FASP Problem Solving/Response to Intervention

Problem Solving/Response to Intervention

The Chairperson of this Special Committee is:

Rebecca Sarlo

Email: sarlo@usf.edu

"Maximizing Student Outcomes through the Integration of Academic and Behavior Instruction/Intervention in a Multi-Tier System of Student Supports (RtI/PBS)"
Elvira Medina-Pekofsky, NCSP and Freda Reid, NCSP

The 2011 Inaugural Florida RtI Leadership Institute was held on June 22-24, 2011 at the Innisbrook Resort. The institute provided district and school-based leaders with workshops, implementer forums and district exemplars to enhance the implementation of RtI. The theme was "Maximizing Student Outcomes through the Integration of Academic and Behavior Instruction/Intervention in a Multi-Tier System of Student Supports (RtI)". It emphasized efficient and effective methods of improving student performance in an era of diminishing resources. Topical Strands, Implementer Forums and Leadership Networking allowed participants to become familiar with highly effective practices and skills, with exemplars from implementation leaders. Read more...

The FASP Executive Board is committed to ensuring that our membership is provided with timely professional development and resources related to educational policies impacting our practice. To this end, FASP President Monica Oganes Murray has continued a special committee with an emphasis on addressing Response to Intervention (RtI) in Florida. Please check this link often, as we will be updating this site with relevant RtI resources and materials. If you have resources that you feel would be appropriate to add to this list, please contact the committee chairpersons.

Florida Resources:

Florida Center for Reading Research
www.fcrr.org
Florida DOE Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services
www.fldoe.org/ese
Florida DOE Bureau of School Improvement
www.flbsi.org
Florida DOE Technical Assistance Paper on RtI
www.fldoe.org/ese/tap-home.asp (FY 2006-8)
Florida's Positive Behavior Support Project
flpbs.fmhi.usf.edu/index.asp
Florida Problem Solving & Response to Intervention Project
www.florida-rti.org
Florida Response to Intervention (RtI) State Website
floridarti.usf.edu
Florida's Response to Intervention Teaching Learning Connections (RtI TLC)
rtitlc.ucf.edu
Just Read, Florida!
www.justreadflorida.com
Office of Early Learning, Florida Department of Education
www.fldoe.org/earlylearning

National Resources:

National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) publication, Response to Intervention: Policy Considerations and Implementation

This book is an excellent resource for school psychologists, trainers, and administrators and is available for $15 for single copy (discounts for larger orders) through www.nasdse.org.

Direct link to the document (Click Here)

National Center on Response to Intervention

The American Institutes for Research and researchers from Vanderbilt University and the University of Kansas - through funding from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) - have established the National Center on response to intervention. The Center's mission is to provide technical assistance to states and districts and building the capacity of states to assist districts in implementing proven models for RTI/EIS.
www.rti4success.org

The National Research Center on Learning Disabilities has posted numerous powerpoints and papers that were presented at this symposium by many of the leaders in the field.
NRCLD: 2003 RtI Symposium
www.nrcld.org/symposium2003/index.html

What Every Leader for School Improvement Needs to Know
About Student and Learning Supports
(http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/whateveryleader.pdf)

This website developed by SchwabLearning.org provides a description of important features of RtI in a question/answer format and how this approach might impact school practices and parent involvement. This is an excellent resource when describing RtI to parents.
www.greatschools.org
RtI Wire by Jim Wright of Intervention Central
Among the many resources on this link is an RtI training kit including a powerpoint on "Getting Started with RtI: A Guide for Schools" with accompanying presenter notes and an RtI school readiness survey.

This excellent site can be accessed through www.jimwrightonline.com/php/rti/rti_wire.phpor through the home page of Intervention Central at www.interventioncentral.org