Response To Intervention

To understand inclusion, one must look at the special education student. The number of students ages 3–21 receiving special education services in 2012-13 was 6.4 million, or about 13 percent of all public school students. Among those students who were served under IDEA, the percentage who spent most of the school day (80 percent or more of time) in general classes in regular schools was 61 percent. those who spent 40 to 79 percent of the school day in general classes was 20 percent, and the percentage of those spent less than 40 percent of time inside general classes was 20 percent (“Children and Youth”, 2015).
Students who receive special services are diverse, and the vast majority are not acutely disabled, either physically or mentally. …show more content…
Students with disabilities in inclusive classrooms show academic gains in a number of areas, including improved performance on standardized tests, mastery of IEP goals, grades, on-task behavior and motivation to learn (Whitbread,n.d).
Response to Intervention or RTI is a multi-tier system designed to aid in early identification and support of students with learning and behavior needs. . The RTI process begins with a screening of all children in the general education classroom. Struggling students are identified and provided with interventions at increasing levels of intensity to accelerate their rate of learning. The multi- tier system is grouped into three tiers ( “what is RTI”, …show more content…
This intervention is done in a small group setting. If the student is not showing adequate progress the student is then moved to tier three ( “what is RTI”, n.d).
Tier 3: Intensive Interventions and Comprehensive Evaluation In tier three students receive individualized, intensive interventions that target the students person issues. Students who do not achieve the desired level of progress in response to these targeted interventions are then referred for a comprehensive evaluation and considered for eligibility for special education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 ( “what is RTI”, n.d).
RTI greatly aids special education because it establishes where a student is at regarding the amount of interventions that are needed. RTI provides special education with documentation of how the student did in each tier which helps them to determine eligibility into special education. RTI also impacts the amount of evaluations special education would have to preform to determine eligibility into special education.
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