Pre-Referral Intervention Paper

The new “thing” in our school this year and many others around the country is RTI (response to intervention/instruction). This new system is gaining a lot of popularity even though, it has been around for many years. This method integrates assessments and intervention within a multi-level prevention system to maximize student achievement and to reduce behavior problems. Schools that identify students at risk will then monitor students’ progress and provide data to adjust to the students needs. Depending on the students response to their adjusted curriculum they might be identified as students with learning disabilities. This plan does not replace the IEP (individualize educational plan) instead, it a tool used before reaching this point.
In addition, this approach has received much attention is because researchers and educators believe that the old method of testing students has many discrepancies. They also, think that this approach can eliminate many of the issues surrounding special education.
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Before students get identify they need to go through a series of steps by their general education teachers unlike the previous method. These steps have fewer discrepancies, it seems to be a more meaningful approach but it is a lot more work. This article also mentions that many people agree that there is advantage because students don’t have to wait for intervention. This provides students with individualized instruction that is research based and meets the students’ needs. Others believe that there are disadvantages to this system because there several factors that include mild retardation, limited English proficiency, language impairments or deficits related to low socioeconomic status. Additional concerns involve the capacity of teachers being able to implement this method of