Response to Intervention Inventorying Your School’s RTI Resources… Jim Wright

Response to Intervention 2 RTI Requires Resources to Be Successful… Schools require every possible resource to successfully implement RTI to fulfill these needs: –Student assessment and progress-monitoring –Staff time to hold problem-solving meetings –Implementation of interventions –Monitoring the quality and ‘follow-through’ of interventions –Data analysis

Response to Intervention 3 Problem: Schools Face Obstacles in Finding Resources to Support RTI Obstacle 1: Schools may not know the full extent of resources available in their buildings. Obstacle 2: Even ‘known’ resources can be overlooked because they are not systematically organized. Obstacle 3: Because of organizational barriers, some valuable RTI resources might be ‘known’ but off-limits (‘separate silos’) for RTI Teams to access—e.g., Reading Lab Services.

Response to Intervention 4 Why Should a School Inventory Its RTI Resources? 1.The school can review its list of intervention resources organized by Tier to judge whether it has exhausted all supports at any Tier level before referring a student to the next Tier for higher-level interventions. 2.When putting together Tier II intervention plans, the RTI Team can conveniently consult the inventory to make full use of intervention resources available in the building. 3.A single, comprehensive list will reveal gaps that may exist in intervention resources. For example, a school might discover that it has few Tier I (universal) supports available for struggling readers--even though many students are then referred to the RTI Team (Tier II) for reading-fluency issues. 4.A resource list will also show possible duplications of service. For example, a school may find that its school psychologist and school social worker each runs informal counseling groups to build social skills.

Response to Intervention 5 Steps in Conducting an RTI Resource Survey 1.Survey teachers to find out what ‘natural’ interventions, ideas they are already using in the classroom. 2.Survey staff to inventory individuals or materials that can be used for interventions or assessment/progress-monitoring 3.Brainstorm as an RTI Steering Group to identify resources across the school that can be used for interventions at all Tiers. 4.Organize a final list of RTI resources (organized by Tier and presenting problem) that your RTI Team can consult or access as needed.

Response to Intervention 6 Definitions: Tier I Tier I (universal) supports are those academic and behavioral strategies and resources that are available to all students who need them. Possible examples of Tier I supports are teacher behavior notes sent home daily to the parent, signed homework agenda, and ‘extra credit’ work that a student can complete to improve a grade and build skills.

Response to Intervention 7 Definitions: Tier II Tier II (individualized) supports are not available to all students. Instead, they are individualized interventions reserved for those students with more significant academic delays or behavioral problems. Examples of Tier II supports might be instructional time in a small group with a math or reading instructional specialist, enrollment in a cross-age peer tutoring program, or participation in a counseling group that teaches social skills.

Response to Intervention 8 Definitions: Tier III  Tier III (intensive) supports are reserved for students with significant, chronic deficits that require the most intensive services available in a school building or district. Examples of Tier III supports include special education programming such as speech services, individual counseling, and direct instruction from a special education teacher.

Response to Intervention 9 RTI Staff Resource Inventory p. 44

Response to Intervention 10 Common Student Problems: What Works? p. 39

Response to Intervention 11 Inventorying Intervention Resources: Brainstorming p. 40

Response to Intervention 12 Tier I & II Resource Listing pp

Response to Intervention 13 Team Activity: RTI Resource Inventory As a group: 1.Using the form on p. 40 of your RTI Toolkit, brainstorm as many resources as you can that might support your RTI process--15 mins. 2.Sort through those ideas and write down the Tier I and Tier II resources on the appropriate forms (pp of RTI Toolkit )— 15 mins.