This book offers concrete, step-by-step procedures for assessing and interpreting cognitive and academic performance for the purpose of intervention planning. A Resource for Designing and Implementing Intervention Programs for At-Risk Learners This authoritative resource provides step-by-step procedures for planning, selecting, and tailoring interventions for at-risk learners with a unique focus on how to individualize interventions using actual case examples. Series Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii Part I Intervention Planning: Diagnostic Assessment, Response to Intervention, and Consultation 1 One A Systematic Method of Analyzing Assessment Results for Tailoring Interventions (SMAARTI) 3 Jennifer T. Mascolo, Dawn P. Flanagan, Vincent C. Alfonso Two Essentials of a Tiered Intervention System to Support Unique Learners: Recommendations from Research and Practice 56 Devin M. Kearns, Christopher J. Lemons, Douglas Fuchs, Lynn S. Fuchs Three Home-School Collaboration for Intervention Planning 92 Michael J. Coutts, Susan M. Sheridan, Tara M. Sjuts, Tyler E. Smith Part II Selecting and Tailoring Interventions and Individualizing Instruction 121 Four Tailoring Interventions in Reading Based on Emerging Research on the Development of Word Recognition Skills 123 David Kilpatrick Five Selecting and Tailoring Interventions for Students With Reading Difficulties 151 Steven G. Feifer Six Selecting and Tailoring Interventions for Students With Mathematics Difficulties 178 Diane Pedrotty Bryant, Kathleen Hughes Pfannenstiel, Brian R. Bryant, Jessica Hunt, Mikyung Shin Seven Selecting and Tailoring Interventions for Students With Written Expression Difficulties 204 Tanya Santangelo, Steve Graham Eight Individualizing Instruction for Students With Oral and Written Language Difficulties 231 Virginia W. Berninger, Jasmin Niedo Part III Interventions for Underserved and Mis-served Populations 265 Nine Interventions for English Learners With Learning Difficulties 267 Julie Esparza Brown, Samuel O. Ortiz Ten Interventions for Students With Executive Skills and Executive Functions Difficulties 314 George McCloskey, Caitlin Gilmartin, Betti Stanco Vitanza Eleven Interventions for Students With Memory Difficulties 357 Milton J. Dehn Twelve Interventions for Students With Lecture Note–Taking Difficulties 387 Stephen T. Peverly, Gardith Marcelin, Michael Kern Thirteen Interventions for Students from Low Resource Environments: The Abecedarian Approach 415 Craig T. Ramey, Joseph J. Sparling, Sharon L. Ramey About the Editors 449 Index 451 About the CD-ROM 479