Social-Emotional RTI: Schools That Really Care: Expanding RTI to Address Social & Emotional Needs

Go to:Workshop Materials Organized by:

•  RTI Tier or Topic
• Workshop Session

Tier 1: Class-Wide Management. Well-managed classrooms are built on a foundation that includes teaching behavioral expectations to students and using proactive strategies to manage group behaviors.

• Big Ideas in Behavior Management

• How to Implement Strong Core Instruction: Direct Instruction Checklist (Interactive Form)
  

• RTI-B: ‘Classwide Management’ Checklist
• Motivating Through Classwide 'Nudges'

Group Behavior Management Ideas:

• Using a Zone Defense System in Primary Classrooms
• Zone Defense System: Form in MS Word.
• Good Behavior Game
• Teacher-Student Learning Game
• The Color Wheel: Group-Wide Classroom Management
• Defensive Management: 6 Steps to Organize the Classroom

Tier 1: Classroom Interventions. Because the teacher is the Tier 1 (classroom) RTI ‘first responder’ who can potentially assist any struggling student, schools should prepare necessary resources and define clear guidelines for how to implement Tier 1 behavioral interventions.

Documenting Classroom (Tier 1) Interventions

• How To: Create a Written Record of Classroom Interventions
• Classroom Intervention Planning Sheet (Interactive Form)

Behavior Intervention Toolkit

• Antecedents, Positive Consequences, and Extinction Procedures: The Secret Ingredients for Creating a Better Behavior Intervention Plan

Defining Student Behaviors Using Checklists

• How to Conduct a Student-Centered Problem-Solving Meeting: Teacher's Guide
• Student-Centered Problem-Solving Meeting: Recording Form

• Communication Tools to Motivate and Engage the Reluctant Student

Tier 2: Supplemental Interventions. Tier 2 interventions occur above and beyond core instruction--and can take the form of small group programs, mentoring support, or individual counseling. Tier 2 RTI-B interventions are often ‘standard-protocol’ programs that match common student intervention needs in a school.

Session 1: RTI and Behavior: The Big Picture/ Tier 1: Teaching Schoolwide Behavioral Expectations/ Tier 1: Best Practices in Classwide Behavior Management

Here are resources shared by Jim at session 1 (M 28 Sept 2015) of the RTI:Social-Emotional/Behavior workshop series.

PowerPoints (to be shared within your school or district only)

1. RTI-B Introduction
2. RTI-B: Needs Assessment
3. RTI-B: ‘Classwide Management’ Checklist
4. Motivating Through Classwide 'Nudges'
5. Big Ideas in Behavior Management
6. Building Staff Buy-In for RTI-B
7. Homework

• Handout: Session 1

Session 2: RTI: Tier 1: Classroom Interventions/ How to Define and Analyze a Student Behavior Problem/ How to Measure 'Intervention Integrity

PowerPoints from the training:

1. Session Introduction/Analyzing Student Behavior: A Step-by-Step Guide
2. The ABC Timeline: Changing Behaviors Through Antecedents, Positive Consequences, and Extinction Techniques
3. Monitoring Intervention Integrity. Checking the Quality of Behavior Plans
4. Homework for 13 Nov 2013 Session

Additional resources from the training:

• Handout: Session 2: Antecedents, Positive Consequences, Extinction Procedures/Calming the Agitated Student/Methods to Track Intervention Integrity
• Supplemental Handout: How to...Conduct a Task Analysis & Create a Behavior Checklist

• Supplemental Handout: Analyzing Student Behavior: A Step-by-Step Guide
• Supplemental Handout: Analyzing Student Behavior: Organizer: Interactive
• Supplemental Handout: Intervention Integrity: Intervention Observation Form/Intervention Rating Sheet

• Intervention Observation Form: Interactive

Session 3: Behavior Intervention Plan/Tier 2: Supplemental Interventions/Self-monitoring Techniques

PowerPoint from the training:

• RTI Problem-Solving Teams/Tier 2 Screening & Progress-Monitoring/Growth Feedback: Ideas for Learned Helplessness

PowerPoints from the training:

1. Session Introduction/Assembling a Behavior Intervention Plan: A Step-by-Step Guide
2. Tier 2 Services in the RTI-B Model: An Overview
3. How to...Conduct a Task Analysis & Create a Behavior Checklist

Additional resources from this training:

• Handout: Session 3: Behavior Intervention Plan/Tier 2: Supplemental Interventions/Self-monitoring Techniques:
  
• Supplemental Handout: How to...Conduct a Task Analysis & Create a Behavior Checklist

• How to Implement Strong Core Instruction: Direct Instruction Checklist (Interactive Form)
  

• Classroom Behavior Intervention Planner (Interactive Version)

• Survey: RTI-B Tier 2/3 Intervention Resources (Interactive Version)

• Self-Check Behavior Checklist Maker (Free Online App)

Here are websites that present information about RTI-B Tier 2/3 programs:

• What Works Clearinghouse
• National Center on Intensive Intervention: Behavior Intervention Tools Chart

• Description of Solution-Focused Brief Counseling (SFBC): California School Psychologist journal (2009)

Session 4: Tier 2: Schoolwide Screening/Intervention Progress-Monitoring/Tier 3: RTI Problem-Solving Team

PowerPoints from the training:

• Tier 3 Problem-Solving Team/Tier 2 Schoolwide Screening/Growth Mindset Statements: Combating Learned Helplessness

Additional resources from the workshop:

• Handout
• RTI Problem-Solving Team: Initial Meeting Minutes Form: Interactive. This pdf version of the RTI Team Minutes form allows the user to type information directly into the document.
• Growth Mindset: Encouraging optimistic teacher statements in the classroom to encourage student motivation.
• Website: National Center on Intensive Intervention: Behavior Progress-Monitoring Tools Chart
• Website: Direct Behavior Ratings: Site with free, reliable behavior report cards for behavior progress-monitoring.