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RTI: Giving the Classroom Teacher the Necessary Tools to Serve as an Intervention ‘First Responder’
  
Workshop Description
Classroom teachers are the ‘first responders’ who provide intervention assistance to students who are beginning to struggle with academic skills. This workshop clarifies questions about the use of RTI interventions in elementary school classrooms. Participants learn an approach that gives g eneral-education teachers the RTI tools to:
 
  • define student academic and behavioral problems in clear, specific terms.
  • conduct instructional (‘analytic’) assessments to better profile academic strengths and limitations of individual students.
  • select appropriate evidence-based interventions that can be used in general-education settings and appropriately document the use of those interventions.
 
This workshop will also highlight free Internet resources for evidence-based academic and behavioral intervention ideas.
 
Workshop Outcomes
As a result of attending this workshop, participants will be able to:

 
  • define student problems in specific terms that allow for effective problem-solving.
  • understand classroom-friendly assessment methods to map a student’s academic skills and deficits.
  • have confidence in their selection of interventions to match presenting student classroom concerns and know how to document those interventions appropriately.
  • access websites that offer free, evidence-based intervention resources.