Ventura County SELPA > Response to Intervention (RtI)

Response to Intervention is a general education approach that has its roots in two federal laws - the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This model incorporates frequent screening to ensure that all students are learning, and systematic, increasingly intensive interventions that are provided as needed (often in three "tiers" of interventions). This is a major educational systems change effort requiring the participation of all members of the educational community, including parents.

The Ventura County SELPA is participating with the Ventura County Office of Education and school districts in Ventura County in this systems change effort and is contributing to the dialogue about how special education students, professionals and paraprofessionals will be involved in this model. Click here for a link to the Ventura County Office of Education's RtI site.

Proposed Ventura County county-wide model for RtI (Pilot 10/08)

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Forms

Research-Based Programs
- Reading/Language Arts
- Social/Emotional Behaviors

Draft Psychoeducational Assessment Model

SELPA Personnel Development Offerings for 2008-09!

    •    Universal Design for Learning (Tier One)
    •    Changing the Look of Speech Therapy in an RtI World
    •    RtI Network for Speech Language Pathologists - Save the date for
         May 1, 2009