Journal 3

Sydney Camden Scott
7:45 – 9:00 (7/17/08)
Journal 3
“RtI: Innovations in prevention and intervention”Richard Reid (Educational Psychologist, Jericho, VT)

I attended the second part of the 10th Annual San Diego Summer Leadership Institute where the guest speaker Richard Reid discussed improving educational outcomes for all learners through using innovative ideas of prevention and intervention. RtI stands for responsiveness to Intervention moreover, “knowing where each and every one of your students we regard to their skill development and monitoring growth in response to our instruction.” A main point that he made was stages of innovation implementation, which he used an example of his wooden spoon to describe that you are doing the best you can with the resources you have. The stages are exploration and adoption, installation, initial implementation, full implementation, innovation, and sustainability.
1. What it is RtI?
From the website, http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/rti.index.htm “the basic ideas of RtI were developed over a century ago in the behavioral tradition of psychology. These ideas are relatively simple. You collect data over time and adjust instruction until the child achieves success. A teacher modifies instruction (intervention) to help a struggling child, and then checks the child’s progress regularly (called progress monitoring) to see if the intervention is working. If the intervention is working, the problem is solved. If the intervention is not working, you change the intervention and monitor progress. This process continues until the child improves” (Hale, 2008).
<< Stages of implementation

Hale , James B (2008). Response to Intervention: Guidelines for Parents and Practitioners. . Retrieved July 24, 2008, from Wrights Law Web site: http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/rti.index.htm

2. How would implement RtI in a classroom setting?
As Richard states, “In order to successfully implement this program in our schools the most efficient way is through helping faculty acquire the knowledge, skills and abilities to effectively provide innovations to students”.