What Do I Do Now? Individualizing Academic Interventions when Standard Approaches Don't Work (DBI Professional Learning Series Module 7)
What Do I Do Now? Individualizing Academic Interventions when Standard Approaches Don't Work (DBI Professional Learning Series Module 7)
This module discusses approaches to intensifying academic interventions for students with severe and persistent learning needs. The module describes how intensification fits into DBI process and introduces four categories of intensification practices. It uses examples to illustrate concepts and provides activities to support development of teams’ understanding of these practices, and how they might be used to design effective individualized programs for students with intensive needs.
The module is intended to be delivered by a trained, knowledgeable professional. It includes a PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes and handouts. A coaching guide, intended for coaches supporting school or district implementation of DBI, is also included and provides suggested activities to facilitate planning and application of training content.
PowerPoint Slides (508 Compliant Version)
Handout 1: Intensive Intervention Practice Categories Checklist
Handout 2: Planning Intensive Intervention
Handout 4: Planning Standards—Aligned Instruction
Handout 5: Intervention Observation
Supplemental Resources/Documents
Learn about intervention adaptation and find additional professional development resources in this series.
DBI Professional Learning Series
Literacy Strategies to Support Intensifying Interventions
Mathematics Strategies to Support Intensifying Interventions
