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KU CRL and Vanderbilt University team up on LD resource kit A web-based resource is available to help school systems navigate changes in federal law related to specific learning disabilities (SLD) determination, including what role responsiveness to intervention (RTI) models might play in providing improved services to students.
The National Research Center on Learning Disabilities (NRCLD), a partnership of researchers at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning and Vanderbilt University, released its Learning Disabilities Resource Kit: Specific Learning Disabilities Determination Procedures and Responsiveness to Intervention. The kit is available for free at www.nrcld.org/resource_kit and features basic information about specific learning disabilities and RTI models, in which schools design multiple levels of increasingly intensive support for struggling students. In addition to including general information about SLD and RTI, the site’s main page provides links to tools for change, two “how-to” manuals related to RTI and preparing for change in schools, PowerPoint presentations, and parent information. Although most of the resources were designed to meet the needs of state and local education agencies, some were developed with families in mind. A series of briefs just for families answers common questions that may arise in regard to services available to their children and defines terms and concepts they may encounter in working with their children’s schools. The LD Resource Kit is the newest addition to NRCLD’s online tools. Another tool, the School-Based Practices module, defines six components of RTI service delivery models, describes one or more schools that have adopted such models, and discusses their implementation process for specific components. The module features video interviews with school representatives answering key questions related to each RTI component. Other online tools include multimedia reviews of a national conference on SLD determination conducted for state education agencies in April 2006 and an RTI symposium held in 2003. For these and more tools, visit NRCLD’s web site at http://www.nrcld.org. Funding for NRCLD is provided by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. ~Lauren Larsen and Julie Tollefson, Center for Research on Learning |
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