Intervention Strategies Guide

Intervention Strategies Guide is a tool to help educators provide research-based academic and behavioral intervention strategies to identified students. Numerous strategies are suggested that target specific skills a student has not acquired in the following areas: Reading (Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency, Comprehension), Writing, Mathematics (Calculation and Reasoning), and Behavior.The guide also includes instructional strategies that match the learning preferences of students and reflect sound research.

• Implement suggested instructional strategies to ensure high-quality instruction occurs in the general education setting
• Use universal screening to identify students with areas of academic and/or behavioral concerns and select appropriate strategies
• Match the suggested intervention strategies to student needs using documented screening data
• Select the intervention strategy and determine who will deliver the intervention and when/where (i.e., number of minutes, days per week, location)
• Implement the intervention strategies in a timely manner to be effective
• Provide opportunities for practice, feedback, and error correction as a part of the intervention strategy implementation
• Monitor to assess how the student responds to the strategy and to determine the effectiveness of the intervention
• Adjust an intervention strategy as needed (i.e., increase time, reduce group size, change materials or strategies, utilize flexible grouping)
• Use intervention strategies on a student’s RtI Individual Intervention Plan