Response to Intervention: Miracle Cure for LD?
May 12, 2008 in Education
Can learning disabilities be prevented? is the question Joanne Jacobs is asking. RtI is the new hotness in Special Education, because it’s basically applying interventions to students before they can be identified as having a learning disability. If teachers think a kid might have some learning problems, the RtI kicks in, they come up with things to do for the kid, and do it. If that doesn’t succeed, then they try and test for Special Ed, I suppose.
Sometime in the future, I would not be surprised to see RtI fail some kid, and have the parent sue the district for compensatory Special Education. Time in RtI is time they’re not receiving Special Education, and if they are truly disabled, I don’t think that would be forgiven easily.