Testimonials for Behavioral Response to Intervention (B-RTI)
Safe & Civil Schools is pleased to announce the release of a new addition to its series, Behavioral Response to Intervention: Creating a Continuum of Problem-Solving & Support.
This new resource is designed for K-12 school personnel with a responsibility for ensuring that students' needs for behavioral (social/emotional) support are met. The book presents a blueprint for how to organize the services a school delivers to all of its students, even those with severe behavior issues. The model proposed in this unique resource ensures that intervention design and implementation occurs in the most time-, personnel-, and cost-effective manner possible while still meeting students' needs.
We believe the ideas proposed in this B-RTI model can help educators keep students in school and reduce the number of students referred for special education services.
But, don't take our word for it — read what leaders in the field of education have to say about Behavioral Response to Intervention.
Donald D. Deshler, Ph.D.
Gene A. Budig Professor of Special Education and Director, Center for Research on Learning, University of Kansas
Judy Elliot, Ph.D.
Chief Academic Officer, Los Angeles Unified School District, Former Assistant Superintendent of School Support Services, Long Beach Unified School District
Rob Horner, Ph.D.
Alumni-Knight Professor, Department of Special Education and Clinical Sciences, University of Oregon
William R. Jenson, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Utah, and Author of the Tough Kid Book series
Jim Knight, Ph.D.
Research Associate, University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning and Director, Pathways to Success.
Mark R. Shinn, Ph.D.
Director and Professor, National Louis School Psychology Program and Projector Director, Northern IL Region of IASPIRE, a USDE/OSEP/ISBE Personnel Preparation Project Supporting Implementation of RTI
Russ Skiba, Ph.D.
Professor, Counseling and Educational Psychology and Director, Equity Project, Indiana University
Hill Walker, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior, University of Oregon
Jim Ysseldyke, Ph.D.
Birkmaier Professor of Educational Leadership, University of Minnesota
"Educators charged with implementing an RTI framework in their school need very practical, hands-on guidelines and tools for making this new model of school improvement work. Of all the things written on RTI, there is nothing that approaches this book in terms of clarity and practicality. This book will be a goldmine for teachers and administrators who want to make dramatic improvements in student outcomes. This book is brilliantly conceptualized and written. It provides both a sound blueprint for guiding school improvement and a broad array of exceedingly practical, evidence-based practices that will transform how educators think about and design instructional conditions that foster hard work and productivity by all students. Without a doubt, this book will become one of the most frequently used resources for educators who want to make RTI work in their schools."
"Another incredible resource by Randy Sprick et al. It is research based, practical, and systemic in its approach to behavior RtI. This book will not sit on a shelf!"
"Behavior Response to Intervention (B-RTI) builds on the growing recognition that effective school interventions (academic or behavioral) should be (a) linked to school-wide systems, (b) based on regular data use, and (c) evidence-based. The book provides accessible and proven strategies for school-wide organization, classroom management, and individual student behavior support. Teachers will find specific intervention ideas with clear guidance on how to implement those ideas within a school-wide system. School psychologists and behavior specialists will find that Response to Intervention themes familiar to academic support are extended to behavior supports: (a) invest first in prevention, (b) use data to identify and assess points of intervention, and (c) build a multi-tiered program of support with progressive increases in support intensity. Administrators will find guidance for team composition, management and assessment that will assist in accurate use of recommended strategies throughout their school."
"Behavioral Response To Intervention (B-RTI): Creating A Continuum Of Problem Solving and Support by Randy Sprick and his co-authors is a book that should be in the hands of any educator who works with the PBS and RTI models. Randy has a long history of writing and developing evidence-based interventions for implementation in the schools. This book provides a blueprint to answer many day-to-day questions that are often left unanswered in the PBS and RTI models. This resource book focuses on the "big picture" in developing a continuum of problem-solving that involves creating leaderships teams, developing a culture of data collection, and identifying available resources down to such practical aspects as bully prevention programs, social skills training classes, and homework rooms. The struggling student is the winner through this book’s positive and practical approaches to prevention and intervention. It is a must for administrators, counselors, school psychologist, behavior specialists, behavior management team members, special education teachers, and any educator who wants practical and evidence-based answers to PBS and RTI's many questions."
"Randy Sprick's new book is a comprehensive and practical overview of the behavioral aspects of RTI. This isn't just about what Behavioral RTI should be—this book tells you exactly how to do it. If you're interested in this topic, you'll find an awful lot of valuable information here."
"Response to Intervention (RTI), or more accurately multi-tiered coordinated early intervening services, is now at the forefront of every educator's agenda as our nation devotes its efforts to improving outcomes for all children using evidence-based practices. This volume, Behavioral Response to Intervention (B-RTI) is the first book that I've seen that puts the science and practice of behavior support into a cohesive framework aligned with the big ideas of RTI. It provides proven practices from a team of authors without parallel in terms of their national impact in creating safe climates conducive to learning."
"Sprick, Booher, and Garrison have really nailed it! Behavioral Response to Intervention is first-rate, a tremendous resource for anyone wondering what to do about student behavior. The book presents our best evidence-based strategies for managing disruptive behavior, and organizes them into a framework that is comprehensive, practical, and easy-to-use. Both the overall process and its specific elements are designed with the realities of schools in mind—I love the 25-Minute Planning Process! Packed with abundant examples (and a CD with reproducible materials), this is a resource that will be extremely useful for any school seeking a more effective response to misbehavior and disruption. I know I will use it in my own teaching."
"Randy Sprick and his colleagues have produced a truly seminal resource focusing on the behavioral side of the RTI model. This book explicates the RTI model for effective application in schools and classrooms in all the key areas of concern to educators and parents. The book is a roadmap to the successful implementation of RTI in the behavioral domain. It's indeed rare to see such a thoughtful, valuable resource that addresses so thoroughly all the critical issues and challenges involved in making the RTI model work as we think it should. There are very few, if any, RTI nitty gritties of problem solving and implementation left untouched by this remarkable book. This is a book I wish I'd written. I congratulate the authors on this product and I recommend it unconditionally."
"Randy Sprick and his colleagues deliver yet another new fantastic resource that helps teachers spend less time working with resistance and disruption, and more time teaching. This book will help school personnel deliver effective services that include problem solving, efficient use of personnel, and practical design/implementation of behavioral interventions. This is an excellent companion resource to Sprick's Interventions: Evidence-based Behavioral Strategies for Individual Students. While Interventions addressed the what, this book defines the who, when, why and how of designing efficient and effective interventions. A 'must have' resource."