What Is a Multi-level Prevention System? Vocabulary Handout[1]

This handout is intended to help you evaluate the evolution of your understanding of key terms related to the RTI multi-level prevention system evolves throughout the Webinar. The terms are organized by the order in which they appear in the Webinar. Under the prediction column fill out what you believe the terms mean prior to the presentation. As the terms are discussed during the presentation add clarification to the final meaning column. Use the picture, sketch, example column to add additional clarifying information after the presentation. At the end of the table there are rows which act as a place holder for any additional terms you may want to define.

Term / Prediction / Final Meaning / Picture/Sketch/Example
Level
Tier
Intervention
Primary Prevention Level
Differentiation
Linguistic and Cultural Responsiveness
Core Curriculum and Instruction
Secondary Prevention Level
Supplement
Tertiary Prevention Level
Individualized Instruction
Additional Terms

What Is a Multi-level Prevention System?Defining the Three Levels Handout

This table can be used as a template for taking notes throughout the Webinar as you learn about the defining characteristics of each level. During the Webinar, you will learn about the focus, instruction, settings, assessments, and data-based decision making related to each prevention level. The table below provides questions that can guide your note taking for each of the topic areas and levels. Following the Webinar, review your table to gain a deeper understanding of the similarities and differences between the levels. Please note that the questions in data-based decision making may not be relevant for all prevention levels (e.g., screening is not addressed in secondary or tertiary prevention sections of the Webinar).

Primary Prevention / Secondary Prevention / Tertiary Prevention
Focus
Which students?
Approximately what percentage of the population?
Instruction
How is instruction defined?
Who delivers instruction?
Setting
What type of setting(s)?
Assessment
What kinds of assessments?
How often are students assessed?
Data-Based Decision Making
What are examples of decision rules for screening?
What are examples of decision rules for progress monitoring?
What are examples of decision rules for making instructional changes?

National Center on Response to Intervention1

[1]Note: This activity was modified from the original version developed by Dr. Marsha Riddle Buly, Coordinator for Language, Literacy, Cultural Studies Major and the K-12 endorsements in English Language Learner (ELL); Bilingual; and Reading, Woodring College of Education, Western Washington University and Dr. Tracy Coskie Associate Professor, Woodring College of Education, Western Washington University.