The article that I chose to share with classmates is on "Response to Intervention" and it states the following:

The purpose of the Research Support for Response to Intervention section is to present a summary of the nature and extent of published research conducted on Response to Intervention (RTI) to assist the reader in making informed judgments about the evidence base for RTI. To that end, we have identified studies examining the efficacy of RTI programs as well as research focusing on typical components used in the RTI process.

Although essential components of RTI programs are presented and described in more detail in the Include Essential Components section, we present them here to establish the parameters of our review. These components include: a) Universal screening for all students to determine their status against academic and social benchmarks; b) Scientifically based instruction for all students (Tier 1); c) Secondary prevention interventions (Tier 2) for students not responding adequately to Tier 1 instruction; d) Monitoring student progress, and e) Tertiary prevention instruction (Tier 3) for students making insufficient progress in response to Tier 2 instruction.

Based on our analysis of existing research and the component analysis above, we have broken our review, and thus this section, into several articles. These articles will include reviews of the following:

1. Field studies of RTI programs/models;
2. Procedures for selecting scientifically based instruction/curricula used in Tier 1;
3. Studies of the technical adequacy of universal screening measures used in Tier 1;
4. Studies of secondary and tertiary interventions within the context of an RTI framework;
5. Studies of the technical adequacy of progress-monitoring procedures used across tiers, and
6. Studies of the methods for identifying those who have not achieved the desired results in response to the interventions used at the different tiers.

www.rtinetwork.org/learn/research/researchreview

 The field of early childhood field is so broad, however, the topic that interests me is on “Response to Intervention in Early Childhood”. I am employed at an education service center in Texas as a Child Find Educator (for the past two months, previously I was the secretary for the Early Childhood Intervention Program for 20 years). We work with babies, birth to three years of age who have developmental delays or a medical diagnosis by going to their homes and providing services in their environmental setting. As the Child Find Educator, I will be providing services to all children between the ages of birth to 21 years of age. I know that research will play a very important role in my position now with the knowledge gained through this class and my classmates I hope to make a difference in the life of these children.  I have found that using the NAEYC website helps me enormously in researching information for this topic.  Are there any other resources you might think that is also credible and will help me in finding more information on my chosen topic?  Any information will be helpful and appreciated.