Routines-Based
Model is the most frequently named model in states’ improvement strategies
Using 2013 data, the ECTA Center identified “routines-based
intervention” as the most frequently named model. Although this might have
included other models, such as Family-Guided Routines-Based Intervention, it is
also likely it referred to the Routines-Based Model, which is often erroneously
called the RBI model. In the Routines-Based Model, the RBI is actually the
Routines-Based Interview, only one of 17 components of the model. These data
were reported in the Part C State
Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report 2015 Indicator Analyses (U.S.
Department of Education, 2015).
States wishing to pursue the Routines-Based Model as an
improvement strategy should contact theramgroup0@gmail.com.
Many levels of technical assistance are available, from presentations, through
implementation planning, to ongoing coaching and technical assistance. One
hundred certified RBI trainers are available to help, as well as experts on
other components of the model. Currently, I personally am doing much of the
consulting.
The model addresses three broad areas of service delivery:
assessment and intervention planning, providing supports to children primarily
through their families and teachers, and running classroom programs. Assessment
and intervention planning include[1]
the RBI, ecomaps, and participation-based and family outcomes/goals. Support
provision includes the primary service provider approach or integrated therapy,
family consultation (akin to coaching), and collaborative consultation to child
care. Classroom management includes a focus on child engagement, systems change
to fix the “hours and places” problem, and incidental teaching. See more at www.ramgroup.info and www.mcwilliamconsulting.com.
