Response to Intervention (RTI) / Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)

What is Response to Intervention (RTI) / Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)?

This course provides an overview of Response to Intervention (RTI) and its role in identifying challenging behaviors and at-risk students. It covers RTI education, including its history, legal framework and the three tiers of RTI: whole class, small group and intensive interventions. The course also introduces Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS), a framework supporting all learners through academic, social, emotional and behavioral services. Participants learn the three tiers of MTSS — research-based instruction, targeted intervention and intensive intervention — as well as data-based decision-making, positive behavior intervention and support, and universal screening data to create individual student interventions.

What Will You Learn?

Educators who take this course will develop an overall understanding of RTI and MTSS interventions. They will leave the course with the ability to explain the purpose, tools and strategies used for both. They will also be able to identify resources for both RTI and MTSS. The course uses the Council on Exceptional Children’s Ethical Principles and Professional Practice Standards for Special Education, Special Education Professional Ethical Standards, and best practices to establish the course’s special education expectations.

What Are the Assignments and Projects?

The professional development Response to Intervention (RTI) / Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) course is self-paced. Fresno Pacific University offers students in its online professional development programs the ability to enroll at any time and take up to one year from registration to complete all assignments. Modules within the course include:

• What is RTI?
• RTI - Implementation and Scaffolding
• What is MTSS?
• RTI & MTSS – What is the Difference?
• RTI & MTSS - Putting it Together

Who Should Enroll in the Response to Intervention (RTI) / Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) Course?

Response to Intervention (RTI) / Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) is designed for Early Childhood Special Education teachers and Transitional Kindergarten -14 Special Educators.

What Educators Who Took the  Response to Intervention (RTI) / Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) Course Say

“Excellent class. I have such a clear understanding of the topic and content, and the assignments were useful projects that I can use in my professional practice.”
– Educator, New Jersey

“This course was very informative and will enhance my teaching skills with my students, coworkers, and parents. The modules that I was assigned to do were helpful and challenged me to dive deep in order to establishing a full understanding of RTI and MTSS.”
– Educator, Pennsylvania

NOTE: Required book must be acquired separately.

This course is applicable towards the Exceptional Children Certificate.