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The RTI approach to evaluating learning disabilities / Joseph F. Kovaleski, Amanda M. VanDerHeyden, Edward S. Shapiro.

By: Kovaleski, Joseph F.
Contributor(s): VanDerHeyden, Amanda M | Shapiro, Edward S.
Series: The Guilford practical intervention in the school series.New York ; London : The Guilford Press, ©2013Description: xviii, 206 pages ; 27 cm. illustrations.Content type: text ISBN: 9781462511549 (pbk. : acidfree paper).Subject(s): Learning disabled children -- Education -- United States | Response to intervention (Learning disabled children) -- United States | School improvement programs -- United StatesDDC classification: 371.90973/K84 Other classification: COED
Contents:
Historical and legal background for response to intervention -- Implementing RTI as school reform: instructional prerequisites for using RTI for eligibility decision making -- Determining inadequate academic achievement -- Determining rate of improvement -- Ruling out other conditions -- Ruling out inadequate instruction -- The observation requirement -- Parent involvement in an RTI system -- Determining eligibility for special education: pulling all the pieces together in a comprehensive evaluation -- Using RTI data to build an IEP -- Frequently asked questions about RTI and SLD.
Summary: "This book presents clear-cut procedures for using response to intervention (RTI) to determine a K-12 student's eligibility for special education under the designation of specific learning disabilities (SLD). Comprehensive guidelines are provided for gathering student data in the course of interventions and ruling out causes other than SLD for academic problems. Special features include case examples, tips for creating individualized education plans based on RTI data, and frequently asked questions. With a convenient large-size format and lay-flat binding, the book features useful reproducible tools."--Page 4 de la couverture.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index.

Historical and legal background for response to intervention -- Implementing RTI as school reform: instructional prerequisites for using RTI for eligibility decision making -- Determining inadequate academic achievement -- Determining rate of improvement -- Ruling out other conditions -- Ruling out inadequate instruction -- The observation requirement -- Parent involvement in an RTI system -- Determining eligibility for special education: pulling all the pieces together in a comprehensive evaluation -- Using RTI data to build an IEP -- Frequently asked questions about RTI and SLD.

"This book presents clear-cut procedures for using response to intervention (RTI) to determine a K-12 student's eligibility for special education under the designation of specific learning disabilities (SLD). Comprehensive guidelines are provided for gathering student data in the course of interventions and ruling out causes other than SLD for academic problems. Special features include case examples, tips for creating individualized education plans based on RTI data, and frequently asked questions. With a convenient large-size format and lay-flat binding, the book features useful reproducible tools."--Page 4 de la couverture.

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