About NH RESPONDS

Professional Development for Excellence in Education

Purpose

To reform and improve pre-service personnel preparation and in-service professional development systems to improve knowledge and skills of general and special education teachers, early intervention personnel, related services personnel, paraprofessionals and administrators in designing, delivering and evaluating scientifically-based practices in two areas:

  • Response to Intervention (RtI) systems of
    • Positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS), and
    • Literacy instruction; and
  • Tertiary transition supports for students with emotional/behavioral disorders at middle and high schools

Funding

The NH-Department of Education was awarded a 5-year $3.85 million State Personnel Development Grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. The State will receive $770,000 each year for five years. Primary partners in the initiative are the NHD Department of Education, NH CEBIS and the UNH Institute on Disability along with several institutions of higher education.

Goals

  • Provide relevant and meanigful professional development activities in Response to Intervention approaches to literacy and behavior
  • Promote recruitment and retention of highly qualified teachers with experience in RtI
  • Improve quality of education personnel
  • Reform special education and regular education teacher certification, recertification, and licensing requirements
  • Assist LEAs to serve children with disabilities through development and use of intensive professional development programs

Selection of Demonstration Sites

Five SAU's will be selected as demonstration sites for 3-4 years of professional development and technical assistance in implementing an integrated RTI approach to behavior, literacy and (for high schools) secondary transition. Each demonstration SAU will specify two schools and a preschool to receive such assistance. The application must be submitted by June 16, 2008 for consideration. All interested SAU's must schedule an overview presentation with the full faculty of the first applicant school, and the application requires that 80% or more of the full faculty votes in favor of the initiative. To schedule an overview presentation contact Amy Jenks as soon as possible.

NH RESPONDS Assessments/Tools

NH RESPONDS Assessment Instruments/Tools (Word Document (doc) · 91.5 KB)

NH RESPONDS Checklist submission

RESPONDS News and Updates

Resources for RTI

Families

Family Guide to RTI (Acrobat File (pdf) · 4.1 MB)

Educators

Article - 3 Tier Model of Reading and Behavior (Acrobat File (pdf) · 867.3 KB)
Article - Demonstration of Results for Combined RTI in Behavior and Reading (Acrobat File (pdf) · 950.7 KB)
Overview of RTI for Behavior and Literacy (Word Document (doc) · 682.0 KB)
Article - Barriers to Prep of Highly Qualified Teachers in Reading (Acrobat File (pdf) · 935.8 KB)
Article - Response To Intervention and PBIS (Acrobat File (pdf) · 43.3 KB)
Article - Response to Intervention in the SLD Process (Acrobat File (pdf) · 1.3 MB)
RTI Planning Tool for Districts (Word Document (doc) · 36.0 KB)

Research and Literature

Leadership

Article - A Mission of the Heart - What Does it Take to Transform a School? (Acrobat File (pdf) · 7.3 MB)

Discipline

Article - CCBD Position Paper on Discipline Policies (Acrobat File (pdf) · 41.9 KB)
Article - Devastating Consequences of Zero Tolerance (Word Document (doc) · 339.0 KB)
Article - Zero Tolerance Zero Evidence - Analysis of School Discipline Policy (Acrobat File (pdf) · 228.1 KB)
Article - Using Positive Consequence Strategies (Acrobat File (pdf) · 42.9 KB)

PBIS in Early Childhood

Article - Anchors Away! Implementaing PBIS at the VNA Child Care and Family Resource Center (Acrobat File (pdf) · 775.0 KB)
Article - Large-Scale Implementation of PBIS in Early Childhood Settings (Acrobat File (pdf) · 956.0 KB)

PBIS-NH

PBIS-NH Summary Outcome Data 07-08 (Word Document (doc) · 79.0 KB)
PBIS-NH Outcomes 2003-2005 (Word Document (doc) · 6.4 MB)
Article - PBIS-NH Results 2004 (Acrobat File (pdf) · 1.3 MB)

PBIS General

Article - Cost Efficacy Analysis of PBIS vs Out-of-District Placement (Acrobat File (pdf) · 468.7 KB)
Article - PBIS Impacts on Discipline and Academic Performance (Acrobat File (pdf) · 4.3 MB)
Article - Prevention and Intervention of Challenging Behavior - A summary of Current Knowledge (Acrobat File (pdf) · 1.2 MB)
Article - Social Skills Training for Youth with Challenging Behavior (Acrobat File (pdf) · 1.0 MB)
Article - Techniques for Avoiding Counteraggressive Responses working with Aggressive Children (Acrobat File (pdf) · 428.9 KB)
Article - Urban Application of PBIS in Inner City Schools (Acrobat File (pdf) · 262.0 KB)
Article - Time and Cost Analysis of PBIS (Acrobat File (pdf) · 166.1 KB)
Article - The Use of Praise - A Response to Kohn (Acrobat File (pdf) · 703.0 KB)
Article - Using Academic Engagement Time to Evaluate PBIS (Acrobat File (pdf) · 166.1 KB)
Article - Measuring Schoolwide PBIS Implementation (Acrobat File (pdf) · 588.2 KB)
Article - Identifying Barriers and Facilitators in Implementing PBIS (Acrobat File (pdf) · 660.6 KB)

Response to Intervention

Article - Demonstration of Results for Combined RTI in Behavior and Reading (Acrobat File (pdf) · 950.7 KB)
Article - Response To Intervention and PBIS (Acrobat File (pdf) · 43.3 KB)
Article - Response to Intervention in the SLD Process (Acrobat File (pdf) · 1.3 MB)
Article - 3 Tier Model of Reading and Behavior (Acrobat File (pdf) · 867.3 KB)

Life Space Crisis Intervention (LSCI)

Article - LSCI - Using Conflict as Opportunity (Acrobat File (pdf) · 1.4 MB)
Article - Effects of LSCI on Academic and Social Performance of Behaviorally Disordered Children (Acrobat File (pdf) · 1.9 MB)
Article - Using LSCI in Early Childhood (Acrobat File (pdf) · 3.7 MB)

Children's Mental Health

Mental Health Services in NH Schools - A Report (Acrobat File (pdf) · 1018.7 KB)