In this taped audio conference, Dr. Joseph Witt, noted scholar and trainer on Response to Intervention (RTI), will discuss the positive, practical aspects of integrating RTI into school-based team decision-making under IDEA 2004. He will describe the RTI process and compare it to decision-making under the former system.

In just 90 minutes, you and your staff will learn:

• How to build the essential elements of RTI – in plain language
• How to determine whether individual student problems are related to issues with the core curriculum or to potential learning disabilities
• How to use the STEEP RTI process and the “can’t do/won’t do” assessment to determine whether a student has a skill deficiency or merely a motivational problem
• How RTI benefits general education via early detection and remediation of the majority of at-risk learners -- without referrals
• How RTI procedures impact disproportionality and over-identification
• How to get the "I" right in RTI to strengthen intervention services