1. The Intersection between RTI & EC Inclusion Reflections from an Expert Panel— Virginia Buysse, Ellen Peisner-Feinberg, Patricia Snyder, Pam Winton & Bill Brown 2013 National Early Childhood Inclusion Institute

2. Frameworks for Improving Inclusive Early Education Opportunities

3. Early Childhood Inclusion Joint Position Statement of the Division for Early Childhood (DEC) and the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

4. Response to Intervention (RTI)

5. A Rose by Any Other Name … What Do We Call It?

6. Response to Intervention Response to Instruction Multi-Tiered System of Supports MTSS RTI Tiered Instruction Positive Behavioral Supports Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports SW-PBS 2

7. Other Terms Developmental vs. universal screening Progress monitoring Small-group instruction Curriculum-based assessment vs. measure Problem-solving Instruction & intervention General outcome measure Formative assessment

8. What are the origins of this approach?

9. Source: Sugai, G. (June 23, 2011). Source: National Professional Development Center on Inclusion. (2012). Virginia Buysse & Ellen Peisner-Feinberg. (2011). Source: Fox, Carta, Strain, Dunlap, & Hemmeter. (2009).

10. Defining Features Formative assessment Foundational instruction/tiered interventions Supports for decision-making/implementation — NPDCI (2012)

11. Is there any evidence to support RTI?

12. Evidence to Support Efficacy of RTI in K–12, but not in pre-K Meta-analysis of 24 studies (Burns, Appleton, & Stehouwer, 2005) IES practice guide – reading (Gersten et al., 2008) IES practice guide – math (Gersten et al., 2009)

13. Federal Legislation Addressing K-12, but not pre-K Specific provisions within IDEA (2004) related to RTI and PBS

14. Questions about the Use of RTI in Pre-K

15. What practices define RTI? Who implements it? Which children & families are affected? Who benefits? How does RTI fit with existing practices?

17. Panel of Experts Ellen Peisner-Feinberg – R&R Pat Snyder – Embedded Instruction Pam Winton – Professional Development Bill Brown – Integration of service delivery systems

18. Ellen Peisner-Feinberg Senior Scientist Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute

19. Pat Synder Director, Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies College of Education University of Florida

20. Pam Winton Senior Scientist Outreach Director Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute UNC-Chapel Hill

21. Bill Brown Professor Department of Educational Studies University of South Carolina

22. Questions about the use of RTI in Pre-K