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National Center on Intensive Intervention Mission and Approach

NCII builds the capacity of state and local education agencies, universities, practitioners, and other stakeholders to support implementation of intensive intervention in literacy, mathematics, and behavior for students with severe and persistent learning and/or behavioral needs, often in the context of their multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) or special education services. NCII’s approach to intensive intervention is data-based individualization (DBI), a research-based process that integrates the systematic use of assessment data, validated interventions, and intensification strategies.

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Webinar Series: Supporting Secondary Students with Intensive Needs During the Pandemic

The National Center on Intensive Intervention and the Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports have partnered to present a webinar series focused on providing educators with tools to support secondary students during virtual learning and the return to in-person learning. This series is intended for educators at the state and local level who work with students with intensive behavioral needs in secondary school settings. The first webinar in the series focused on implementing and adapting Check & Connect for the virtual environment. The next webinar, Early Warning Systems: Using Data to Plan for the 2021-2022 School Year  will occur on March 24, 2021, at 2:00 pm EDT.

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New Guide on Intensifying Literacy Instruction: Essential Practices

The purpose of this document, developed by the MiMTSS Technical Assistance Center and partners, is to increase the capacity of practitioners and educational leaders to support a broad range of learners who need more literacy supports to become skilled readers and writers by identifying a set of essential practices that are research-supported and should be the focus of professional development. These practices for intensifying literacy instruction apply to those learners with severe and persistent reading and writing challenges who have not responded when provided with instruction aligned with state academic standards, regardless of disability status.

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Social Emotional Learning and Intensive Intervention

Students who require intensive intervention often have social, emotional, and behavioral challenges that impact their ability to be successful in school as well as in their community. This brief presents an overview of how social emotional learning relates to intensive intervention and offers sample strategies for skill building among students in need of intensive learning, social, emotional, and behavioral supports.

View Brief on SEL and Intensive Intervention

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State and Local
Leaders

Find tools and resources to support implementation of intensive intervention for school, district, and state administrators and staff responsible for leading MTSS and special education initiatives.

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Trainers & Coaches

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Educators

Find tools and resources to support general and special education teachers, interventionists, school psychologists, school counselors, and other school-based personnel working with students with intensive academic and behavioral needs.

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Higher Education
Faculty

Find tools and resources to help college and university faculty support developing, modifying, or enhancing coursework and field experiences related to implementation of intensive intervention.