Week 4

Assignment #1:

Describe your understanding of RTI and its structure of intervention in details. 

RTI (Response to Intervention) is an approach to identifying students with disabilities. RTI is not only an assessment, but also a process of intervention.

Students are screened by basic literacy skills about three times a year. Student whose performance doesn’t meet the minimal benchmark scores needs extra help. Students will receive intended interventions as small groups. The process is monitored for continuous interventions. During the process, sensitive assessments will be given for students’ changing performance. For struggled students, individualized intervention and additional assessment will be designed. Finally, professionals and parents will review the data to see whether the student needs special education services. If student doesn’t respond to intervention well, additional assessment will be given for students’ social, behavioral, emotional, intellectual and adaptive functioning.

As I searched last week, RTI is a like a pyramid model. The bottom tier of the model is universal monitoring and classroom interventions to increasing learning. The middle tier is for increased monitoring and small group interventions. The top tier is intensive monitoring and one-on-one interventions. It is an effective and rigorous approach.

What other questions do you still have about RTI?

1.      Is RTI suitable for every child?

2.      Are there any special requirements for teachers served in this program?

3.      Are there any drawbacks of the approach RTI?



Assignment #2:
Reading Interventions