Intensive instruction was recently identified as a high-leverage practice in special education, and DBI is a research based approach to delivering intensive instruction across content areas (NCII, 2013). This course provides learners with an opportunity to extend their understanding of intensive intervention through in-depth exposure to DBI in reading, complete with exemplars from actual classroom teachers.

NCII, through a collaboration with the University of Connecticut and the National Center on Leadership in Intensive Intervention and with support from the CEEDAR Center, developed course content focused on enhancing educators’ skills in intensive reading intervention. The course includes six modules that can support faculty and professional development providers with instructing pre-service and in-service educators who are learning to implement intensive reading intervention through data-based individualization (DBI). The content in this course complements concepts covered in the Features of Explicit Instruction Course and so we suggest that users complete both courses.

Modules 1-7: Intensive Intervention in Reading

There are six modules in this course that include full video presentations and content. Module 2 was delivered in person to teachers during the pilot phase, but the content did not lend itself to an online format. Click the link for Module 2 below to view resources that are available to address the concepts covered in that module.

Module 1: Introduction to Intensive Intervention in Reading

Module 2: Essential Components of Reading

Module 3: Intervention Programs for Reading

Module 4: How Does Progress Monitoring and Instructional Decision Making Work Within Reading?

Module 5: Diagnostic and Mastery Assessment in Reading

Module 6: Qualitative Adaptations for Teaching Word Reading

Module 7: Qualitative Adaptations for Teaching Comprehension