The School Psychology Podcast SPP 047: Responsive Teaching and RTI

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Oct 05, 2009 SPP 047: Responsive Teaching and RTI

In this podcast episode I focus on the paradigm shift that RTI (Response to Intervention) proposes in education. RTI is being mandated in our public education systems in our nation. However, many parents and teachers no little or nothing about this paradigm. Some people have heard the term RTI, but are unsure what it means and what the big deal is, when they do hear some of the details of this model.

One idea in the RTI approach is to change the focus from deficits to strengths. The question becomes, what can the child do now. How can we create an educational approach that is maximally effective at teaching the child from their strengths, rather than from a teaching to the average approach. When we teach to the child’s abilities and focus on the skills they need, create realistic goals for attaining those skills and examine the effects of our methods, with modifications when those methods are not achieving what we want in order to stay on track for the goal, we are using a strength based approach.

Musical Attributions:

Music used in the podcast is covered by Creative Commons licenses. These include Terraperfida’s Ego Trippers and Kalido 1's Stir Crazy, both of which are featured on http://tribeofnoise.com.

A special thanks to Shannon Hurley  for her recording of a very beautiful song, Sunrise. You can check out more of her music on her myspace page:

http://www.myspace.com/shannonhurley.

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