This book addresses a crucial aspect of sustaining a response-to-intervention (RTI) framework in a school: selecting interventions with the greatest likelihood of success and implementing them with integrity.

1. Introduction 2. Matching the "Right" Intervention to the Student 3. Selecting Group Interventions: Identifying a Classwide Problem 4. Whole-School Behavioral Interventions 5. Small-Group Academic Interventions 6. Classwide/Small-Group Behavioral Interventions 7. Academic Acquisition Interventions 8. Behavioral Acquisition Interventions 9. Academic Fluency-Building Interventions 10. Behavioral Proficiency-Building Interventions 11. Maintenance and Generalization of Behavioral Interventions 12. Maintenance and Generalization of Academic Interventions 13. Putting It All Together

Matthew K. Burns, PhD, is The Rose and Irving Fein Endowed Professor of Special Education at the University of Florida and Assistant Director of the University of Florida Literacy Institute. He is a past editor of School Psychology Review and Assessment for Effective Intervention. Dr. Burns's research focuses on the use of assessment data to determine individual or small-group interventions. A coauthor of the Path to Reading Excellence in School Sites (PRESS) reading intervention program, he has published over 210 articles, book chapters, and books.

T. Chris Riley-Tillman,PhD, is Professor and Associate Division Director in the Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology at the University of Missouri. He is Associate Editor of School Psychology Quarterly and Assessment for Effective Intervention. His research interests include the development and validation of assessment and intervention methodologies, single-case design, and consultation. The author of five books and over 100 articles and book chapters, Dr. Riley-Tillman is a member of the Society for the Study of School Psychology and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. He is editor of The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series.
Amanda M. VanDerHeyden, PhD, is a private consultant, researcher, and national trainer who has worked in a number of school districts and is President of Education Research and Consulting, Inc., in Fairhope, Alabama. She is Associate Editor of School Psychology Review, serves on the editorial boards of several other journals, and has published more than 60 articles, books, and book chapters related to RTI. Dr. VanDerHeyden was named to a National Center for Learning Disabilities advisory panel to provide guidance related to RTI and received the Lightner Witmer Award from the American Psychological Association for her scholarship on early intervention, RTI, and models of data-based decision making.