Learning Disabilities and
Response to Intervention (RTI)
RTI
Training 2011-2012
Information on sessions and
registration instructions
State Criteria
for Specific Learning
Disabilities
On December
19, 2007 the Board of Regents
voted to promulgate special
education regulations. As part
of these regulations, the Rhode
Island Department of Education
must establish state criteria
for Specific Learning
Disabilities. The Rhode Island
Board of Regents for Elementary
and Secondary Education Approved
the State Criteria for Specific
Learning Disabilities June 4,
2009.
The new
State Criteria for Specific
Learning Disabilities includes a
timeline which phases in the
requirement to use RTI as part
of the eligibility determination
process beginning September 1,
2010. RTI
is a process of
determining appropriate support
and interventions to supplement
the core curriculum to meet the
needs of all learners. This
framework for instruction bases
decisions on benchmark and
progress monitoring data to
improve achievement.
State Criteria for Specific
Learning Disabilities
Rhode
Island Criteria and Guidance for Identification of Specific Learning Disabilities
Recommended Forms (Review of Referral, Referral for
Evaluation/Re-eval, Eligibility, LD Documentation)
Appendix D of the RI Criteria and Guidance for Identification of
Specific Learning Disabilities pages 62-69 available in Word.
Training Materials for the RI
Criteria and Guidance for Specific
Learning Disabilities
The following
training materials are provided to
support implementation of the
Criteria for Specific Learning
Disabilities. These materials
include a PowerPoint presentation
with a recorded narration, handouts
for the four activities included in
the presentation, and an excerpt of
the guidance document which is
referenced during the presentation.
Specific
Learning Disabilities Overview
Presentation
Activity 1: Referral True and False
Quiz
Activity 2: Developing an
Evaluation Plan
Activity 3: Achievement Gap
Activity
Activity 4: Individual Context
Excerpt from RI Criteria and
Guidance for Specific Learning
Disabilities
Specific
Learning Disability Criteria Waiver
Information
Local Educational Agencies (LEA) may
apply for a waiver to delay the
requirement to use a student’s
response to intervention to
determine eligibility for special
education as a student with a
specific learning disability for up
to one year as included in the
criteria.
Secondary
“The RTI Project” is a community of district, school, and teacher
leaders in Rhode Island who work
together to improve their secondary
schools through the development of a
comprehensive Response to
Intervention (RTI) framework.
Together, this community will
develop a network of support, learn
from each other and experts from the
field, and facilitate change in
their respective schools with
aspirations to lead their district
and the state as exemplars. The RTI
Project will:
-
Receive
on-going support to foster
real change
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Work with
this community to
determine how to implement RTI at the school level and commit to
“learning by doing”
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Share
your knowledge, experience, and
successes, as well as your
obstacles
-
Reflect
and problem solve
collaboratively
to overcome RTI implementation
challenges
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Participate
in
expert trainings on RTI from members and external experts
-
Leverage
the
talent of educational leaders in Rhode Island
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Serve as a
“model” of RTI development
in Rhode Island’s secondary
schools (including a variety of
stages of implementation)
View
the powerpoint
(view
as pdf)
Apply
to be a part of the RTI Project
Waiver
Process - All LEAs must
indicate in writing to RIDE their
intention to apply for or forgo a
waiver to delay the requirement to
use a student’s response to
intervention in determining special
education eligibility under Specific
Learning Disability.
RIDE
Notice to Districts of Option to
Apply for a Waiver for Secondary LD
Identification through RTI
1.
Indicate in writing, using the form
below whether or not LEA intends to
apply for the waiver by April 4,
2011
Secondary
RTI LD Waiver Intent
2.
If an LEA is applying for the
waiver,
a. submit a letter from the Superintendent
along
with
b. the completed RI RtI Implementation Self Assessment and
comprehensive action plan in its
entirety by May 6, 2011
RI
RtI Implementation at the Secondary
Level: Self Assessment
RI
RtI Implementation at the Secondary
Level: Self Assessment with
updated prioritization and progress monitoring directions.
RI
RtI Implementation at the Secondary
Level: Self Assessment
RI
RtI Implementation at the Secondary
Level: Self Assessment
Elementary
Each LEA applying for a waiver to
delay the requirement to use a
student’s response to intervention
and extend the ability to use severe
discrepancy at the elementary school
level must submit a letter from the
superintendent by May 14, 2010. In
addition, LEAs must include with
their request a completed RI RTI
Implementation Self- Assessment
checklist including a comprehensive
action plan to enable the district
to meet the requirements in
elementary schools by September 1,
2011.
RI RTI Implementation
Self-Assessment
RI RTI Implementation
Self-Assessment Clarifying
Information
RTI Cohort
Description Sept 2011