Essentials of Response to Intervention

Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to accurately and effectively implement Response to Intervention (RTI) programs As adoption of the RTI model grows, professionals such as educational diagnosticians, school psychologists, general and special education teachers, and school administrators are eager to find resources that describe the theory behind it and provide useful guidelines for its effective implementation. Packaged in the user-friendly Essentials series format, and authored by two RTI experts, Essentials of Response to Intervention provides just that resource. This book offers a concise overview of the features of RTI, instruction for its implementation, and post-implementation guidelines for assessing whether a program has been effective. Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, this book is designed to help busy mental health practitioners, and those in training, quickly acquire the psychoeducational assessment knowledge and skills they need. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you to gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered. Complete with a Foreword by Jim Ysseldyke, Essentials of Response to Intervention offers rich and up-to-date information on obtaining meaningful data for decision making, evaluation of the research base for RTI, and clinical applications of RTI. Other titles in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series: Essentials of WISC-IV Assessment, Second Edition Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, Second Edition Essentials of Evidence-Based Academic Interventions Essentials of WJ IIITM Cognitive Abilities Assessment Essentials of WJ IIITM Tests of Achievement Assessment Essentials of WIAT-III and KTEA-II Assessment Essentials of Processing Assessment Essentials of Assessment Report Writing

Autorentext

Amanda M. VanDerHeyden, PhD, has authored over fifty related
articles and book chapters and has worked as a national trainer and
consultant assisting school districts with implementation of RTI
models. Dr. VanDerHeyden received the Lightner Witmer Early Career
Contributions Award from Division 16 (School Psychology) of the
American Psychological Association in recognition of her
scholarship on early intervention, RTI, and models of databased
decision-making in schools.

Matthew K. Burns, PhD, is an Associate Professor of
Educational Psychology and Coordinator of the School Psychology
Program at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Burns is currently the
Editor of Assessment for Effective Intervention and Editor
Elect of School Psychology Review. He has published multiple
books about Response to Intervention and has assisted in the
implementation of RTI with dozens of school districts across many
states. Dr. Burns coedited The Handbook of Response to
Intervention with Dr. VanDerHeyden.

Inhalt

Foreword Jim Ysseldyke xi

Series Preface

Volume Preface

One Overview of Response to Intervention 1

Two How to Implement RtI 17

Three How to Obtain Meaningful Data for Decision Making: Rethinking Technical Adequacy 37

Four How to Interpret RtI Data 69

Five Evaluating the Research Base for RtI 88

Six Clinical Applications of RtI 105

Seven Case Report Illustrations 115

Appendix A Evaluation of Screening Data Accuracy 135

Appendix B Analysis of Screening Data for Intervention and Prevention Planning 137

Appendix C Troubleshooting Instructional Basics 138

Appendix d Dealing with Potential Sources of Error in RtI Decision Making 140

Appendix E Monitoring Tier 2 Intervention 144

Appendix F Screening Integrity Protocol 145

Authors' Note: Roc 146

References 150

Annotated Bibliography 165

Index 168

About the Authors 181