Strategic Interventions Specific to Need: Intervention chosen in relation to student data and from among those that have been documented through education research to be effective with like students under like circumstance... More »

"We started Response to Intervention (RTI) as a way to meet the many needs of our students." [Read full story »]

— Linda Dittmer
retired principal, IA 

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Are there lists of research-based interventions for secondary and tertiary levels of both RTI and Positive Behavior Support (PBS)?

Response from George Sugai, Ph.D.: RTI is a larger problem solving framework for improving decision making based on student responsiveness to intervention for both academic and social behavior. On the behavior side of RTI, positive behavior support provides an organizational structure for establishing a continuum of behavioral interventions for all students...[read full response]

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George Sugai

George Sugai

George Sugai

Dr. George Sugai is Carole J. Neag Endowed Professor in Special Education in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut with expertise in behavior analysis, classroom and behavior management, school-wide discipline, function-based behavior support, positive behavior supports, and educating students with emotional and behavioral disorders.

Dr. Sugai has been a teacher in the public schools, treatment director in a residential program, and program administrator. Dr. Sugai conducts applied school and classroom research and works with schools to translate research into practice. He is currently co-director (with Rob Horner) of the Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports at the University of Connecticut and University of Oregon, and Director of the Center on Behavioral Education and Research in the Neag School of Education.


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