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      • State Implementation Stories

        Learn how NCII partnered with nine states to build capacity to support implementation of intensive intervention.
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      • Academic Intervention Taxonomy Briefs

        Use the briefs to evaluate academic interventions available on the academic intervention tools chart across the seven dimensions of the Taxonomy of Intervention Intensity.
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      • Clarifying Questions to Create a Hypothesis

        Developing a hypothesis for why a student is not responding, is essential for determining how to adapt an intervention. This resource highlights questions to consider.
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      • Coaching within Tiered Support Models

        Coaching is critical! Find considerations for providing educator and systems level coaching to support MTSS and intensive intervention implementation.
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    • Featured Resource

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      • Implementing DBI for English Learners

        Identify considerations for implementing DBI that accounts for the unique academic, social, behavioral, linguistic, and cultural experiences, assets, and needs of English Learners.
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      • Strengthening Intensive Intervention Preparation: A Guide for Faculty

        Learn how to incorporate NCII resources into preservice teacher preparation coursework and clinical experiences.





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State and Local Leaders

This page is intended to help state and local leaders, including school, district, and state administrators and staff responsible for leading multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) and special education initiatives, find tools and resources to support data-based individualization (DBI) implementation.  

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Intensive Intervention and DBI

Intensive Intervention and DBI

Self-Paced Module

Learn the basics of intensive intervention

Brief

Read a DBI overview

Brief

Why Administrators Should Support Data-Based Individualization

Brief

Review research on DBI

Learn More About DBI
Readiness and Capacity

Readiness and Capacity

Recommendations

Review recommendations for building SEA capacity to support DBI implementation

Needs Assessment

Assess readiness with DBI implementation rubric & interview

Brief

Learn from past implementers

Guide

Plan for returning to school during and following the global pandemic for students with intensive behavioral needs

Access Readiness Resources
Intervention Platforms and Instructional Strategies

Intervention Platforms and Instructional Strategies

Guide

Consider how you develop schedules to support intensification and individualization

Tools Charts

Provide guidance around selecting and evaluating academic intervention programs

Tools Charts

Provide guidance around selecting and evaluating behavioral intervention programs

Explore Interventions
Data and Assessment

Data and Assessment

Tools Charts

Provide guidance around selecting and evaluating academic progress monitoring tools

Tools Charts

Provide guidance around selecting and evaluating behavioral progress monitoring tools

Tools

Support effective and efficient data meetings.

Explore Assessments
Implementation and Fidelity

Implementation and Fidelity

Tool

Assess school level implementation

Tool

Assess coaching fidelity

Explore Fidelity Tools
Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement

Self-Paced Modules

Self-study or facilitate learning sessions focused on Leading by Convening

Link

Learn about Leading by Convening and find tools to support stakeholders engagement

Documents

Share infographics for parents and families to provide an overview of intensive intervention

Webinar

Hear from local leaders and parent centers about how to engage families

Engage Families

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Voices from The Field

Learn from others who have implemented intensive intervention

02/24/2023
Supporting Michigan Learners Toward Excellence in Reading
10/20/2021
A District Leader’s Experiences and Insights Into Implementing DBI
09/30/2021
Sustaining DBI Implementation in New York City

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