The Importance Of Effective Responding

In regards to responding to others, Beebe & Mottet (2016) suggest that if a person is serious about listening, they need to be serious about turning off messages that may compete for attention and selection, which are typically the first two stages of the listening process. Furthermore, when an individual commits to listening, they should be become other-oriented instead of self-centered, as listening is about the other person (Beebe & Mottet,

According to the textbook, respondent behaviors are behaviors elicited by prior stimuli and are not affected by their consequences. In other words, respondent behaviors are one’s innate responses to certain situations that they do not have to be taught. These behaviors are not a result of consequences, but are more enacted based on one’s natural reflexes. Tears forming in an individual’s eyes when something sad or tragic occurs is an example of a respondent behavior. Laughing while being tickled is also an example of a respondent behavior.

I learned that connecting with people is need and a personal fulfillment. I am, and have always been, genuinely interested in people. In William Cronon’s, Only Connect, he quotes a friend’s father advising his son, that whenever he had a conversation, “his job was to figure out what’s so neat about what the other person does” (Cronon, 1998).

In order for a student to be diagnosed for any disability, there is a process that involves many people that are important in the child’s life. The school must conduct tests that measure the child’s academic success in the classroom, as well as tests that measure IQ (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children), work samples, developmental history (usually get this information from the parents), physical exams (vision, hearing etc.), psychological tests, adaptive skills (BASC) and other areas as needed. Testing is usually done by professionals from various disciplines. In order to qualify for special education services under IDEA, the disability must impact the child’s ability to be academically successful (IDEA, 2004).

This paper focuses on the Response to Intervention. As educators we are hearing RTI more frequently in the school districts than ever before. Many educators and state officials agree that all teachers should know and get to know the benefits and importance of RTI. The most crucial aspect to know is the RTI takes place into the regular childhood classroom; this is not something that just special education teachers need to know. This paper explains the purpose and a brief history of RTI. The paper offers ways that it is beneficial for school districts to implement this research based program. However, as in many systems there are always challenges, the paper briefly discusses some of the challenges that educators

The Response to Intervention (RTI) process was instituted as part of the 2004 Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) (Johnston, 2010). The law allowed states to spend some of the funds earmarked for special education on general classroom instructional practices in the hopes that these additional supports would decrease the number of students referred for special education and distinguish students with learning disabilities so that they could get the educational assistance they need in a timely fashion (Johnston, 2010). This represented a departure from the previous manner by which students with learning disabilities were identified, that being the discrepancy model (Johnston, 2010). This paper will outline the RTI process by following the

The purpose of this study is to determine if implementing the reading intervention program Read Well in first grade general education classrooms through Response to Intervention (RTI) will improve students’ basic reading skills. Students attending schools with RTI programs need reading interventions which will lead to improved achievement for all students. A secondary focus is to determine what is needed to successfully implement a Response to Intervention program at the elementary school level that will ensure the success of the program. Whenever shifting from one methodology to another, it is critical that the new method is implemented with fidelity and that it relies on existing educational research to guide the constructs

Response to intervention, also known as RTI, is a multi-tiered system for early identification and a process that implements support for students with learning and behavioral needs. There is no standardized system for RTI, therefore there are variations and many ways to implement and initiate these services. Typically these services are broken down into steps or tiers, in order to ensure all students are being universally screened and are receiving the help they need.

Response to Intervention, RTI, has the potential to improve struggling readers’ education. When used in providing early intervention, RTI ensures that all students are given high-quality research-based instruction with a curriculum that is practical, but also rigorous. It can curtail the development of substantial reading difficulties, and reduce inappropriate referrals and placements in special education services. The scenario provided does not give enough crucial data needed; therefore, we can only assume without progress monitoring and assessments. Progress monitoring data is used to determine whether a student is responding successfully to an instructional approach, and it can be used to decide if the student is meeting grade-level expectations

Response to Intervention (RTI) is a multi-tiered approach to identify and accommodate students with behavioral and learning needs; however, are these approaches providing the best opportunities for success for our students. In this peer reviewed article entitled “Effectiveness of a 10-Week Teir-1 Response to Intervention in Improving Fine Motor and Visual-Motor skills in General Education Kindergarten Students” explores the effects of an RTI developed in collaboration with classroom teachers to enhance fine motor in visual-motor skills of general education kindergarten students. (Ohl, M., Graze, H., Weber, K., Kenny, S., Salvatore, C., & Wagreich, S., 2013) The author’s research is comprised of 113 elementary students of six different elementary schools who were randomly selected into various control

A practice model that can assist schools and school districts in implementing Senate Bill 177 is Response to Intervention (RTI). RTI is a three-tiered model of prevention and support meant to identify students at risk and provide academic and behavioral supports in the classroom (Gustafson, Svensson, & Fälth, 2014). Tier 1 focuses on general behavioral interventions for all students in the classroom (Gustafson et al., 2014). Children who fail to meet a predetermined minimum criterion for RTI will be assigned to Tier 2 intervention (Gustafson et al., 2014, p. 29). Tier 2 involves self-regulation interventions in the form of group sessions (Gustafson et al., 2014, p. 29). It has specific curriculum-based

Most of the responses from the people I engaged with were positive. When I asked them questions like “How is your day so far?” and “ Who is your favorite music artist?” , they were really engaging and polite. I expected some people to get irritated,

Currently the way disabilities are diagnosed has changed from the previous years. According to Colarusso et al., (2013) general education teachers play a large part in recognizing learning disabilities in the regular classroom. With the implementation of Response to Intervention (RTI) there are a more people involved in the decision making process. The team consist of a Data Team. This team analyzes data from benchmark tests given throughout the year. My school gives three benchmark tests a year, in math and reading. As soon as a student falls below a certain percentage they are tagged for intervention, more than the classroom teacher gives. There is a three tier system, tier one starts in the general education classroom and as more intervention

Skinner, in ‘A review of B. F. Skinner’s verbal Behavior’ and ‘Selections from Science and Human Behavior’, discusses the idea of operant conditioning in human behavior, and functional analysis in human verbal behavior respectively. Both ideas seek to explain human behavior, whether in physical action or in verbal communication. Operant conditioning takes its root from Thorndike’s law of effect, dealing with reinforcing consequences that are contingent on a response (or specified behavior). Functional analysis, on the other hand, deals with the identification of the variables that control verbal behavior and the means by which they interact to produce a particular verbal response. In this paper we seek to look at these two ideas in detail, as well as present Chomsky’s concerns and arguments about them.

Everyone has that one individual in their life that they go to for emotional support. Especially, in marriages or relationships, we seek that one special individual to give advice on what to do and how to do it. If a friend or co-worker confides in you about a marital crisis, understand your role as a ‘first responder’; resist the urge to diagnose or overanalyze (Bernstein). But, who’s to say that their advice will always be good advice? First responders tend to get in the middle of relationships, ruin their own friendship, and give unwanted advice all by just trying to help.