Parent+Involvement+in+the+RTI+Process

**How Can Parents Be Involved in the RTI Process?**
The hallmarks of effective home-school collaboration include open communication and involvement of parents in all stages of the learning process. Being informed about your school’s RTI process is the first step to becoming an active partner. Both the National Center for Learning Disabilities and the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities advise parents to ask the following questions:
 * Does our school use an RTI process? (Be aware that your child’s school may call their procedures a “problem solving process,” or may have a unique title for their procedures, e.g., Instructional Support Team, and not use the specific RTI terminology.)
 * Are there written materials for parents explaining the RTI process? How can parents be involved in the various phases of the RTI process?
 * What interventions are being used, and are these scientifically based as supported by research?
 * What length of time is recommended for an intervention before determining if the student is making adequate progress?
 * How do school personnel check to be sure that the interventions were carried out as planned?
 * What techniques are being used to monitor student progress and the effectiveness of the interventions? Does the school provide parents with regular progress monitoring reports?
 * At what point in the RTI process are parents informed of their due process rights under IDEA 2004, including the right to request an evaluation for special education eligibility?
 * When is informed parental consent obtained and when do the special education evaluation timelines officially commence under the district’s RTI plan?

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//At the elementary level, both Do The Math and LLI have a home-school component. We have not emphasized it enough and will need to do so next year.//


 * Parents should be informed early that their child is having difficulty and involved often in the process of what is being done to help close in the gap.