Intervention, Remediation, And Accommodation

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Intervention, remediation, and accommodation are three very different things that are often confused. They are all helpful to students and in some cases make it much easier for a student to learn. All students are entitled to a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE). With this idea in mind, students need to also be entitled to be treated equally as well as with equity. Because all students are entitled to a FAPE, it is imperative that education institutions take measures to ensure that all students are accommodated to the fullest extent that they may need.
Bumgarner (2013) states that, “Remediation involves in-depth analysis of a child’s difficulties to determine what initially went wrong, then developing a plan to remedy the situation.” Remediation is re-teaching the same materials. It may help students who did not get it the first time it was taught but need another explanation. Remediation may involve extra time with teachers so the student may ask more in depth questions. Remediation is used when a student is usually at or above grade level and needs some help with a specific topic within the subject. They have the prior knowledge to understand but they may need it explained in a different way.
Intervention is usually used when thinking about Response to Intervention or RTI. “Response to Intervention (RTI) is a multi-Tier approach to the early identification and support of students with learning and behavior needs” (National Center for Learning Disabilities, 2015). Students who need intervention are below grade level, but intervention is intended to bring them back up to grade level and back on the track to continue learning without issue. Intervention is different than remediation because the students who n...

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...ects the practices of schooling” (p.11). If a PLC is not implemented in the proper way, it will not work like it should. With the proper understanding and implementation of a PLC, both students and teachers will benefit.
In all, students may need extra help and RTI comes in to work to achieve this goal. Students are all entitled to a FAPE and with this comes learning in the nest environment for each of them. With RTI, remediation, and other intervention strategies, it is quite easy to give each student what is a right and what they deserve. PLCs will help students and teachers in remediation strategies, intervention strategies, and deeper learning as long as they are implemented properly. Students and teachers must work together to find the right fit for all students and to find out how to properly help and ensure an equal and democratic education for all.

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