KILLING 2 BIRDS WITH 1
TRIANGLE
RTI & PBIS
Dean Richards, OrRtI
Sarah Crane-Simpson, UMESD
WHICH CAME FIRST?
TOO MANY ACRONYMS . . .
RtI = Response to Intervention
PBIS = Positive Behavior Intervention and Support
DESIGNING SCHOOL-WIDE SYSTEMS
SUCCESS
Academic Systems
Behavioral Systems
Intensive, Individual Interventions
•Individual Students
•Assessment-based
•High Intensity
1-5%
5-10%
Targeted Group
Interventions
•Some students (at-risk)
•High efficiency
•Rapid response
Universal Interventions
•All students
•Preventive, proactive
FOR STUDENT
80-90%
Intensive, Individual Interventions
•Individual Students
•Assessment-based
•Intense, durable procedures
1-5%
5-10%
80-90%
Targeted Group Interventions
•Some students (at-risk)
•High efficiency
•Rapid response
Universal Interventions
•All settings, all students
•Preventive, proactive
RTI
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Principal
Classroom Teachers
Specialists
School Counselor
School Psychologist
PBIS
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ODRs
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Sped Referrals
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Nominations
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Types of meetings
Tier 1 (grade level)
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Examine the overall health of the core program for ALL
students
Tier 2 (intervention group level)
Examine students in interventions to determine, “Is what
we are doing working?”
 Exit, intensify, or continue intervention
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Tier 3 (student level)
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Problem solve around individual student need and
design individual plan
PBIS/RTI
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Teacher leaders
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Job delegation
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Top down and bottom
up
RtI
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Ongoing
Based on student and
staff need and
performance.
Time to collaborate
and plan
Fidelity checks
Data used to drive
professional
development needs.
PBIS
o
101
o
Tier 2 interventions
o
Team updates
RtI
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ALL students at least three
times per year
Good screening measures:
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PBIS
Efficient, brief, valid,
reliable, unbiased and
over-identifies
Screening is used as a key
measure to determine:
 The health of the core
 Which students might
need additional
intervention.
o
Office Discipline
Referrals
o
Screener
o
Teacher nomination
RtI
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PBIS
Phonemic Awareness
Phonics
Fluency
Vocabulary
Comprehension
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o
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State standards
Scope and sequence
Engaging and motivating
instructional strategies
School-wide
expectations
Lesson Plans
RtI
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Provide the “now what”
after teams have
analyzed student data
Guide decisions for all
tiers
Take the guesswork out
of “what to do next”
Ensure equity across
schools
PBIS
o
Team meetings
o
Number of ODRs
o
Referrals
RtI
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PBIS
Data answers the
question: “Is what we
are doing working?”
Frequency:
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Every 2 weeks
(minimum)
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Every week (ideal)
o
Data, not feelings
RtI
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PBIS
Designed to match
instructional need
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CICO
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TKO
o
Social skills groups
Is in addition to district core
curriculum
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Uses more explicit instruction
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Provides more intensity
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Additional modeling and guided
feedback
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Immediacy of feedback
Does NOT replace core
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Community
involvement
BENEFITS OF A RTI SYSTEM
RTI will help you to:
 Know immediately, “Is what we are doing
working?”
 Know which students need more/different
 Know what each student needs
 Provide structures to deliver what students
need
 Reduce rates of identification of student
learning disabilities
 Prevent reading problems before they occur
 Raise student achievement