everything you always wanted to know about problem solving and response to intervention… dont be...
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Problem Solving and
Response to Intervention…
Don’t be Afraid to Ask!Laura Boynton Hauerwas, Ph.D. Ina S. Woolman Providence College RI Department of Education
Response to Intervention (RTI)
What is it?• a problem-solving philosophy• an intervention system• a way to monitor progress • a shared responsibility
RTI: a problem solving philosophy
If a student isn’t performing as expected, we will change what WE’RE doing …
and continue problem solving until we find what works.
What is problem-solving?
1. Problem Identification
2. Problem Analysis
3. Plan Development
4. Plan Implementation
5. Plan Evaluation
ReviseModify
IntensifyWith Expanding Support
A decision making process
What is the discrepancy between what
is expected and what is occurring?
1. Problem Identification
Why is the problem occurring?
2. Problem Analysis
What is the goal?What is the intervention plan?
How will progress be monitored?
3. Plan Development
How will implementation fidelity be ensured?
4. Plan Implementation
Did the student(s) respond to the intervention?
5. Plan Evaluation
CELEBRATE?
REVISE?MODIFY?INTENSIFY?WITH EXPANDED SUPPORT?
Carrying out Interventions and utilizing data are inseparable in the problem-solving process
RTI: an intervention system
• School-wide system• Foundational curriculum• Variety of Interventions• Systematic Assessment Plan • Data-based decision making
process
First Floor -Primary
• All students• Comprehensive core
curriculum• Differentiated Instruction• Flexible grouping• Benchmark assessments 3
times a year• Preventive and proactive
The Roof -SecondaryPrograms, strategies,
procedures to enhance and support primary program
a. Focused group and individual interventions
b. High efficiency, short term
c. Progress Monitoring assessments twice a month
d. 10-15% of students
The Chimney - Tertiary
Different
ArchitectureSchedulingDelivery
What is an intervention?
Instruction that supplements and intensifies classroom curriculum/instruction to meet student need Academic or Behavioral Standard Protocol or Individualized
All interventions must have plan of implementation, criteria for successful response, assessment to monitor progress
Response to Intervention… are we there yet?
Instruction
Intervention
What’s next?
Intervention
Intervention Consider adding
Special Educationsupport
RegularEducation
What do you mean by intensifying an intervention?
Professional
Curricular Focus
Specialization of Instruction
Frequency of Progress Monitoring
Classroom Teacher
5 areas
Differentiated Instruction
3 times a year
Teacher with specific
expertise
Less than 5
Task Analysis
Multiple opportunities for Guided Practice
Monthly or
greater
Specialist
2 or less
Systematic Instructional
Sequence
Extensive opportunities for
feedback
Weekly
“Never argue with the data”Let it drive your decisions
• Teachers use assessments as formative tools to inform instruction
• School administrators use assessment data to help teachers meet the needs of students by providing necessary staff development and changes in curriculum
• Teachers use progress monitoring assessments to determine if students are responding to instruction and intervention
Using Progress Monitoring Data to Chart
RTI
Grouping students for instruction based on student skill,
monitoring their progress over small periods of time,
adjusting instruction based on the data and providing kids feedback on their performance
…
one of the most powerful sets of educational practices that exists.
~Dan Reschly
Impact of RTI on Student Learning
Treatment/Intervention Effect Size
Special Education Placement -.14 to .29
Modality Matched Instruction (Auditory) +.03
Modality Matched Instruction (Visual) +.04
Curriculum-Based Instruction/ Graphing and Formative Evaluation
+.70
Curriculum-Based Instruction, Graphing, Formative Evaluation and Systematic use of Reinforcement
+1.00
Questions YOU need to ask about data tools
Does your district assessment plan include progress monitoring tools that give you the information you need?
Do you have a way to efficiently manage and graph student progress data?
Where do we find out more about tools to monitor
progress?
http://www.studentprogress.org http://www.interventioncentral.org http://www.aimsweb.com http://dibels.uoregon.edu/ http://pals.virginia.edu/
How do you coordinate all this?
RTI: a shared responsibility
• This is about each and every …– Student, class, school and
district
• For district-wide success, it needs to be everybody’s business
•Michigan Teacher Network at michiganteacher.net
Expanding Circle of Support
School-Based Problem Solving TeamEL Teacher
Special EducatorsSchool Psychologists-Diagnosticians
Special Education
StudentsTeachersParents
Reading SpecialistCounselor
Other Specialists
Lessons learned about Teaming:
• Problem solving = seen as neither a general educator or a special educator process … but an “EVERY EDUCATOR” process
• Flexible scheduling needed to allow for team participation and provision of interventions by needed education and support personnel
More lessons learned about Teaming:
• Buildings may have one or more “teams” -functions and membership of support team(s) vary as appropriate:– During the process– Depending on purpose– Depending on student characteristics and need
• Support may begin in grade-level meetings or other collegial gatherings
• Building administrator involvement is essential
Don’t be afraid to ask…
Contacts:• Listserv – send an email request to
• Laura Boynton Hauerwas, Ph.D.Professor of Education Providence College, Chair – State Learning Disabilities Committee, Facilitator – PLUS Demonstration Schools [email protected]
• Ina S. Woolman RI Dept. of Education, Office of Special Populations, Staff – State Learning Disabilities Committee,Member – PLP Committee [email protected]