Use DBI When Progress Stalls
Apply the DBI loop to adapt an intervention when progress-monitoring data show inadequate response
Progress stalled Tasha's trend line is flat after 9 weeks of a validated decoding intervention. Without a diagnostic step, the team may keep repeating an intervention that is not intense enough for her need. DBI loop Validate -> monitor -> diagnose -> adapt -> monitor DBI makes intensification explicit so teams know what changed and whether it worked. More time Continue without a hypothesis. The team learns from the adaptation instead of guessing. Intensification is a testable change to instruction, not an expression of concern. 01 Fidelity 02 Diagnosis 03 Adapt Before changing The intervention log has attendance but not…
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