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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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Ruth A. Ervin

Ruth A. Ervin, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Dr. Ervin obtained her Ph.D. in school psychology from Lehigh University in 1996.

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