Full Description
"Collier provides research-based and classroom-proven intervention strategies that allow schools to effectively address learning and adaptation issues of diverse students. By using these strategies within an RTI model, school teams can ensure that the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse students are appropriately identified and addressed."
—Laura Lukens, ELL Program Coordinator
North Kansas City Schools, MO
"This easy-to-understand, practical book helps teachers put clear guidelines, effective collaboration, and appropriate decision-making processes in place to distinguish between students who are merely in the process of second-language acquisition and those who have genuine special education needs."
—Amy Mazur, Lead Faculty for Bilingual Special Education, Professor of Special Education
The George Washington University
Provide targeted instruction to ELLs and other diverse learners!
Many Response to Intervention (RTI) models were developed to identify specific learning disabilities in English-speaking students. When using RTI with culturally and linguistically diverse students, especially non-native English speakers and those with limited English proficiency, educators must look beyond students' academic performance in reading and mathematics to address complex learning and behavior issues.
This research-based resource provides more than 200 instructional interventions for teaching the growing population of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds within an RTI framework. Organized by the tiers of RTI, these specific interventions help classroom teachers address students' cognitive, behavior, literacy, and communication issues at each level. This book features:
A reader-friendly format that allows busy teachers to easily find the interventions they need
Straightforward, concrete directions for using each intervention
Examples from practice and a glossary to aid implementation
RTI for Diverse Learners offers step-by-step guidance for distinguishing between language development and special education needs in diverse students and providing appropriate instruction.
Contents
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1. Framework for Instructional Intervention With Diverse Learners
What Is Response to Intervention?
Figure 1: Example of the Three Tier Model
Figure 2: Example of the Four Tier Model
Figure 3: Continuous Problem Solving Model
Figure 4: Pyramid of Resiliency, Instruction and Strategy Monitoring
Asking the Right Questions
What Information Do We Need?
How Should We Use the Information?
Providing Some Context
2. Tier 1 Interventions
Introduction to the Tier 1 Instructional Focus
Progress Monitoring at Tier 1
Figure 5: Example of Progress Monitoring
So What do I do with an ELL Student at Tier 1: Interventions
Example from Classroom Practice
Readiness and Resiliency Issues at Tier 1
Communication Issues at Tier 1
Literacy Issues at Tier 1
Behavior Issues at Tier 1
Cognitive Issues at Tier 1
3. Tier 2 Interventions
Introduction to Tier 2 Instructional Focus
Progress Monitoring at Tier 2
Figure 6: Progress Monitoring at Tier 2
So What do I do with an ELL Student at Tier 2 Interventions
Example from Classroom Practice
Adaptation and Development Issues at Tier 2
Communication Issues at Tier 2
Literacy Issues at Tier 2
Behavior Issues at Tier 2
Cognitive Issues at Tier 2
4. Tier 3 Interventions
Introduction to Tier 3 Instructional Focus
Progress Monitoring at Tier 3
Figure 7: Progress Monitoring of Diverse Concerns at Tier 3
So What do I do with an ELL Student at Tier 3: Intervention
Example from Classroom Practice
Communication Issues at Tier 3
Literacy Issues at Tier 3
Behavior Issues at Tier 3
Cognitive Issues at Tier 3
5. Tier 4 Interventions
Introduction to Tier 4 Instructional Focus
Progress Monitoring at Tier 4
So What do I do with an ELL Student at Tier 4: Interventions
Example from Classroom Practice
Adapting Interventions for ELL/CLD Students in Individualized Special Programs
6. In Conclusion
References
Glossary
Index
