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Chapter 5
Response to Intervention (RTI)
Brief Summary
The Responsiveness to Intervention (RTI) process is a multi-tiered approach to providing services and
interventions to struggling learners at increasing levels of intensity. RTI can be used for making
decisions about general, compensatory, and special education, creating a well-integrated and seamless
system of instruction and intervention guided by child outcome data. RTI calls for early identification of
learning and behavioral needs, close collaboration among teachers and special education personnel and
parents, and a systemic commitment to locating and employing the necessary resources to ensure that
students make progress in the general education curriculum. RTI is an initiative that takes place in the
general education environment. This chapter will focus on RTI and provide your students with a general
working knowledge of what is, its importance, and the various stages involved.
Lecture and Discussion Outline
I. Overview of Responsiveness to Intervention (RTI)
A. Purpose of RTI
B. Importance of RTI
C. Is RTI a “New Approach”?
D. Core Principles of RTI
II. Events That Led to Changes in LD Identification in IDEA 2004
A. Rationale for Replacing the Discrepancy Model with RTI
B. Major Issues Related to the Use of the Concept of Achievement-Ability Discrepancy
C. Why RTI was Considered in the Process of SLD Determination
D. The Role RTI Should Play in the Identification of Children with Specific Learning
Disabilities
E. How Does RTI Fit Into the Determination of LD Process?
III. Multitiered Service Delivery Model
A. Tier I
B. Tier II
C. Tier III
IV. Parent Involvement and Important Component for Successful RTI
Programs
V. Fidelity
VI RTI and Teacher Roles
A. The RTI Process for Teachers
B. What Teachers Need in Terms of Professional Development and RTI
Essay Questions
▪ What is the purpose of RTI? Why is it important?
▪ Discuss the core principles of RTI
