Drawing a connection between academic performance and behavior functioning, Shores, an educational consultant and former special education teacher, explains how K-12 educators can apply response to intervention (RTI) methods to behavioral issues and related academic achievement to help make all students successful learners. She outlines the background and research on RTI, the academic and behavior models and how they can be integrated into one model, formats for its use, its essential components, tiers for general education, at-risk, and special education students, and district and school-level implementation. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)