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05/07/08   RTI National Center Webinar: What is Response to Intervention (RTI)?
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. 
05/07/08   RtI/NEW Monthly Newsletter from the National Center on Response to Intervention
The newsletter will provide information on a variety of topics including the latest research findings about RTI, related information from our partners and the federal Technical Assistance and Dissemination network, as well as the policies, strategies, and techniques that states have developed to implement an RTI model.
04/16/08   Response to Intervention (RtI)
This brief discusses how "RtI has the potential to affect change for English Language Learners (ELLs) by requiring the use of research-based practices based on individual children's specific needs."  The focus of this brief is to provide an initial framework in the use of RtI that considers students' life experiences, including their language proficiencies in their first and second language, as well as the contexts in which they are taught.
04/07/08
 
  Response to Intervention/RtI Online Presentation by Dr. Erica Lembke
"RtI: Key Components" focuses on the major components required for the implementation of RtI.  The goal of this presentation is to present essential components of RtI to help districts evaluate steps needed to move toward RtI implementation.
Available at no cost.  No registration is required.
03/10/08   Response to Intervention (RtI) New Resource
This PowerPoint and advanced presenter's guide provides an in-depth look at RtI that outlines the advantages of RtI and its framework within general education and explains how to use this framework as part of the Specific Learning Disability (SLD) identification process.
02/29/08   Response to Intervention/RtI Online Presentation by Dr. Erica Lembke
This online presentation, "RtI: What It Is and What It Isn't," provides an awareness level of RtI and will assist districts in assessing current status in terms of acceptance of this three-tiered educational model.  Implementation tools accompany this presentation to assist districts in identifying their current status and identifying steps required to move toward implementation of an RtI model. 
02/26/08
Web Chat no longer available
  Response to Intervention (RtI) and LD Identification, NCLD Presents Web Chat
LD Talk Chat Transcripts Archive has transcripts of previous discussions from 2000-2007 available for your review at this website:
http://www.ncldtalks.org
01/31/08   Response to Intervention (RtI) Upcoming Online Presentations
In March 2008, Erica Lembke will host an online interactive discussion with districts interested in learning about Response to Intervention, offer feedback from districts currently implementing RtI, and answer questions that interested districts may have regarding movement toward implementation of an RtI model.
01/17/08
Webinar no longer available
  Response to Intervention (RtI) Webinar/FREE
This hour long webinar will address RtI and what it means for schools and classrooms, how technology can help serve students, and also the implications of RtI.  The webinar is free but registration is required.
11/07/07   RtI/New Document
New Publication on RtI from NASDSE - The National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) has assembled an annotated bibliography of research on Response to Intervention (RtI). This 233 page document is intended to serve as a complement to NASDSE's earlier book, Response to Intervention: Policy Considerations and Implementation.
09/26/07   Response to Intervention/Identification of Specific Learning Disabilities
The Division of Special Education has posted two important documents relating to the identification of children with Learning Disabilities and the use of Response to Intervention in the identification process.  Both documents may be found at the following web address http://dese.mo.gov/divspeced/RtIpg.html
07/26/07   Response to Intervention (RtI)/Use in LD Eligibility
There have been questions about whether a school district can use RtI for LD eligibility determinations when RTI is not used district-wide.
05/03/07   New RtI Resource/LD Determinations
We have just been notified by the U.S. Department of Education about a new resource for using Response to Intervention in LD identification.
05/02/07   Response to Intervention/Early Intervening Service
A new document is now available on implementation of Response to Intervention as an Early Intervening Service.
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Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Division of Special Education
P.O. Box 480
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Email:  webreplyspe@dese.mo.gov
Phone: 573-751-5739   Fax:  573-526-4404

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