RTI: Motivating Underachievers Using the RTI and DI Approach

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Stepping in to assist underachievers before a pattern of failure becomes engrained can lead to success in school and the world beyond school. In this course, educators look at the strategies from Response to Intervention (RTI) and Differentiated Instruction (DI) that can help these particular students—including gifted students as well as those who may eventually be identified for special education. Educators will learn to identify prototypes of underachievers, as well as some of the specific issues they struggle with, including fear of failure and lack of motivation. They will then learn to select strategies from the three-tiered RTI system and from a repertoire of differentiated instructions to target students’ particular needs.