Handbook of Response to Intervention and Multi-Tiered Systems of Support

Paige C. Pullen is a Research Professor and Literacy Initiatives Officer at the University of Florida with faculty appointments in the Lastinger Center for Learning and the School of Special Education, School Psychology, and Early Childhood Studies.Michael J. Kennedy is an Associate Professor of special education in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia and Co-Editor of the Journal of Special Education Technology.

‘This handbook is a must read for all who want to increase their knowledge of school-based prevention and intervention. By including contributions from an impressive array of leading experts, this book is timely, balanced, and comprehensive. It will appeal to both educational and psychological professionals, and it also serves as an excellent resource for training practitioners. This is the book that we’ve been waiting for—a book that provides up-to-date knowledge on how to help and support and all children in schools.’—Michael L. Sulkowski, Associate Professor, School Psychology Program, University of Arizona ‘Implementing Response to Intervention or Multi-Tiered Systems of Support to meet the needs of the full range of children in schools is a major challenge for schools today. All readers, regardless of their professional training will find this book very useful. The authors write clearly and comprehensively about the full range of best practices and policy matters. As a text, this book is equally suited for education, special education, and school psychology courses.’—J. Ron Nelson, Larry & Sharon Roos Family Professor Of Special Education, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

• Foreword Section I: Trends and Issues in RTI and MTSS Introduction to Section I 1. Response to Intervention and Multi-Tiered Systems of Support: How Do They Differ and How Are They the Same, If at All 2. RTI: Controversies and Solutions 3. Response to Intervention, Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, and Federal Law: Analysis and Commentary 4. Politics and Science in the RTI Time: On the Classification and Identification of Learning Disabilities 5. Comprehensive, Integrated, Three-Tiered (Ci3T) Models of Prevention: The Role of Systematic Screening to Inform Instruction Section II: Roles and Responsibilities in the RTI Process Introduction to Section II 6. Problem Solving within an RTI Framework: Roles and Functions of Effective Teams 7. Leadership and Multi-Tiered Systems of Support 8. Preparing General and Special Education Preservice Teachers for Response to Intervention: A Practice-Based Approach 9. Parent and Student Involvement in Response to Intervention Models Section III: RTI/MTSS in Elementary Grades Introduction to Section III 10. Progress Monitoring in the Elementary Grades 11. Combining Reading Comprehension Instruction with Cognitive Training to Provide Intensive Intervention to At-Risk Students 12. Evidence-Based Writing Intervention: Three Tiers of Instruction for Elementary Students 13. Supporting the Mathematics Learning of Elementary Students Within a Multi-level Framework 14. Building a Growth Mindset within Data-Based Individualization: A Case Study of Two Students with Reading Disabilities Learning to Learn Section IV: RTI/MTSS in Secondary Grades Introduction to Section IV 15. Effects from Secondary Interventions and Approaches for the Prevention and Remediation of Mathematics Difficulties: Multi-Tiered Response-to-Intervention Instructional Models 16. Curriculum-Based Measurement for Secondary-School Students 17. Schoolwide PBIS in High Schools 18. RTI in Secondary Schools: Current Issues and Recommendations Index