Learning Disabilities Resource Kit: Specific Learning Disabilities Determination Procedures and Responsiveness to Intervention

(Winter 2007)

NRCLD has developed this kit to help you navigate changes related to specific learning disability determination and responsiveness to intervention.

All materials in this kit are in the public domain. Authorization to reproduce it in whole or in part is granted. Although permission to reprint these publications is not necessary, please include the citation provided on each document.

Download the complete Learning Disabilities Resource Kit (zip, 13.6 MB)

Note: You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to open the pdf files in the Learning Disabilities Resource Kit. You may download a free copy here.

Specific Learning Disability and Responsiveness to Intervention General Information

The general information in this section covers a broad range of issues and provides a solid background on SLD and RTI. Use these materials to build your own knowledge of these topics, distribute copies to others who need an understanding of these issues, or use the information presented here as the foundation for critical conversations as you prepare to change the SLD determination procedures in your state, district, or school.

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Specific Learning Disability and Responsiveness to Intervention Tools for Change

The tools in this section will help you begin to make changes in the procedures you use for specific learning disability determination. We developed these tools to help you start the necessary conversations and consider the many factors that influence the SLD determination process.

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Getting Started with SLD Determination: After IDEA Reauthorization

The information, activities, and worksheets in this manual will guide you and your team as you examine the current SLD determination process in your state, district, or school; define your challenges and your conceptualization of SLD; and design and enact new models of SLD determination.

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Responsiveness to Intervention: How to Do It

This tool will help you design and implement responsiveness to intervention models in the context of SLD determination. This manual provides comprehensive coverage of RTI features, based on current research.

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PowerPoint Presentations

The PowerPoint presentations and handouts in this section will help you lead discussions about SLD, RTI, and the process of change in the context of revising SLD determination procedures. You must have Microsoft PowerPoint installed on your computer to use these files.

  • PowerPoint citations (pdf)
  • A Research-Based View of Specific Learning Disabilities: Implementing Change | Presentation (ppt) | Handouts (pdf) |
  • A Research-Based View of Specific Learning Disabilities: Responsiveness to Intervention Overview | Presentation (ppt) | Handouts (pdf) |
  • Responsiveness to Intervention (RTI): Preventing and Identifying Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) for State Educational Agencies | Presentation (ppt) | Handouts (pdf) |
  • Responsiveness to Intervention (RTI): Reading and Math Standardized Tier 2 Research-Based Intervention | Presentation (ppt) | Handouts (pdf) |
  • Topical Form I: Applying Response-to-Intervention (RTI) to Specific Learning Disability (SLD) Determination Decisions: Research Findings | Presentation (ppt) | Handouts (pdf) |

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Parent Pages

As your schools move forward with changes in SLD determination procedures--possibly adopting responsiveness to intervention as one component--parents likely will have questions. The materials in this section are designed to help you answer these questions. You may want to give copies of these materials to parents whose children will be affected by changes at your school.

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