Effective School Interventions, Second Edition: Evidence-Based Strategies for Improving Student Outcomes [Hardcover]

Natalie Rathvon PhD (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 14, 2008 | ISBN-10: 1572309679 | ISBN-13: 978-1572309678 | Edition: Second Edition

This highly practical resource and text presents 70 interventions that have been demonstrated to improve the classroom learning environment, academic achievement, and student behavior and social competence. Each intervention is presented in a brief, standardized format with step-by-step procedures that can easily be implemented by Pre-K-12 teachers and other school-based professionals. The volume includes best-practice guidelines for designing, implementing, and evaluating evidence-based school interventions, as well as strategies for combining multiple interventions to create a comprehensive program at the individual, class, or schoolwide level. 

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Editorial Reviews

Review

"I have recommended Rathvon's book so many times, I stopped counting. This is a 'must-have' resource for school psychologists, teachers, and administrators for building your RTI toolkit. Rathvon helps us to navigate through successful evidence-based interventions in a very user-friendly format. This book is invaluable in offering research-supported, successful interventions while saving time (due to the easy-to-understand academic and behavioral interventions and step-by-step directions for implementation) and money (cost effective with 70 interventions provided). This is a highly valuable and very rare find as a school resource."--Paula Freer, PhD, President-Elect, Student Support Team Association for Georgia Educators

"This second edition is an essential book for professionals working with school-age children or consultants assisting classroom teachers. The empirical citations provided for each intervention will assist school personnel in the identification of RTI-compatible interventions. In addition, I highly recommend this text as a learning tool for graduate students in school psychology, special education, teacher education, and educational administration programs."--Merilee McCurdy, PhD, School Psychology Program, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

"Covering a broad range of important topics, including classroom management, classwide peer tutoring, vocabulary instruction, and comprehension, Rathvon uses a 'solid science' perspective to identify strategies that make a difference. This text is an invaluable resource for graduate students who are learning that, indeed, some interventions work much better than others to produce meaningful student outcomes. In addition, readers with little background in scientifically based academic and behavior interventions will find this book to be an excellent starting point."--Mark R. Shinn, PhD, Educational Psychology Program, National-Louis University

"Thorough, descriptive and well-written text. I have already recommended this book to the clinicians on our school consultation team and to the Education students I teach, and it is already well used."--Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

(Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry )

About the Author

Natalie Rathvon, PhD, is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology at The George Washington University. A former teacher, guidance director, special education coordinator, and counselor educator, she provides consultation and professional development to schools and agencies in the areas of assessment and accountability, reading, problem-solving teams, and school-based interventions. She has been a trainer for Reading First, trainer and peer reviewer for Early Reading First, and member of the U.S. Department of Education technical workgroup reviewing Even Start state accountability systems. Dr. Rathvon is a member of the board of directors of SchoolTalk, Inc., a nonprofit corporation in the District of Columbia that develops models and provides training for dispute resolution and home-school collaboration in special education service delivery. She is the author of the first edition of Effective School Interventions, subtitled Strategies for Enhancing Academic Achievement and Social Competence; Early Reading Assessment: A Practitioner's Handbook; and The Unmotivated Child: Helping Your Underachiever Become a Successful Student.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 460 pages
• Publisher: The Guilford Press; Second Edition edition (August 14, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572309679
• ISBN-13: 978-1572309678
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.3 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #93,715 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Effective School interventions, December 21, 2008

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A. Flanagan "readingguru" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Effective School Interventions, Second Edition: Evidence-Based Strategies for Improving Student Outcomes (Hardcover)

This book is an excellent tool for assisting general education teachers who are beginning the RTI process or just want some assistance with some students in their classes. It has great academic and behavior strats. They are easy to implement and document for progress monitoring purposes.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Evidence-Based School Intervetions, March 20, 2010

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R. Goetting "School Psychologist" (Omaha, NE) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Effective School Interventions, Second Edition: Evidence-Based Strategies for Improving Student Outcomes (Hardcover)

One of the best evidence-based school interventions book that I have read. Interventions are layed out step by step each with guidelines on how to monitor progress for the intervention. Many interventions are group interventions, but many can be adapted to individual students. This book is a must have for any individual/school wanting to have a resource on hand to help them implement evidence-based interventions as part of the RTI process.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A core and seminal addition to professional and academic library Educational Studies & Practices reference collections, November 9, 2008

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Effective School Interventions, Second Edition: Evidence-Based Strategies for Improving Student Outcomes (Hardcover)

No one contests the premise that education is the bedrock upon which the economic future of the American nation is founded. What varies among contesting views on education are what strategies and approaches are best to maximize student academic performance. Now in an newly expanded and updated second edition, "Effective School Interventions: Evidence-Based Strategies For Improving Student Outcomes" by Natalie Rathvon (Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology at The George Washington University) is a comprehensive and scholarly study organized into two major sections: 'The Intervention Assistance Approach To Improving Student Outcomes' and 'Evidence-Based School Interventions'. This new edition has been expanded to include new features and resources including additional guidance on legal issues and ethics for practitioners who are part of team-based intervention assistance programs; a 'cross-reference box' to help readers locate strategies in other sections or chapters with similar components but different targets; 'Special topics sections' highlighting key concepts, critical issues, and best practices; an an appendix for each of the four intervention chapters helping readers in quickly locating appropriate strategies and comparing strategies within the same domains. Exhaustive, comprehensive, superbly organized and presented, this new edition of "Effective School Interventions" is a core and seminal addition to professional and academic library Educational Studies & Practices reference collections and reading lists.