RTI Toolkit: A Practical Guide for Schools

Response to Intervention is a problem-solving approach that can greatly expand the capacity of schools to accommodate diverse learners. The "RTI Toolkit" will provide school administrators and teachers with the essential techniques, resources, and guidelines to start a comprehensive 'Response To Intervention' process in their own schools. Readers will learn how to: Help Stakeholders "buy-in" to the RTI process; Inventory and organize intervention resources; Create research-based and classroom friendly student intervention plans; Set objective goals for student improvement; Apply decision rules to determine when a student who fails to respond to intervention should be referred.

Jim Wright is a certified school psychologist and school administrator in central New York. He has earned a regional and national reputation based upon his extensive training on Response to Intervention topics, including Curriculum-Bases Measurement, and academic and behavioral interventions. In November of 2001, the New York State Association of School Psychologists selected Jim for the "Leadership in School Psychology" award. Jim is also the creator of Intervention Central, a popular web site featuring free student intervention ideas and assessment resources.