'Response-to-Intervention': Academic & Behavioral Interventions to Support Student Success Jim Wright, Presenter Jim Wright was a featured presenter at the Arkansas School Psychology Association Fall 2006 Conference in Little Rock, AR, on Thursday, October 5, and Friday, October 6. Here are workshop handouts and other resources from Jim Wright's presentation. Getting Started With RTI: A Guide for Schools. Presents an overview of Response to Intervention and steps to apply RTI in school settings. Academic Interventions That Really Work: Building Student Motivation & Skills Strategies for Working With Emotionally Unpredictable & Defiant Kids Movies: I used teacher video clips (of my friend Stephanie Pelcher) to illustrate ideas for classroom management. NOTE: To download and save these movies to your computer, right-click and choose 'Save Target As...': Video Clip 1: Teacher Stephanie Pelcher discussing her first experience in classroom management. (14MBs--Windows .wmv format) Video Clip 2: Teacher Stephanie Pelcher presenting her preferred classroom management techniques. (29MBs--Windows .wmv format)   Additional PowerPoints: These PowerPoint presentations contain additional information from the workshop 'Big Ideas' in Behavior Management. Offers several key ideas for teachers to keep in mind about managing student behaviors. Classroom Management. Provides a brief listing of essential elements of the well-organized classroom and an overview of the 'Good Behavior Game'. Managing Emotionally Unpredictable Students. Organizes suggestions for deescalating angry or defiant students according to the 'Classroom Anger Curve' Communication Tools for Defiant Students. Reviews communication tools that can defuse powerstruggles with defiant and non-compliant students. Behavior Report Cards. Gives a quick demonstration of different Daily Behavior Report Card formats.   Web Resources: The resources below from Intervention Central were discussed at the training: ChartDog 2.0 . Use ChartDog to create online progress-monitoring charts with student data. This application lets you enter behavioral data and print off a chart in minutes. You can also save your data and chart settings to update at a later time. Behavior Reporter: Daily Behavior Report Card Generator. You can quickly make up your own customized Daily Behavior Report Cards (DBRCs) with this free application. DBRCs are a convenient way for teachers to measure student behaviors on a daily basis. The Savvy Teacher's Guide: Reading Interventions That Work. This free 52-page manual (Adobe Acrobat format) contains 4 teacher intervention scripts to build student reading fluency and 10 scripts to boost comprehension.   Who Is Jim Wright? Jim Wright is a school psychologist and school administrator who lives and works in central New York. Until recently, Jim served as a program developer and trainer for the School-Based Intervention Team (SBIT) Project for the Syracuse City School District. Jim has presented extensively to educators across New York state and in other parts of the country on effective school-based academic and behavioral interventions, curriculum-based measurement, and violence prevention. In November, 2001, Jim was selected for the “Leadership in School Psychology” award by the New York State Association of School Psychologists. Jim is also the creator of the Intervention Central website (www.interventioncentral.org). Email: jim@jimwrightonline.com

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