reading Research. Explore reading interventions and lesson plans for elementary students.

FreeReading. This site has reading intervention ideas taken from the National Reading Panel study of 2000.

Writing Next . Writing Next report on promoting adolescent writing skills (2007) from the Carnegie Corporation of NY.

 


Oral reading fluency: 90 years of measurement.. These ORAL READING FLUENCY research norms may be helpful for schools, as they can be used to set performance benchmarks for students.

Approaches and Considerations of Collecting Schoolwide Early Literacy and Reading Performance Data. Dr. Beth Harn authored this guide to collecting local literacy norms in your school.

Direct Behavior Rating. This site presents research on effective use of Daily Behavior Reports. Researchers supporitng the site include Sandra Chafouleas, Chris Riley-Tillman, and Ted Christ.

National Mathematics Advisory Panel Report. Curriculum and instructional recommendations from the 2008 National Math Panel.

Reading Next.. Reading Next report on promoting adolescent reading skills (2004) from the Carnegie Corporation of NY.

 


 


Who Is Jim Wright?
Jim Wright is a school psychologist and school administrator who lives and works in central New York. Until recently, Jim served as a program developer and trainer for the School-Based Intervention Team (SBIT) Project for the Syracuse City School District. Jim has presented extensively to educators across New York state and in other parts of the country on effective school-based academic and behavioral interventions, curriculum-based measurement, and violence prevention. In November, 2001, Jim was selected for the “Leadership in School Psychology” award by the New York State Association of School Psychologists. Jim is also the creator of the
Intervention Central website (www.interventioncentral.org). Email: jim@jimwrightonline.com


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