Teach Effectively!

Some of my colleagues are conducting a workshop on Response to Intervention (RTI). Here’s the announcement.

Response to Intervention (RTI), Learning Disabilities, and You:
How Changes in Special Education Law Impact Diagnosis and Treatment of Students
How the Albemarle County Schools are Approaching These Issues

Friday, November 9, 2007
1:00-3:30 p.m.
Curry School of Education
Ruffner Hall Room 121

SCHEDULE

1:00: Lunch and Registration

1:30: Historical and current perspectives on Learning Disabilities: Why the need for change? What is RTI? What happened to Aptitude/Achievement Discrepancy?
Ron Reeve, University of Virginia

2:15: How one school division is implementing new procedures for dealing with students with academic and behavior problems
Kevin Kirst, Albemarle County Public Schools

2:40: Preliminary results from a research study examining the strengths and weaknesses of the School Based Intervention Team approach
Ann Shargo and Wei-Bing Chen, University of Virginia

Certificates verifying two hours of continuing education credit will be provided

PLEASE RSVP TO BARBARA NORDIN BY MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2007
(434) 924-7472
nordin [at] virginia.edu

Co-Sponsored by the Curry Programs in Clinical and School Psychology, University of Virginia
and Albemarle County Public Schools