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2012-2013 Graduate Catalog 
    
2012-2013 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Response to Intervention for Behavior (RTI-B) (Certificate)


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Response to Intervention (RTI) is a model that focuses on research-based methods of prevention and intervention combined with data-based decision making to improve student behavioral and academic outcomes. The purpose of this certificate is to provide a sequence of courses that prepares school personnel to lead the development, implementation, evaluation, and sustainability of a three-tiered continuum of behavioral support and intervention in school settings.

Educational Objectives:

Graduates of this 9-credit certificate program will be able to:
 

  1. Describe the theoretical foundations of Response to Intervention for Behavior and Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support, with an emphasis on the prevention and positive practices;
  2. Apply the principals of implementation science to the development of multi-tiered service delivery;
  3. Understand, from a longitudinal perspective, the key developmental and environmental factors that contribute to the development of prosocial and antisocial behavior;
  4. Organize a continuum of research-based practices within a schoolwide system that address students’ social/behavioral needs across three tiers of intervention;
  5. Use scientifically validated PBIS protocols and procedures to conduct program evaluation and data-based decision making;
  6. Provide leadership to schools seeking to develop, implement, evaluate, and sustain RTI-B.

Course Sequence:

SED 581 Response to Intervention for Behavior: School-wide Prevention
SED 582 Response to Intervention for Behavior: Targeted Intervention
SED 583 Response to Intervention for Behavior: Individualized Interventions

Contact: Dr. A. James Artesani (james.artesani@umit.maine.edu)


 

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