Intervention Central

Question: How do you address a student with disabilities using problem behaviors as their mode of communication?

This website section allows students to create a self-check behaviour list. It’s a tool to make one of their own, which can help them develop self-determination skills and manage their own behaviour. It also has sections for academic interventions and behaviour interventions. It is largely focused on RTI.

RTI CTRL Center | RTI Classification Tool and Resource Center

This site has tools to help schools and districts assess whether their attempt at implementing RTI is going well or not, and how to give it a boost either way.  It has examples of state initiatives, as well as those school/district tools I mentioned earlier.

Center On Instruction

This website has very in depth sections on various subjects, as well as aspects of teaching. It covers literacy, STEM subjects, and teaching English language learners. There is also a section specifically on special education, as well as one for RTI. Each section includes a vast and searchable amount of resources, typically books, that can be used to learn more. There are also videos, professional development courses, and field examples of using things effectively.

**FUN FACT: The Center on Instruction is based out of Portsmouth, NH!**

University of Louisville | ABRI -- Academic and Behavioural Responses to Intervention

This university website has a great set of instructional videos that relate to PBIS (behavioural) and RTI (academic). It shows the ways that effective instructional practices can be used across curriculum. It includes methods such as opportunities to respond, pre-correction, and specific praise, along with seven other methods. Each one is demonstrated in a math, reading, and behaviour setting. It also features these methods in context of classroom, grade level, and student.

PBIS | Positive Behavioural Interventions & Supports

This is the go-to website for everything PBIS. If you’re new to the idea of PBIS, you might want to start on their introduction/FAQ page. If you have heard of it and are looking for a bit more information on implementing it, there’s a section on how to do so in a high school. If you’re a bit skeptical, or perhaps just curious, about how PBIS can help students, the website discusses how it can help at risk students, be implemented to curb bullying, and be used in connection with an RTI model (Response to Intervention). There’s a lot more, so click around.

RTI | Response to Intervention

Response to intervention is a method used that attempts to help a student increase their performance to desired levels without needing to go through the process of an IEP. This can be something as simple as moving a student who can’t see when he or she sits in the back. This ~3 minute video briefly explains the tiered system of RTI, while this longer ~15 minute video takes a look at a middle school where RTI is incorporated with high success. Finally, this ~10 minute video looks at successful RTI in a high school.

Center on Response to Intervention (RTI)

This website addresses what it cites as being the seven main components of RTI in depth and with many pdfs and resources. There are multiple tools available for progress monitoring, academic interventions, and more. Possibly the most helpful section of this website is the glossary of RTI terms, which is extensive and detailed.

RTI Action Network

This is a website that focuses on RTI: what it is and how to make it work in schools. There are a few videos that give a solid overview and have some nice visuals to help remember the basic principles. There is a section that addresses the different tiers of RTI, a section on how to ensure ongoing student assessment, and a section on getting families and communities involved.