Why do Response to Intervention and Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports matter? In this interview, we speak with Jim Wright, author of “The RTI Toolkit: A Practical Guide for Schools” about his experience in RTI and how schools can impact students with academic and behavioral tiered intervention systems.

We ask Jim about:

• The relationship of school culture and climate to RTI and positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS)
• The relationship between RTI and special education
• The impact RTI/MTSS has on student outcomes
• Current trends in RTI/MTSS
• The roadblocks schools face when starting an RTI model, and steps to take to ensure a successful launch

Field Trip is a podcast from Frontline Education.

RTI resources:

• Featured Content - eBook: Performing an RTI/MTSS Academic Screening Process Check-Up, by Jim Wright
• National Center on Intensive Intervention: Academic Progress-monitoring Tools Chart
• Resources from the Florida Center for Reading Research, with a range of school-wide academic screeners suitable for use in RTI/MTSS.
• Grades K-1 Student Center Activities
• Grades 2-3 Student Center Activities
• Grades 4-5 Student Center Activities
• Resources from the Evidence-Based Intervention Network — research-based ideas for reading, math and behavior interventions, co-sponsored by school psychology programs at East Carolina University and the University of Missouri.
• Reading interventions
• Math interventions