Essentials of Planning, Selecting, and Tailoring Interventions for Unique Learners

Series Preface xi

Acknowledgments xiii

Part I Intervention Planning: Diagnostic Assessment, Response to Intervention, and Consultation 1

One A Systematic Method of Analyzing Assessment Results for Tailoring Interventions (SMAARTI) 3
Jennifer T. Mascolo, Dawn P. Flanagan, Vincent C. Alfonso

Two Essentials of a Tiered Intervention System to Support Unique Learners: Recommendations
from Research and Practice 56
Devin M. Kearns, Christopher J. Lemons, Douglas Fuchs, Lynn S. Fuchs

Three Home-School Collaboration for Intervention Planning 92
Michael J. Coutts, Susan M. Sheridan, Tara M. Sjuts, Tyler E. Smith

Part II Selecting and Tailoring Interventions and Individualizing Instruction 121

Four Tailoring Interventions in Reading Based on Emerging Research on the Development of Word Recognition Skills 123
David Kilpatrick

Five Selecting and Tailoring Interventions for Students With Reading Difficulties 151
Steven G. Feifer

Six Selecting and Tailoring Interventions for Students With Mathematics Difficulties 178
Diane Pedrotty Bryant, Kathleen Hughes Pfannenstiel, Brian R. Bryant, Jessica Hunt, Mikyung Shin

Seven Selecting and Tailoring Interventions for Students With Written Expression Difficulties 204
Tanya Santangelo, Steve Graham

Eight Individualizing Instruction for Students With Oral and Written Language Difficulties 231
Virginia W. Berninger, Jasmin Niedo

Part III Interventions for Underserved and Mis-served Populations 265

Nine Interventions for English Learners With Learning Difficulties 267
Julie Esparza Brown, Samuel O. Ortiz

Ten Interventions for Students With Executive Skills and Executive Functions Difficulties 314
George McCloskey, Caitlin Gilmartin, Betti Stanco Vitanza

Eleven Interventions for Students With Memory Difficulties 357
Milton J. Dehn

Twelve Interventions for Students With Lecture Note-Taking Difficulties 387
Stephen T. Peverly, Gardith Marcelin, Michael Kern

Thirteen Interventions for Students from Low Resource Environments: The Abecedarian Approach 415
Craig T. Ramey, Joseph J. Sparling, Sharon L. Ramey

About the Editors 449

Index 451

About the CD-ROM 479