Response to Intervention (RTI) and Multi-tiered Systems of Supports (MTSS) are sound programs to support the needs of all students. But staff tasked with implementing these programs can stumble when the IDEA comes into play. This webinar will equip staff with the knowledge and skills needed to serve struggling students using RTI/MTSS interventions while remaining compliant with your district’s legal obligations.
Attorney Pamela Leist will explain IDEA requirements that intersect with RTI/MTSS processes — including child find, evaluations, and the provision of FAPE — teaching staff to identify potential compliance trouble spots and to address situations appropriately.
Along with learning how to ensure that tiered interventions coordinate with efforts to meet special education needs, staff will gain proven practices to:
Pamela A. Leist, Esq., is a shareholder with the law firm of Ennis Britton. She is a member of the Special Education, Career Technical and Workers’ Compensation Practice Teams, and she assists clients with a variety of education law issues including special education, student discipline, labor and employment law, negotiations, board policy review and development, and legislative review. She has represented boards of education before state and federal courts and multiple state and federal administrative agencies including the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, the State Personnel Board of Review, the State Employment Relations Board, and the Ohio Department of Education. She is a registered lobbyist in the state of Ohio.