The Intersection between RTI & EC InclusionReflections from an Expert Panel— Virginia Buysse, Ellen Peisner-Feinberg, Patricia Snyder, Pam Winton & Bill Brown

2013 National Early Childhood Inclusion Institute

Frameworks for Improving Inclusive

Early Education Opportunities

Early Childhood InclusionJoint Position Statement of the Division for Early Childhood (DEC) and the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

Response to Intervention (RTI)

A Rose by Any Other Name …What Do We Call It?

Response to InterventionResponse to

Instruction

Multi-Tiered System of Supports

MTSS

RTI

RTI

Tiered Instruction

Positive

Behavio

ral

Support

sPositive Behavioral Intervention and Supports

SW-PBS2

Other Terms Developmental vs. universal screening

Progress monitoring

Small-group instruction

Curriculum-based assessment vs. measure

Problem-solving

Instruction & intervention

General outcome measure

Formative assessment

What are the origins of this approach?

Source: Sugai, G. (June 23, 2011).

Source: National Professional Development Center on Inclusion. (2012).

Virginia Buysse & Ellen Peisner-Feinberg. (2011).

Source: Fox, Carta, Strain, Dunlap, & Hemmeter. (2009).

Defining Features

Formative assessmentFoundational instruction/tiered interventionsSupports for decision-making/implementation— NPDCI (2012)

Is there any evidence to support RTI?

Evidence to Support Efficacy of RTI in K–12,

but not in pre-KMeta-analysis of 24 studies (Burns, Appleton, & Stehouwer, 2005)

IES practice guide – reading (Gersten et al., 2008)

IES practice guide – math (Gersten et al., 2009)

Federal Legislation Addressing K-12,

but not pre-KSpecific provisions within IDEA (2004) related to RTI and PBS

Questions about the Use of RTI in Pre-K

What practices define RTI?Who implements it?Which children & families are affected?Who benefits?How does RTI fit with existing practices?

Panel of ExpertsEllen Peisner-Feinberg – R&RPat Snyder – Embedded InstructionPam Winton – Professional DevelopmentBill Brown – Integration of service delivery systems

Ellen Peisner-FeinbergSenior Scientist

Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute

Pat SynderDirector, Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies

College of EducationUniversity of Florida

Pam WintonSenior ScientistOutreach Director

Frank Porter Graham Child Development InstituteUNC-Chapel Hill

Bill BrownProfessor

Department of Educational StudiesUniversity of South Carolina

Questions about the use of RTI in Pre-K