Effective School Interventions

First of all, let me just say that if you conduct academic or behavioral interventions with students, you will love the book Effective School Interventions, 2nd Ed.: Evidence-Based Strategies for Improving Student Outcomes by Natalie Rathvon (2008). This book is full of evidence based interventions for a variety of school related difficulties, including reading. It is a great resource for those working in schools using the RTI model. Specifically, I would recommend this book to teachers, interventionists, counselors, and psychologists.

In the "Interventions to Improve Reading Performance" section, there are 11 interventions described in detail, with step by step instructions. These instructions include ways to monitor student progress so you know if the intervention is effective. All of these reference their original sources, so if you appreciated reading the research that supports the intervention, you know where to look. The book also goes into depth about Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) in reading. I highly recommend this book as a resource. It is where I found my most consistently effective intervention strategies this past year.