The SOPAA model is described in a forthcoming book that should be available, along with this completed website, in May 2012.

The title of the forthcoming book is: Enhancing Instructional Problem Solving: An Efficient System for Assisting Struggling Learners.

A brief description of the book is as follows:

This practical guidebook describes a flexible and resource-efficient model of academic support that can be successfully used in elementary schools with varying strengths, weaknesses, resources, and organizational structures. Designed to align with, and build on, a school's existing practices, the model can be implemented incrementally by various specialized educators, such as school principals, school psychologists, special education teachers, Title I teachers, and reading specialists.

The model can also be implemented to support schools that currently use or do not use a structured problem-solving model, such as Response to Intervention (RTI). For schools that strive to assist all struggling learners more effectively and efficiently, the well-aligned procedures and reproducible materials described in this book offer a clear roadmap for an educator or small group of educators to improve students' reading, math, or writing skills. Furthermore, tables listing dozens of evidence-based interventions in reading, math, and written language help schools explore and select interventions that suit their unique needs.

For additional information about this book and the SOPAA model, please click here to contact the lead author of the book, Dr. John Begeny.