This document discusses Response to Intervention (RTI) and provides guidance on its implementation. The goals of RTI are to review principles, examine steps for planning and strengthening RTI programs, and look at resources for interventions, data collection, and using technology to graph and analyze data. RTI involves providing research-based instruction and interventions matched to student needs, monitoring progress frequently to make decisions about changes, and applying student response data to educational decisions. A multi-tiered model is presented involving school-wide, targeted small group, and intensive individual interventions.

1. Response to Intervention
(RtI) in Practice
A focus on technology for selecting
research-based interventions, monitoring
progress, and representing results.

2. Goals of this training…
 Review RtI principles
 Examine steps for planning and bringing/strengthening RtI in
your district
 To look at online research-based interventions resources
 Look at Data Collection resources, procedures, and
technology.
 Examine technology for graphing data and data analysis.

3. Response to Intervention (RtI)
 “Response to Intervention is the practice
of a) providing high-quality instruction
and intervention matched to student
needs, b) monitoring progress frequently
to make decisions about changes in
instruction or goals, and c) applying child
response data to important educational
decisions.”

4. How about a visual?
Academic Behavioral
1-5% Intensive
Individualized
Interventions
Adapted from OSEP
Effective School-Wide
Interventions
5-10% Targeted5-10% Targeted
InterventionsInterventions
5-10% Targeted5-10% Targeted
InterventionsInterventions
1-5% Intensive
Individualized 
Interventions
80-90%
School-Wide
Interventions
80-90%
School-Wide
Interventions

5. An Application of the Tiered Model
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkK1bT8ls0M
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6. The Tiers
 Core Instruction (Tier 1, Green)
 Targeted, Supplemental Intervention, Small
Group (Tier 2, Yellow)
 Intensive Individualized Intervention
(Tier 3, Red)

7. RtI: Component #1
Providing high-quality instruction and
intervention matched to student needs

8. Providing high-quality instruction and
intervention matched to student needs
 Instruction-Curriculum and educational interventions
that are research-based and have been proven to be
effective for most students
 Interventions-A change in instructing a student in the
area of learning or behavioral difficulty to try and
improve performance and achieve adequate progress
 Scientifically-based- Curriculum and educational
interventions that are research-based and have been
proven to be effective for most students.

9. It’s Important to Remember…
 Practices that are NOT considered instructional
interventions include:
 Special or re-assigned seating in the classroom
 Shortened assignments
 Communications with the parent about the child at regular
conferences or other informal communications
 Classroom Observations
 Suspension
 Retention
 More of the same/general classroom instruction and/or
assignments

10. RtI: Component #2
Monitoring progress frequently to make
decisions about changes in instruction or
goals

11. Monitoring progress frequently to make
decisions about changes in instruction or goals
 Universal Screening- catching problems
early and examining the effectiveness of
practices
 Continued Progress Monitoring-
assessing individuals’ progress in closing
achievement gaps

12. RtI: Component #3
Applying child response data to important
educational decisions

13. Progression Through the Tiers
Dayne 

14. RtI in Action: A Best Practice Example
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsAqh2Pxg0A
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15. Intervention Resources
 www.interventioncentral.org
The RtI Bible. Your will not find better resources for implementing RtI anyway…hands
down.
 www.ldonline.org
Premier website for information on ADHD and Learning Disabilities. This site features
great resources for both parents and teachers.
 www.whatworks.ed.gov
A great resources from the federal government about what the research says works in
education. Features information on effective teaching and interventions.
 www.fcrr.org
The Florida Center For Reading Research
 www.rtinetwork.org
This site is dedicated to the effective implementation of Response to Intervention (RTI)
in school districts nationwide. Our goal is to guide educators and families in the large-
scale implementation of RTI so that each child has access to quality instruction and that
struggling students – including those with learning disabilities – are identified early and
receive the necessary supports to be successful.

16. More Intervention Resources
 www.reading.org
Offers free tools in help school staff & parents to promote positive classroom
behavior & foster effective learning for all children
 www.rti4success.org
RtI one-stop shop featuring webinars and steps for planning and
implementing RtI in your schools
 www.ncld.org
Features information on the definition and assessment of Learning
Disabilities. Looks at federal law and RtI.
 www.aimsweb.com & dibels.uoregon.edu
These tools are progress monitoring systems based on direct, frequent and
continuous student assessment. The results are reported to students, parents,
teachers and administrators via a web-based data management and reporting
system to determine response to intervention.
 www.studentprogress.org
A comprehensive resource on student progress monitoring. It features case
studies as well as exploratory activities.