Response to Intervention (RTI)
Hot Topic in Special Education

Intervention Method is Featured at National Meeting
"Response to intervention," an approach promoted under federal law as a way to identify children with learning disabilities, garnered interest during the annual meeting of the Learning Disabilities Association of America, reports Edweek.org. Free registration is required to access the Edweek article online. To go to the NCTI News Chronicle Page, click here.

RTI Wire organizes categories of free resources online that explore RTI, an emerging approach for the diagnosis of learning disabilities. Sample topics include Understanding the Model, Using Teams to Problem-Solve, Selecting the Right Intervention, Monitoring Student Progress, and Graphing Data for Visual Analysis. To go to the NCTI Tech Topics Page, please click here.

National Institute on Legal Issues of Educating Individuals with Disabilities Conference offers participants the opportunity to develop strategies for building an RTI model in home districts.
When: April 30-May 3, 2006
Where: Orlando, Florida
To go to the NCTI Calendar Page, please click here.

News Chronicle
Advocacy for Parents Key to IDEA Case

An Edweek.org article, Advocacy for Parents Key to IDEA Case, considers the impact of a pending U.S. Supreme Court case to be heard on April 19, 2006 to decide whether a school district must reimburse parents for the fees of experts when the parents prevail in legal disputes over their children’s IEPs. Free registration is required to access the Edweek article online. To go to the NCTI News Chronicle Page, click here.