Responsiveness to Intervention: TEC Articles Collection

This book presents a select set of articles taken from issues of TEACHING Exceptional Children that establish a cogent framework for understanding response to intervention (RTI) as a means of preventing academic failure and identifying students with learning disabilities (LD). The articles in the book have been selected because they embody the commendable components of best practice identified by the National Research Center of Learning Disabilities (NRCLD). These components are: 1) schoolwide screening; 2) research-based progress monitoring; 3) fidelity of implementation; 4) data-based decision making; 5) staff development and collaboration; and 6) parent involvement.

Table of Contents:

• CEC's Position on Response to Intervention (RTI): The Unique Role of Special Education and Special Educators
• Responsiveness to Intervention: 1997 to 2007
• A Model for Implementing Responsiveness to Intervention
• Primary Prevention in Classroom Reading Instruction
• Children at Risk for Reading Failures: Constructing an Early Screening Measure
• Secondary Interventions in Reading: Providing Additional Instruction for Students At Risk