This web site, www.interventioncentral.org, was created by Jim Wright.

Jim currently is a Special Education administrator in a suburban school district in Central New York. Until recently, he served as a trainer and program developer for the School-Based Intervention Team (SBIT) Project for the Syracuse (NY) City School District. SBIT is a very successful problem-solving model in which teachers work collegially with their peers to develop effective teaching and behavior management strategies for struggling students .

Jim also is past Co-Chair of the Central New York School Violence Prevention Network, an affiliation of school- and community-based professionals who meet monthly to share strategies for ensuring that schools remain safe places to learn. In November 2001, Jim was selected for the "Leadership in School Psychology" award by the New York Association of School Psychologists.

Jim has presented to teachers, school administrators, and parents in the Central New York area, throughout New York State, and in other parts of the nation on effective academic and behavioral interventions, strategies for teaching 'defiant' students, curriculum-based measurement, and school-wide violence prevention planning.

You can contact Jim Wright if your school district or organization is interested in professional development in topics such as:

• Academic Interventions That Really Work
• Behavioral Interventions That Really Work
• Strategies for Working With Emotionally Unpredictable & Defiant Kids
• A Teacher's Guide to Using Curriculum-Based Assessment
• Violence Prevention in Schools: Effective Steps to Safer Classrooms
• An Introduction to Pre-Referral Instructional Support Teams