Essentials of planning, selecting, and tailoring interventions for unique learners / edited by Jennifer T. Mascolo, Vincent C. Alfonso, and Dawn P. Flanagan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mascolo, Jennifer T.

Alfonso, Vincent C.

Flanagan, Dawn P.

Series:

Essentials of Psychological Assessment

Essentials of psychological assessment series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Special education.

Remedial teaching.

Students with disabilities--Education.

Students with disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (498 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An authoritative resource for meeting the unique needs of struggling learnersEssentials of Planning, Selecting, and Tailoring Interventions for Unique Learners offers concrete, step-by-step procedures for assessing and interpreting cognitive and academic performance for the purpose of intervention planning. The book helps practitioners answer the question, ""Which intervention(s) should I use and why?"" Leading experts use real case studies to explain how to select and tailor interventions to address the unique needs of individual learners.Introduces a detail

Contents:

Essentials of Planning, Selecting, and Tailoring Interventions for Unique Learners; Contents; Series Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Intervention Planning: Diagnostic Assessment, Response to Intervention, and Consultation; One: A Systematic Method of Analyzing Assessment Results for Tailoring Interventions (SMAARTI); PLANNING AND SELECTING INTERVENTIONS VERSUS TAILORING INTERVENTIONS; A METHOD FOR TAILORING INTERVENTIONS; STEPS OF SMAARTI; Step 1: Organize Primary Data Using the CHC-Based Data Organization and Targets for Intervention (DOTI) Form

Step 2: Determine Whether Academic Weaknesses Are Empirically Related to the Cognitive Weaknesses by Reviewing the Research on the Relations among Specific Cognitive Abilities, Neuropsychological Processes, and Academic SkillsStep 3: Review Manifestations of Cognitive Weaknesses and Organize Secondary Data, Identify Initial Targets for Intervention, and Identify Types of Academic Skill Deficits for Remediation Using the DOTI Form

Step 4: Consider Tertiary Data, Which Are Comprised of Information About Factors That Affect Learning and Achievement and That Are Largely External to the Student (i.e., Extrinsic)Step 5: Integrate Data From All Previous Steps, Design and Implement an Intervention, and Monitor Its Effectiveness; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Two: Essentials of a Tiered Intervention System to Support Unique Learners: Recommendations from Research and Practice; PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ABOUT RTI; Problem Solving Versus Standard Protocol; Progress Monitoring; TIER 1 PREVENTION

Overview of Tier 1: Evidence-Based InstructionInstructional Tools: Qualities of Good Tier 1 Programs; Implementation; Progress Monitoring; Making Adjustments; Considerations for Secondary Schools; Summary; TIER 2 PREVENTION; Overview of Tier 2: Intensive Instruction; Instructional Tools: Selecting a Program; Implementation; Progress Monitoring; Making Adjustments; Considerations for Secondary Schools; Summary; TIER 3 INTERVENTION; Overview of Tier 3: Special Education?; Instructional Tools: Designing Data-Based, Individualized Instruction; Experimental Teaching/Data-Based Individualization

Fidelity at Tier 3Progress Monitoring; Making Adjustments; Considerations for Secondary Schools; Summary; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Three: Home-School Collaboration for Intervention Planning; WHAT IS COLLABORATION?; WHY ESTABLISH PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS SCHOOL AND HOME?; KEY COMPONENTS FOR COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS; Strengths-Based Approach; Healthy Relationships; Effective Communication; STRUCTURED PROBLEM SOLVING: CONJOINT BEHAVIORAL CONSULTATION; INTERVENTION PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION; Creating Continuity Through Home and School Plans; Matching Function of Behavior to Interventions

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

9781118420652

1118420659

OCLC:

858914498