# Response to Intervention: Conceptual Foundations for the Early Childhood Field

### At-a-glance

##### Topics
Behavior, Early intervention, Positive behavior supports, Social-emotional development

##### Resource Types
Excerpts

##### Author
Virginia Buysse, Ph.D., & Ellen S. Peisner-Feinberg, Ph.D.

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This introductory chapter explains the Response to Intervention approach to using assessment in instructional decision making. Read the excerpt to learn about the approach’s origins, its defining features, evidence for its efficiency, and more.

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