Response to Intervention (RTI): Introducing the 3-Tiered Approach

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In Response to Intervention (RTI), all educators play a crucial role by observing, referring, and monitoring progress as students move through the tiered intervention model. In the RTI scenario, schools quickly isolate and directly address students’ academic needs so that students no longer “wait to fail.” In this course, participants learn the administrators’ roles in implementing an effective three-tier RTI model. They will also study teachers’ and other in- school professionals’ roles in behavior management and the impact that processing disorders have across academic areas. The Response to Intervention (RTI) model takes a proactive approach to student learning by integrating screening and intervention within a 3-tiered prevention system designed to maximize student achievement and to reduce classroom behavior problems. Using the RTI model, students are no longer required to meet eligibility requirements to get much needed support services. Instead, practitioners identify any student