Archive for the 'RTI Response to Intervention' Category

RTI Workshops

April 8th, 2009

 
SpecialEd Classroom in not affiliated with Solution Tree. 
However we recomend, that if you are close enough to one of these events, that you go.
 

 

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Response to Intervention Institute
November 11–13
Hollywood, CA
Renaissance Hollywood Hotel
Preconference Workshop Available November 10
Featuring
William Bender, Austin Buffum, Thomas Guskey,
Robert Howell, Mike Mattos, Elaine McEwan-Adkins,
Sandra Patton, and Donna Walker Tileston
This Institute goes beyond process rhetoric to offer [...]

Stimulus Money for Special Ed.

March 19th, 2009

Due to the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act signed by Presedent Barack Obama last month, there will be two insallments of $6.1 billion for districts to use for Special Education. In addition 3.4 billion will be spent on reaching those schools with the greatest distance from reaching the NCLB goal of being proficient [...]

Memory Deficits

February 24th, 2009

 
Students with deficits in memory
 
Definition of memory 
Memory is divided into three systems: short-term, active working, and long-term.
 
Short-term Memory
            Short-term memory has a very limited capacity only small amounts of information can be held in short-term memory.  As information first enters the short-term memory system it is only there for a brief time. During this brief [...]

Response to Intervention

February 24th, 2009

Identification and Evaluation
           Since provisions of  the reauthorized Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) took place after July 1, 2005.  The scale of identification and evaluation changed for children with learning disabilities into and out of the special education programs.  Experts began questioning the methods and inconsistencies throughout various districts and states [...]

Special Ed Dilemma “Inclusion”

December 21st, 2008

Video

Inclusion in Schools

December 21st, 2008

Full inclusion suggest that disabled student attending their neighborhood schools should be the primary responsibility of the general education population rather than special education.  There are many proponents which feel that people with disabilities are a minority, usually about 10%, and can be serviced more effectively by general education teachers and exposure to positive and supportive peers. [...]

Responding to Intervention

December 18th, 2008

Video

 
 
RTI

 
 
Assessment Data

Accommodations

April 30th, 2008

Every year new students seem to come into our classes around spring break,  just before testing.  Check student files to make sure you have the right accommodations for each of your students based on your states requirements.  Turn in the list to your testing coordinator as soon as possible.