Videos
TCLD Podcast Series
What is RTI? A Podcast for Parents
This podcast, presented by Christy Murray of The University of Texas at Austin, provides an overview of response to intervention (RTI) for parents. Murray reviews some of the uses of RTI, including the learning disabilities identification process. The presentation also provides information to help parents find additional resources on RTI.
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TCLD Web site Tour
This podcast, presented by Dr. Saro Mohammed of the University of Texas at Austin, provides an overview of the different pages and features included on this site.
View the TCLD Web site tour
TCLD Research Series
Measuring Responsiveness: Universal Screening & Progress Monitoring
April 11, 2011
This presentation reviews recommendations 1 and 4 of the Institute of Education Sciences practice guide Assisting Students Struggling with Reading: Response to Intervention (RtI) and Multi-Tier Intervention in the Primary Grades. Recommendation 1 states that all students should be screened for potential reading problems at the beginning and middle of the year. Recommendation 4 states that progress monitoring of Tier II students should occur at least once a month and that the resulting data should be used to determine whether students still require intervention.
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Teaching Older Students with Reading Difficulties and Disabilities: How Do We Do RTI?
January 12, 2011
Dr. Greg Roberts and Dr. Jade Wexler, both of The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk (MCPER), discuss year 2 of a 3-year, multisite (Austin and Houston, Texas) middle school reading intervention study, part of the Texas Center for Learning Disabilities. Project 3 (Remediation) involves a randomized controlled trial study of a multitiered approach for middle school students with identified reading problems. The presenters discuss the study design, the standardized and individualized protocol interventions, results, conclusions, and implications.
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Implementing Tier 2 and Tier 3 Reading Interventions: What Can Research Tell Us?
August 18, 2010
Although many schools implement RTI frameworks in primary grade reading, several questions remain. For example, how long should Tier 2 be provided? Who can provide these interventions? How many students can we expect to have adequate response to interventions? How can Tier 3 interventions be individualized to meet students’ needs and still be implemented with fidelity? Dr. Carolyn Denton, Associate Professor in the Children’s Learning Institute (University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, TX), provided insights on these topics from studies conducted through the Texas Center for Learning Disabilities and other reading intervention research.
View the Reading Interventions webinar
Identifying Students with Specific Learning Disabilities in a Response to Intervention Model
February 17, 2010
This webinar, presented by Dr. Jack M. Fletcher of the University of Houston, examines issues related to the identification of specific learning disabilities (SLDs) in the context of a response to intervention (RTI) model of service delivery. Consistent with current research, in any identification model SLD should be identified based on 3 primary criteria: evidence of adequate instruction, evidence of low achievement in one or more of the 8 domains of SLD in IDEA, and absence of other disabilities and conditions that explain (1) and (2). Contrasts with other proposed models are provided and methods for operationalizing the proposed model in the context of a RTI service delivery framework are provided.
View the SLD and RTI webinar
Reading Instruction: Tier II
from the DVD "A 3-Tier Model: Promising Practices for Reading Success"
Produced by the Texas Reading First Initiative
Focusing on both leadership and instructional aspects of implementing a 3-Tier Model, the DVD from which this clip was taken can be used by administrators, coaches, educational trainers, or educators of preservice teachers to illustrate promising practices for implementing a 3-Tier framework successfully. This breakout segment provides perspectives on Tier II reading intervention.
Developed at the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts at The University of Texas at Austin with Texas Reading First funding provided by the Texas Education Agency.
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© 2007 University of Texas System/Texas Education Agency
How Does Small-group Reading Instruction in Tier I Differ From Small-group Reading Instruction in Tier II?
Produced by the Building RTI Capacity in Texas Schools Project
This presentation on small group differentiated instruction was shared at the 2008 Response to Intervention Conference, Region I - Edinburg, TX 2008 and includes several video clips. To view the video clips within the presentation slides, click the movie icon 
in the upper right-hand corner of the slide and the accompanying movie will be played in your browser. When the video has ended, you can return to the PDF file to continue viewing the presentation slides.
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© 2008 University of Texas System/Texas Education Agency