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Parents have many questions around the many procedures involved in Responses to Intervention programs. The documents in this section should be helpful in clarifying concerns and definitions, and enable parents to better communicate their questions to school and classrooom staff.

Using Response to Intervention (RTI) for Washington’s Students (2006)
This paper was a joint product of the Early Interveneing Services/Response to Intervention and Specific Learning Disability Committees. It includes clear definitions, step-by-step descriptions of the processes involved, and an appendix full of tools and examples.

Family Engagement Checklist
The New Hampshire Center for Effective Behavioral Interventions and Supports (NH CEBIS) has developed this family engagement checklist for their program that is highly appropriate for use in the RtI arena.

Response to Intervention (RTI): A Primer for Parents
The National Association of School Psychologists has developed this brief collection of information and links to resources. It addresses the essential components of RtT for parents, definitions and strategies for parent involvement.

RtI Brochure for Parents
Your Child's Instructional Program (2006) was developed by Tigard-Tualatin School District, Oregon, as an overview of the RtI process specifically for parents, and to provide contact information for additional information. The brochure is available in Spanish and English.

What You Need to Know about IDEA 2004 Response to Intervention (RTI):New Ways to Identify Specific Learning Disabilities
The Wrights Law web site has collected and annotated several articles about response to intervention that are of particular interest to parents.


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