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Examining MTSS Implementation across Systems for SLD Identification: A Case Study
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Barrett, Courtenay A.; Newman, Daniel S. – School Psychology Forum, 2018
Although research supports the effectiveness of the multitiered system of supports (MTSS) on academic and behavioral outcomes, districts aim to engage in data-based decision making and examine the effectiveness of their own MTSS implementation. This case study describes how one regional education service agency (RESA) in the Midwest implemented…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Teaching Methods, Decision Making, Learning Disabilities
Supporting English Learners in the Classroom: Best Practices for Distinguishing Language Acquisition from Learning Disabilities
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Haas, Eric M.; Brown, Julie Esparza – Teachers College Press, 2019
In this important resource, educators will find evidence-based best practices to help them address the individual needs of English learners with academic challenges and those who have been referred for special education services. The authors make the case that systems can be put in place at three levels to help English learners succeed: the…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Special Needs Students, Special Education, Students with Disabilities
Response-to-Intervention: Understanding General Education Teacher Knowledge and Implementation
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Benjamin, Elissa M. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The new IDEIA (2004) mandates regarding the implementation of Response-to-Intervention (RtI) present challenges for general education teachers. The law dictates the implementation of Response-to-Intervention, which requires the application of a pyramid of interventions for students failing to make adequate yearly progress in response to general…
Descriptors: Teacher Responsibility, General Education, Learning Disabilities, Educational Improvement
A Transactional Perspective on Reading Difficulties and Response to Intervention
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McEneaney, John E.; Lose, Mary K.; Schwartz, Robert M. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2006
A Response to Intervention (RTI) model proposes identification of students with reading difficulties on the basis of a series of progressively more intensive instructional interventions over extended periods of time. Learners with serious reading difficulties are those whose difficulties are not resolved by the interventions. Three advantages of…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Teaching Methods, Reading Research
Learning Disabilities, Literacy, and Adult Education.
Vogel, Susan A., Ed.; Reder, Stephen, Ed. – 1998
This book deals with the long-neglected problem of learning disabilities (LDs) and the relationship of LDs to difficulties in the acquisition of literacy. Its 17 chapters are divided into 5 sections that begin with an opener to help the reader identify the main themes and content of each chapter in the section. Four chapters in Section I address…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, At Risk Persons, Career Education
Primer for Charter School Operators: Special Education Requirements and Including Students with Disabilities in Charter Schools
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Warren, Sandra Hopfengardner; Ahearn, Eileen M.; Giovannetti, Elizabeth A.; Lange, Cheryl M.; Rhim, Lauren Morando – National Association of State Directors of Special Education, 2004
The purpose of this document is to provide operators with implementation and operational technical assistance related to special education in charter schools. Special education is a very complicated component of public education and providing operators with technical assistance regarding special education is particularly challenging. This primer…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Charter Schools, Special Education, Technical Assistance