What is an Intervention?Intervention versus accommodations and modifications

Intervention Defined

Academic or behavior interventions are strategies or techniques used to teach a new skill, build fluency in a skill, or encourage the application of existing skills to a new situation.

Implemented beyond the core instruction

What does it look like?

Supplemental Intervention (Tier 2 - ex. students in yellow)

MTSS Model recommends 30 minutes of targeted intervention beyond the core for supplemental intervention

Small groups of 3 to 5 students focusing on the same skill

Intensive Intervention (Tier 3 - ex. students in red)MTSS Model recommends 60 minutes of intervention beyond the core for intensive intervention (kids in the red)

Small groups of 2 to 3 students or one-on-one

Examples of Intervention

Reading Fluency

General Academics, Reading Comprehension, Math, Study & Organization, Writing

Math intervention using Khan Academy (next slide)

Enrichment assignments for higher students

Re-teaching beyond core instruction such as chunking (presenting information again but in smaller increments)

Remember re-teaching only counts as an intervention is you are teaching information in a different way than how it was taught the first time.

Reteaching & Practice using Khanacademy.org

Accommodations and ModificationsThese are not considered interventions but are commonly mistaken as such

Accommodation or modification?

Accommodations are changes in how a student accesses information and demonstrates learning.

Do not substantially change the instructional level, content, or performance criteria

Changes are made in order to provide a student with equal access to learning and an equal opportunity to show what he or she knows and can do.

Modifications are changes in what a student is expected to learn.

The changes are made to provide a student with opportunities to participate meaningfully and productively along with other students in classroom and school learning experiences

Accommodations

Preferential seating

Graphic Organizers

Use of manipulatives

Have student restate what was said

Use of a study carrel

Quiet corner/setting to calm down or complete assignments

Study Guides

Visual Schedule

Oral testing

Untimed tests

Read Aloud

Modifications

Modified work load or length of assignments/tests

Projects instead of written reports

Reworded questions in simpler language

Alternative tests/assignments at their level such as lower level spelling test

Simplifying or limiting the amount of information a student is expected to learn

Resources

Interventioncentral.org

Accommodations & Modfications Guide

Khanacademy.org