What is the purpose of the IDM/RTI process? Is it to prevent Special Education?
The purpose of the Instructional Decision Making/Response to Intervention (IDM/RTI) process is to help the team develop effective educational strategies as measured by results data. When effective strategies are determined, the team may decide that they can be delivered in the general education setting without additional supports, thereby avoiding the need for special education. Conversely, the team may, as a result of the Full and Individual Evaluation Process, determine that the delivery of the needed strategies requires a level of support that can only be accomplished by the provision of special education services. Either way, the purpose of the IDM/RTI remains the same.
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