RTI Applications, Volume 1: Academic and Behavioral Interventions(The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series)

This book addresses a crucial aspect of sustaining a response-to-intervention (RTI) framework in a school: selecting interventions with the greatest likelihood of success and implementing them with integrity. Leading RTI experts explain how to match interventions to students' proficiency levels, drawing on cutting-edge research about the stages of learning. Effective academic and behavioral interventions for all three tiers of RTI are described in step-by-step detail and illustrated with vivid case examples. In a large-size format with lay-flat binding for easy photocopying, the book features more than 40 reproducible planning tools and other helpful forms.

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction 2. Matching the “Right” Intervention to the Student 3. Selecting Group Interventions: Identifying a Classwide Problem 4. Whole-School Behavioral Interventions 5. Small-Group Academic Interventions 6. Classwide/Small-Group Behavioral Interventions 7. Academic Acquisition Interventions 8. Behavioral Acquisition Interventions 9. Academic Fluency-Building Interventions 10. Behavioral Proficiency-Building Interventions 11. Maintenance and Generalization of Behavioral Interventions 12. Maintenance and Generalization of Academic Interventions 13. Putting It All Together

About the Author :
Matthew K. Burns, PhD, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA; T. Chris Riley-Tillman, PhD, Department of Education, School, & Counseling Psychology, University of Missouri; and Amanda M. VanDerHeyden, PhD, Education Research & Consulting, Inc, Fairhope, Alabama, USA

Review :
"The authors provide an excellent framework for selecting academic and behavioral interventions. The use of the 'instructional hierarchy' will help educators make theory-based descisions that will enhance practice. This is a valuable tool for school-based practitioners, university educators, and students. Providing many hands-on examples, the book would serve well as a text in practicum classes focused on academic or behavioral interventions." - Mike Vanderwood, University of California, Riverside, USA "A valuable resource for educators looking to improve academic and behavioral interventions in the context of RTI. Readers will gain an understanding of how to select, implement, and evaluate interventions at Tiers 1, 2, and 3 of the RTI model, while using data to guide decision making at every step. The authors provide detailed information about a range of academic and behavioral interventions for individual students, groups, classrooms, or entire schools. As a trainer of school psychologists, I can see this book being used as a text in graduate courses addressing school consultation, assessment, and intervention." - Angela J. Whalen, University of Oregon, USA