Essentials of Planning, Selecting, and Tailoring Interventions for Unique Learners (eBook)

JENNIFER T. MASCOLO, PsyD, NCSP, is a full-time lecturer in the Graduate School of Psychology program at Teacher's College, Columbia University. She is the coauthor of three books and a nationally certified school psychologist and a licensed psychologist in New York and New Jersey. VINCENT C. ALFONSO, PhD, is a former professor in the Graduate School of Education at Fordham University in New York City and current dean of the School of Education at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. He is coeditor of Essentials of Specific Learning Disability Identification and coauthor of Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, Third Edition. He is president of Division 16 (School Psychology) of the American Psychological Association, a certified school psychologist, and a licensed psychologist in New York State. DAWN P. FLANAGAN, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Director of the School of Psychology Training Programs at St. John's University in Queens, NY, and Clinical Assistant Professor at the Yale Child Study Center. She is the coeditor or coauthor of several popular books including Essentials of Specific Learning Disability Identification and Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment, Third Edition.

Series Preface xi

Acknowledgments xiii

Part I Intervention Planning: Diagnostic Assessment, Response
to Intervention, and Consultation 1

One A Systematic Method of Analyzing Assessment Results for
Tailoring Interventions (SMAARTI) 3

Jennifer T. Mascolo, Dawn P. Flanagan, Vincent C.
Alfonso

Two Essentials of a Tiered Intervention System to Support Unique
Learners: Recommendations

from Research and Practice 56

Devin M. Kearns, Christopher J. Lemons, Douglas Fuchs, Lynn S.
Fuchs

Three Home-School Collaboration for Intervention Planning
92

Michael J. Coutts, Susan M. Sheridan, Tara M. Sjuts, Tyler E.
Smith

Part II Selecting and Tailoring Interventions and
Individualizing Instruction 121

Four Tailoring Interventions in Reading Based on Emerging
Research on the Development of Word Recognition Skills 123

David Kilpatrick

Five Selecting and Tailoring Interventions for Students With
Reading Difficulties 151

Steven G. Feifer

Six Selecting and Tailoring Interventions for Students With
Mathematics Difficulties 178

Diane Pedrotty Bryant, Kathleen Hughes Pfannenstiel, Brian R.
Bryant, Jessica Hunt, Mikyung Shin

Seven Selecting and Tailoring Interventions for Students With
Written Expression Difficulties 204

Tanya Santangelo, Steve Graham

Eight Individualizing Instruction for Students With Oral and
Written Language Difficulties 231

Virginia W. Berninger, Jasmin Niedo

Part III Interventions for Underserved and Mis-served
Populations 265

Nine Interventions for English Learners With Learning
Difficulties 267

Julie Esparza Brown, Samuel O. Ortiz

Ten Interventions for Students With Executive Skills and
Executive Functions Difficulties 314

George McCloskey, Caitlin Gilmartin, Betti Stanco
Vitanza

Eleven Interventions for Students With Memory Difficulties
357

Milton J. Dehn

Twelve Interventions for Students With Lecture Note-Taking
Difficulties 387

Stephen T. Peverly, Gardith Marcelin, Michael Kern

Thirteen Interventions for Students from Low Resource
Environments: The Abecedarian Approach 415

Craig T. Ramey, Joseph J. Sparling, Sharon L. Ramey

About the Editors 449

Index 451

About the CD-ROM 479