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About the Student Support Process
About the Student Support Process
The Student Support Process (SSP) is a problem-solving process that helps to ensure that all students receive the support they need to succeed. While many use the SSP to refer students to Special Education, MTSS suggests schools team up earlier to offer the appropriate intervention that matches the need of the student. When this occurs, evidence has been gathered to either validate the Special Education referral or to show the school that a Tier 1 or Tier 2 intervention is what a student needs to thrive.
Keep scrolling to learn about the different SSP Tiered Teams your site should establish to support MTSS. Remember that team membership is neither exclusive nor isolatative. For example, a school psychologist or a counselor may play a role in more than one team. These teams exist to bring faculty and staff together to best serve their students.
SSP TEAMING
SSP TEAMING
A structure to support the implementation of the SSP is crucial. Additionally, developing tiered teams that function within this structure to address the unique challenges of each school.
Participation in the Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI) is one way a school can evaluate the strength of their existing teams and help determine, if any, areas of improvement. For more information regarding the TFI or to schedule one for your campus, please contact the SBBH DES or SBBH Program Specialist.
Tier 1: School-Wide Systems
Tier 1: School-Wide Systems
Universal Leadership Team
Installing the infrastructure
Identify Beliefs
Classroom Management Planning
Analyzing school-wide data
Academic and behavior data
Share data with faculty
Problem-solving system issues
What does the data say about the focus for behavior as an entire school?
What school wide interventions are necessary? SEL? Community Building?
Reinforcing good behavior
Evaluation
Continuous improvement
Monitor
Identify students who may need targeted supports
Tier 2: Targeted Groups of Students
Tier 2: Targeted Groups of Students
Targeted Systems Team
Intervention Matching
Identify students using Tier 1 data
Create small groups to serve needs determined by data analysis (social skills, self-regulation, etc)
Match students to interventions using SIM
School Counselor Support Plan
Brief Counseling
Acute counseling or crisis support
Reinforcement
Support SEL in the classroom
Reinforce use of restorative practices
Maintain student access to Tier 1 supports
Monitor
Identify students who may need individualized supports
Tier 3: Individualized, Intensive Supports
Tier 3: Individualized, Intensive Supports
Intensive Systems Team
Problem-Solving & Progress Monitoring
Identify students using Tier 2 data
Monitor and work with the few students who may need intensive supports
SBBH Support Plan
Ensure Access to Tier 1 & 2
Maintains student access to all Tier 1 and Tier 2 services offered by the district, school, and classroom.
Individualized Practice
Provides student access to individualized support to learn and practice skills needed for school success
SSP Team Membership
SSP Team Membership
Administrators
School Counselors
Student Support Personnel (student service coordinator, curriculum coordinator, etc.)
School-based Behavioral Health personnel
General Ed. and SPED teachers
Others (family, student, support staff, bus driver, coach, community partners, etc.)
Student Support Process Team Practices
Student Support Process Team Practices
Hold regularly-scheduled meetings with norms and agendas
Invest in shared leadership
Use a systematic, problem solving process
Identify gaps in school processes in need of improvement
Use data-based decision making
Monitor progress toward goals
Implement evidence-based instruction and intervention
CLICK on the respective STAGES below to access a brief description of each stage this process is key at all tiers. Tier 1 would look at school wide data, Tier 2 would look at data after brief interventions, Tier 3 data would take into consideration the impact counseling may have on a student. At all times, students should be able to receive support at all tiers.
CLICK on the respective STAGES below to access a brief description of each stage this process is key at all tiers. Tier 1 would look at school wide data, Tier 2 would look at data after brief interventions, Tier 3 data would take into consideration the impact counseling may have on a student. At all times, students should be able to receive support at all tiers.
The SSP broken down in a step by step flowchart to provide teams a basic overview of the process. While this flowchart may not capture everything these is to consider when participating in data-based decision making, it provides a foundational starting point to build your teams process and procedures from. Click here to access the SSP Flowchart
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