1. A Guide for Education Personnel: Selecting an Intervention or Program Developed by: J. Shanley, A Schwartz & J. Saunders A product produced through the Elementary and Middle Schools Technical Assistance Center Co-presenters: Amanda Schwartz & Tina Diamond Council for Exceptional Children Annual Convention New York, NY April 2002

2. Puzzle Activity Solve your puzzle

3. To help school professionals identify criteria through which they can determine the appropriateness of an intervention for implementation within their school Goal

4. Why is this important? overwhelming amount of available programs quality-driven decisions lead to “best-fit” informed decisions cause programmatic stability

5. The Prerequisites

6. Deciding the Appropriateness of the Program

7. 1. Acquire Information 2. Obtain References 3. Observe Program 4. Analyze Information 4 Steps

8. Questions To Guide the Selection of an Intervention - Related to Research and Studies - Related to Implementing the Intervention - Related to Resources

9. Taking a Closer Look - Examine the fact sheet on the National Writing Project - Use the Choosing a Technical Assistance Intervention and Program Scale to evaluate the program Fact Sheet obtained from the Catalog of School Reform Models (2002) produced by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory and the National Clearinghouse for Comprehensive School Reform www.nwrel.org/scpd/natspec/catalog

10. Conclusion - There are many variables to consider in the process of selecting a program or intervention - Using a guide such as the Choosing Technical Assistance Interventions and Programs Scale, may help you or your district in moving through this process

11. Contact: Elementary and Middle Schools Technical Assistance Center (EMSTAC) 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20007 Phone: (202) 944-5300 TTY: 1-877-334-3499 Fax: (202) 944-5454 E-mail: emstac@air.org For more information