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What is Intervention?
Intervention refers to efforts by school personnel to study and creatively problem solve educational issues that place a student at-risk. Using a team approach that encourages parental involvement, school personnel carefully consider the needs of students who are at-risk for learning, behavior, and health problems and implement strategies to address areas of concern. Intervention is a process whereby action plans are revisited and modified. A successful intervention action plan, developed and shaped over time, can be a powerful method to support an at-risk student.
What are Intervention and Referral Services?
Intervention and Referral Services (I&RS) are the primary way in which general education teachers or specialists can assist a student who is at risk for school problems within the general education environment. I&RS programs are not intended to replace traditional methods or resources for helping students to function effectively in school. Rather, they exist to focus on particular student needs using available resources within the general educational environment.The purposes of the I&RS are: to identify students in need and then plan and provide appropriate interventions for those students within the general education setting; to identify the responsibilities of building staff who participate in the planning and provision of intervention and referral services; to actively involve parents/guardians in the development and implementation of I&RS plans; to review and assess the effectiveness of the services provided in achieving the outcomes identified in the intervention and referral plan; to provide professional development to general education staff members who either refer students to I&RS or who assist in providing the intervention and referral services; and to coordinate the services of community-based social and health agencies.
Below is a comparison of three building-based multidisciplinary teams. Since the following programs are the primary school-based, multidisciplinary problem-solving and decision-making mechanisms, which address regulated functions in New Jersey schools, it is informative to identify further distinctions among them.
What is the Intervention and Referral Services Process?
The Intervention and Referral Services process is a collaborative school effort between district personnel and parents to intervene when a student has been identified with concerns related to learning, behavior and/or health in the general education setting. The team collects and evaluates relevant data in order to identify specific barriers to student performance. Once these barriers have been determined, individualized interventions are identified and implemented through an action plan in order to address areas of concern.
Steps in the I&RS process are:
Request for Assistance
Information Collection
Parent Notification and Participation
Problem Solving
Development of I&RS Action Plan
Support, Monitoring, and Continuation of Process
Problem Resolved, Revisiting the Plan, or Referral
Comparison of Multidisciplinary Teams:
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