Effective School Interventions, Second Edition: Evidence-Based Strategies for Improving Student Outcomes by Natalie Rathvon - 9781572309678 - Compare Prices on New & Used Textbooks, Cheap Textbooks

This highly practical resource and text presents 70 interventions that have been demonstrated to improve the classroom learning environment, academic achievement, and student behavior and social competence. Each intervention is presented in a brief, standardized format with step-by-step procedures that can easily be implemented by Pre-K-12 teachers and other school-based professionals. The volume includes best-practice guidelines for designing, implementing, and evaluating evidence-based school interventions, as well as strategies for combining multiple interventions to create a comprehensive program at the individual, class, or schoolwide level.

New to This Edition:
*Substantially revised and expanded to reflect significant developments in research and practice.
*Designed for full compatibility with a response-to-intervention framework.
*42 of the 70 interventions are entirely new.

*More in-depth discussions of intervention procedures facilitate implementing and adapting the techniques.

*A new chapter on preschool interventions.
*Expanded coverage of curriculum-based measurement procedures.
*A new category of proactive interventions targeting positive relationships in the classroom.

		Effective School Interventions, Second Edition: Evidence-Based Strategies for Improving Student Outcomes by Natalie Rathvon PhD ISBN-10: 9781572309678 ISBN-10: 1-57230-967-9 ISBN-13: 9781572309678 ISBN-13: 978-1-57230-967-8 Hardcover 2008-08-14 The Guilford Press Find Lowest Price
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Product Description This highly practical resource and text presents 70 interventions that have been demonstrated to improve the classroom learning environment, academic achievement, and student behavior and social competence. Each intervention is presented in a brief, standardized format with step-by-step procedures that can easily be implemented by Pre-K-12 teachers and other school-based professionals. The volume includes best-practice guidelines for designing, implementing, and evaluating evidence-based school interventions, as well as strategies for combining multiple interventions to create a comprehensive program at the individual, class, or schoolwide level. New to This Edition: Substantially revised and expanded to reflect significant developments in research and practice. Designed for full compatibility with a response-to-intervention framework. 42 of the 70 interventions are entirely new. More in-depth discussions of intervention procedures facilitate implementing and adapting the techniques. A new chapter on preschool interventions. Expanded coverage of curriculum-based measurement procedures. *A new category of proactive interventions targeting positive relationships in the classroom.
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Effective School interventions This book is an excellent tool for assisting general education teachers who are beginning the RTI process or just want some assistance with some students in their classes. It has great academic and behavior strats. They are easy to implement and document for progress monitoring purposes.
A core and seminal addition to professional and academic library Educational Studies & Practices reference collections No one contests the premise that education is the bedrock upon which the economic future of the American nation is founded. What varies among contesting views on education are what strategies and approaches are best to maximize student academic performance. Now in an newly expanded and updated second edition, "Effective School Interventions: Evidence-Based Strategies For Improving Student Outcomes" by Natalie Rathvon (Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology at The George Washington University) is a comprehensive and scholarly study organized into two major sections: 'The Intervention Assistance Approach To Improving Student Outcomes' and 'Evidence-Based School Interventions'. This new edition has been expanded to include new features and resources including additional guidance on legal issues and ethics for practitioners who are part of team-based intervention assistance programs; a 'cross-reference box' to help readers locate strategies in other sections or chapters with similar components but different targets; 'Special topics sections' highlighting key concepts, critical issues, and best practices; an an appendix for each of the four intervention chapters helping readers in quickly locating appropriate strategies and comparing strategies within the same domains. Exhaustive, comprehensive, superbly organized and presented, this new edition of "Effective School Interventions" is a core and seminal addition to professional and academic library Educational Studies & Practices reference collections and reading lists.