FIGURE 8.1 Why student interventions f Yes, you can successfully intervene with all kids, Your approach will be part of what the EP team specifies That may include accommodations, providing more and programs. But it is important to remember why a significant percentage of student interventions fail
-Bad timing: Many interventions start too late. Preschool and first grade are the best time to start.
-Excessive difficulty: Some interventions are too hard for teachers in a classroom to use. To work well, many programs require intensity (30 to 90 minutes at a time), interval training (three times or more per week), high daily feedback. motivational interest, constant monitoring, and personal relationships--and this is a lot to ask of a teacher with 25 kids in an inclusive classroom.
-Narrowness: Many interventions are not comprehensive enough to meet an the facets of the disability (e.g., social, family, emotional, cognitive, environment, nutrition, motor)
-oversimplification: Many interventions lack attention to fluency development, transfer, and maintenance (the brain does not transfer most learning to other domains).
-Lack of staying power: armers need time, don't programs early New tasks require the recruitment of new neurons, especially as children programs
-Misguided pedagogy: Without qualified and well-trained staff, even the best the may not be implemented the way their designers intended them to be way they were used in supportive research. Many programs have good track record in delivering potent enrichment. Network with other educators to find the ones that could fit the population you work with,
-over programming: Best research suggests that it is most effective to allow "fragile brain" learners to control task difficulty, work in small interactive of no more than six, use directed-response questioning that gives students a chance to learn while they think aloud, and always provide encouragement