Classworks supports each step of the DBI process helping you to ensure early and often that interventions and specially designed instruction are working for students.
According to The National Center on Intensive Intervention (NCII), DBI is a "research-based approach for individualizing and intensifying interventions through the use of assessment data, validated interventions, and adaptation strategies.”
Use Classworks to support each of the five steps:
1. Choose a validated program for intervention and Specially Designed Instruction
2. Use a valid and reliable Progress Monitoring tool to measure progress
3. Use diagnostic data to determine why students aren't responding to their interventions
4. Adapt the intervention based on your hypothesis
5. Continuously Progress Monitor to determine if the changes are effective
The DBI process begins with implementing validated intervention or specially designed instruction.
Step two of the process involves implementing a valid and reliable Progress Monitoring tool to report progress and guide instructional decision-making.
Step three of the DBI process involves using informal diagnostic data to develop a hypothesis about WHY the student is not responding.
Step four of the DBI process is to make a data-informed adaptation. If you've determined an intervention isn't working, consider changing the physical location where the student is working, frequency and duration of the intervention time, or the instructional approach. Consider NCII’s taxonomy of intensive interventions when determining possible changes.
The final step in the DBI process is to continue Progress Monitoring and analyzing the data to see if your adjustments are working. This is why making one adjustment at a time is best. It will be easier to determine what is having the impact on student performance.
