Response to Intervention will be a hot topic at the CEC 2009 Convention & Expo, coming up April 1-4. If you're planning to join us in Seattle, consider taking advantage of the many RTI-themed sessions. Here are just a few:
Preconvention Workshops:
Held on Wednesday, April 1, these full- and half-day workshops provide opportunities to explore special education’s hottest topics in-depth and get the latest news from recognized experts from the field. Better yet, you can earn CEUs for attending. It's not too late to register!
Implementation of Response to Intervention (RTI) at the School and District Level: Moving Beyond the Basics Putting it Together: Progress Monitoring, Research-Based Math Interventions, and RTI Recognition and Response (R&R): RTI Goes to Pre-K
Led by Cara Shores, Wesley Educational Services, Cartersville, GA
Led by Pamela M. Seethaler and Sarah R. Powell, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Led by Virginia Buysse and Ellen Peisner-Feinberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Strands:
Strands explore specific educational topics in depth through a series of conceptually and developmentally linked sequential sessions. Discuss these important topics with experts in the field! Convention attendees may elect to attend all sessions in a strand or just one or two. When you attend all sessions within a given strand, you are eligible to earn CEUs!
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Responsiveness to Instruction, Interventions, and Involvement (Strand B)
Led by Cathy Kea, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro; Gloria D. Campbell-Whatley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte -
Implementing a Response-to-Intervention Continuum of Positive Behavior Support (Strand C)
Led by Randall S. Sprick, Safe and Civil Schools, Eugene, OR
- Responsiveness to Intervention (RTI): Important Considerations in Its Design and Implementation (Strand I)
Led by Doug and Lynn Fuchs, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
You will also find a complete list of RTI-focused sessions on pages 69-71 of your convention program, which can be obtained onsite and previewed in part online.
How to fit it all in? Search among all the sessions and plan your week in Seattle with CEC’s convenient online scheduler.
See you in Seattle!
The CEC Headquarters Team
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