Tena - are you asking whether RTI will make it harder for your kids to get additional support? I honestly don't think so - I think it will be easier. I think the harder thing will be for you as the teacher to document what you do. (time consuming) That documentation will be what will substantiate that you have a) a curriculum that meets most students' needs, b) have tried interventions (research-based) with this child, c) have gotten additional support from your Title I teacher (that s/he will most likely document), and the student's needs still aren't being met. I get very frustrated when the 'discrepancy model' is quoted as being the reason a student won't get the support and time that s/he needs. I don't think that is working.
Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "TLP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades." <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 7:50 PM Subject: Re: [LIT] Response to Intervention (RtI) > As someone whose P.R.I.M. book is tattered and worn, > coffee stained and dog eared I am concerned with the > recent Special Education criteria. Could some one help > me out? Because of confidentiality factors we can not > share our concerns about students but I am horrified > at the bureaucratic and data driven baloney that keeps > my some of my neediest students from receiving > services. Meanwhile, I am bending over backward to > help these kids with little or no assistance. Will > this just make it even harder? What the heck is going > on? > > Tena > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Get your own web address. > Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. > http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
