Strengthen Instruction for Struggling Students
in Any Education Program
With the reauthorization of IDEA 2004 and the dedication educators have to exceeding standards of learning, Response to Intervention (RtI) has become an important course of action for state and district administrators.
Many of you are already on this new path to serve students with diverse learning needs. Others are refining and perfecting current models and there are still more who are asking how to begin planning. No matter what stage you are in with your implementation plans, we can support your efforts.
The term, Response to Intervention may be “new” to some, but we have advocated for this type of support for students since our inception in 1980. Don Johnston has a long history of helping students with the most severe learning needs have successful literacy experiences. This truly sets us apart from others in the industry. First, we start by solving the most difficult learning issues and then we apply these proven methods to serve larger populations of struggling and diverse learners at various stages of intervention.
Multi-Tiered Intervention Support – Definition of RtI
Response to Intervention, most often identified as a three-tiered approach (Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3), is recommended as a way to integrate educational problem-solving school wide. The framework is consistent with federal legislation such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA 2004) and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), as well as scientific research. It will greatly improve the systems in place for determining eligibility for special education and should reduce mislabeling students as learning disabled too early.
“Response to Intervention (RtI) is the practice of providing high-quality instruction and intervention matched to student need, monitoring progress frequently to make decisions about changes in instruction or goals and applying child response data to important educational decisions. RtI should be applied to decisions in general, remedial and special education, creating a well-integrated system of instruction/intervention guided by child outcome data.” (NASDSE, 2006)
Quality Intervention Solutions
By applying the right supports and scaffolds, our solutions provide you with cost-effective interventions that can be used in all three tiers of RtI—eliminating the need to have students and teachers learn something new each time additional intervention is needed. You benefit by getting economies of scale for any school-wide improvement budget by making one investment for all three tiers.
TIER 1 • TIER 2 • TIER 3 • Formative Data
Learn more about Don Johnston solutions that support all aspects
of literacy:
Working Together – Special and General Education Leaders
Using current reading and writing research, we collaborate with educational researchers and literacy experts and use proven practices of instructional technology to develop solutions for struggling students in both general and special education.
Our technologies allow you to differentiate instruction and provide focused support, enabling every student to be successful. We believe that the best results happen when special educators and general educators join forces to provide the highest quality instructional models and intervention solutions for students who require extra support.
More Information about Response to Intervention
To learn more about Response to Intervention, order Response to Intervention, Policy Considerations and Implementation published by the National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Inc. (NASDSE). Also available is a free overview white paper and other resources.
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