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Implementing Response to Intervention: A Principal's Guide
Susan Hall

Implementing Response to Intervention: A Principal's Guide

As a research-based model for improving reading achievement, Response to Intervention (RTI) has demonstrated dramatic results in elementary and middle schools. This practical guide provides a clear vision of what RTI looks like in practice and illustrates how educators can use this highly effective approach to help students acquire grade-appropriate reading skills or make sure students receive the support they need through special education services.

Improving Comprehension for Students with LD

Some children can master decoding and still be poor comprehenders. Learn what interventions have been found to help these children read narrative and expository texts more strategically.

Improving the Quality of Student Notes

Much of classroom learning at the secondary and postsecondary levels depends on understanding and retaining information from lectures. In most cases, students are expected to take notes and to review them in preparation for testing of lecture material.

An upset child in the supermarket

Improving Your Child's Behavior in Public Settings

Help your child behave properly in public settings. Meet the five basic physical needs that keep them calm. Community excursions, such as trips to the mall and your house of worship, are challenging for children with learning disabilities. Learn the steps that will help your child improve their behavior.

Include Students in the Learning Process

Many students assume there’s a “normal” way to learn and study. They don’t know that people use various approaches to gain understanding and demonstrate what they have learned. Helping students understand their individual learning processes is one of the most important steps we can take as teachers.

Inclusion Q & A: A Parent's Guide

Having the opportunity to be appropriately educated in a regular classroom gives your child, for perhaps the first time, the chance to feel “like other kids.” The trip to the special education room often has a stigma attached to it.
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