Response to Intervention (RtI)
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What is it?
State of Missouri Guidance for Identification Of Specific Learning Disability (SLD) [PDF]
State of Missouri RtI Guidelines:  Appendix A  [PDF]
Missouri RtI Sites
Missouri PBS Exemplary Sites
2007 SW-PBS Award Winners
PBS PowerPoint Presentation [Fall 2007] [PDF]
Resource Links

We have attempted with this website to gather, in one place, various resources on three-tiered models of school improvement. This site focuses on the general category of Response to Intervention (RtI), and includes information on three-tiered models such as Positive Behavior Supports (PBS), Professional Learning Communities (PLC) and Reading First. Each of these can be instrumental in improving student achievement.  Missouri implementation sites are also listed.

What is it?

RtI is a tiered model of providing intervention services to students that is systematic and data-driven.  The level or intensity of the intervention is based upon the specific academic or behavioral needs of the student.  Student progress is monitored during all points in the system in order to provide information on the response of the student to the intervention implemented.  If a disability is suspected, data gathered during the progressively more intensive intervention process can be used as a part of the evaluation information required to qualify a student with a Specific Learning Disability (SLD).  For other disabilities, the information is an excellent source of additional data to clarify a student’s specific learning needs. 

Missouri RtI Sites

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Division of Special Education has worked with pioneering districts to provide funds to support the implementation of RtI academic practices:

North Kansas City-1 year grant (2005-2006)

St. Louis Area Consortium including Kirkwood, Mehlville, Webster Groves, in conjunction with Special School District-3 year grant (2005-2008)

Carthage-2 year grant (2006-2008)

Missouri PBS Exemplary Sites

The DESE has worked in conjunction with the MU Center for Positive Behavior Support to acknowledge exemplary schools/districts with long-term successful PBS implementation or RtI behavioral approaches.  These buildings/districts include:

Columbia 93 (district-wide)

Kirkwood R-VII (district-wide)

Field Elementary (Columbia 93)

Kirksville Primary PK-2 (Kirksville R-III)

Halls Ferry Elementary (Ferguson-Florissant R-II)

Ritenour Middle School (Ritenour)

2007 SW-PBS Award Winners

In addition, in June 2007, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education recognized 35 individual school buildings, some of which were trained through Regional Professional Development Centers by School-Wide Positive Behavior Support Consultants, funded by the Division of Special Education, and some of which were trained by Special School District personnel.  These buildings applied and met specific criteria established by the DESE, qualifying at gold, silver, and bronze levels.

GOLD

• Halls Ferry Elementary, Ferguson-Florissant
• Kirkwood-Kirkwood Early Childhood Center, Tillman Elementary, Westchester Elementary
• Ballwin Elementary, Rockwood

SILVER

• Ferguson-Florissant-Lee Hamilton Elementary, Wedgewood Elementary
• Kirksville Primary School, Kirksville
• Montgomery City Elementary, Montgomery County R-II
• Ritenour Middle School, Ritenour
• Jackson Park Elementary, University City

BRONZE

• Bayless Intermediate, Bayless
• Central Elementary, Ferguson/Florissant
• Saeger Middle, Francis Howell
• Fredericktown Intermediate, Fredericktown
• Armstrong Elementary, Hazelwood
• Della Lamb Charter, Kansas City
• Ray Miller Elementary, Kirksville
• Lebanon District-Esther Elementary, Hillcrest Accelerated School, Maplecrest Elementary
• Montgomery County R-II District-Bellflower Elementary, Jonesburg Elementary, Montgomery County R-II Middle School
• New Madrid Central Middle, New Madrid
• Chouteau Elementary, North Kansas City
• Ritenour District-Buder Elementary, Hoech Middle, Iveland Elementary
• Rolla-Mark Twain Elementary, Truman Elementary, Wyman Elementary
• Waynesville - Freedom Elementary
• St. Louis City - Farragut Elementary, Mullanphy Elementary

Resource Links

The following links offer resources available to help facilitate implementation of RtI approaches.

• A Cultural, Linguistic, and Ecological Framework for Response to Intervention with English Language Learners
  The National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (NCCRESt) has recently published a new Practitioner Brief by Julie Esparza Brown, Portland State University and Jennifer Doolittle, OSEP. This 14-page article promotes a three-tiered Response to Intervention Approach: (1) universal screening and research-based instruction, (2) more intensive support, and (3) intensive individual instruction.
  
  

• RTI Webinar: What Is Response to Intervention (RTI)?
  The National Center on Response to Intervention is hosting a webinar on "What is RTI?" since this topic is a top priority of states. The purpose of this webinar is to help state education agencies understand what RTI is, which can be used to provide tiered instructional services and to identify students with learning disabilities. This webinar will describe basic concepts of RTI and how it can be implemented in schools. Examples will be shared to illustrate how teams can be organized within schools to implement RTI.
  
  
• U.S. Department of Special Education Programs IDEA 2004
  
• RtI PowerPoint Presentation, Illinois Department of Education
  
• RtI Action Network

• National Association of State Directors of Special Education
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• National Research Center on Learning Disabilities
• NASDSE 2006-2007 RtI Satellite Series
• National Association of School Psychologists (NASP):  State and Districts RTI Initiatives, Models and Resources
• Positive Behavior Supports
• Professional Learning Communities
• RtI SELs Messages 
• Reading First
• Project Forum Website
• Secondary RtI Resource
• National Center on Response to Intervention
• National Center on Student Progress Monitoring
• The Iris Center