Tier 3
Systems to Support Individualized Plans
What is Tier 3?
What is Tier 3?
PBIS’ framework doesn’t just work with school-wide and targeted supports. It’s also an effective way to address sometimes dangerous, often highly disruptive behaviors creating barriers to learning and excluding students from social settings.
PBIS’ framework doesn’t just work with school-wide and targeted supports. It’s also an effective way to address sometimes dangerous, often highly disruptive behaviors creating barriers to learning and excluding students from social settings.
At most schools, there are 1-5% of students for whom Tier 1 and Tier 2 supports have not connected. At Tier 3, these students receive more intensive, individualized support to improve their behavioral and academic outcomes. Tier 3 strategies work for students with developmental disabilities, autism, emotional and behavioral disorders, and students with no diagnostic label at all.
At most schools, there are 1-5% of students for whom Tier 1 and Tier 2 supports have not connected. At Tier 3, these students receive more intensive, individualized support to improve their behavioral and academic outcomes. Tier 3 strategies work for students with developmental disabilities, autism, emotional and behavioral disorders, and students with no diagnostic label at all.
Individual Plans to Support a FEW (1-5%)
Core Tier 3 Features
Core Tier 3 Features
Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports - Behavior plans (T3BSP & BIP) are developed by a Unique Student Support Team and include:
Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports - Behavior plans (T3BSP & BIP) are developed by a Unique Student Support Team and include:
Prevention strategies
Prevention strategies
Teaching strategies
Teaching strategies
Reactive strategies for problem behaviors
Reactive strategies for problem behaviors
Specific rewards for desired behavior
Specific rewards for desired behavior
Safety elements, where needed
Safety elements, where needed
A systematic process for assessing fidelity and impact
A systematic process for assessing fidelity and impact
An action plan for putting the support plan in place
An action plan for putting the support plan in place
Restorative Justice - Restorative conferences provide the opportunity for those who caused harm, those harmed, and family/friends of both to:
Restorative Justice - Restorative conferences provide the opportunity for those who caused harm, those harmed, and family/friends of both to:
Share how an incident has affected them
Share how an incident has affected them
Express feelings
Express feelings
Ask questions
Ask questions
Develop empathy
Develop empathy
Develop an action plan to make things right
Develop an action plan to make things right
The purpose of the SWPBIS Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI) is to provide a valid, reliable, and efficient measure of the extent to which school personnel are applying the core features of school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports (SWPBIS). The TFI is divided into three sections: Tier 1) Universal SWPBIS Features; Tier 2) Targeted SWPBIS Features; and, Tier 3) Intensive SWPBIS Features) that can be used separately or in combination to assess the extent to which core features are in place.
The purpose of the SWPBIS Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI) is to provide a valid, reliable, and efficient measure of the extent to which school personnel are applying the core features of school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports (SWPBIS). The TFI is divided into three sections: Tier 1) Universal SWPBIS Features; Tier 2) Targeted SWPBIS Features; and, Tier 3) Intensive SWPBIS Features) that can be used separately or in combination to assess the extent to which core features are in place.
The TFI is completed by the Climate & Culture Team (typically 3-8 individuals including a building administrator and external coach or district coordinator), often with input from Tier 1, 2, and/or 3 teams if these are independent groups. It is strongly recommended that the TFI be completed with an external SWPBIS coach as facilitator. Validity research on the TFI shows that school teams are more accurate when an external coach facilitates TFI completion.
The TFI is completed by the Climate & Culture Team (typically 3-8 individuals including a building administrator and external coach or district coordinator), often with input from Tier 1, 2, and/or 3 teams if these are independent groups. It is strongly recommended that the TFI be completed with an external SWPBIS coach as facilitator. Validity research on the TFI shows that school teams are more accurate when an external coach facilitates TFI completion.
The TFI is intended to guide both initial implementation and sustained use of SWPBIS. Each administration of the TFI results not only scales scores for Tier 1, Tier 2, and/or Tier 3, but also information for developing an implementation action plan.
The TFI is intended to guide both initial implementation and sustained use of SWPBIS. Each administration of the TFI results not only scales scores for Tier 1, Tier 2, and/or Tier 3, but also information for developing an implementation action plan.
The Tier 3 portion of the TFI contains 17 elements organized into the following four categories:
The Tier 3 portion of the TFI contains 17 elements organized into the following four categories:
TEAMS
TEAMS
TFI 3.1 - Team Composition
TFI 3.1 - Team Composition
TFI 3.2 - Operating Procedures
TFI 3.2 - Operating Procedures
TFI 3.3 - Screening
TFI 3.3 - Screening
TFI 3.4 - Student Support Team
TFI 3.4 - Student Support Team
RESOURCES
RESOURCES
TFI 3.5 - Staffing
TFI 3.5 - Staffing
TFI 3.6 - Student/Family/Community Involvement
TFI 3.6 - Student/Family/Community Involvement
TFI 3.7- Professional Development
TFI 3.7- Professional Development
Tier 3 of the Tiered Fidelity Inventory consists of 17 elements which will assist Teams in building systems to deliver high quality behavior support plans.
SUPPORT PLANS
SUPPORT PLANS
TFI 3.8 - Quality of Life Indicators
TFI 3.8 - Quality of Life Indicators
TFI 3.9 - Academic, Social, and Physical Indicators
TFI 3.9 - Academic, Social, and Physical Indicators
TFI 3.10 - Hypothesis Statement
TFI 3.10 - Hypothesis Statement
TFI 3.11 - Comprehensive Support
TFI 3.11 - Comprehensive Support
TFI 3.12 - Formal and Natural Supports
TFI 3.12 - Formal and Natural Supports
TFI 3.13 - Access to Tier 1 and Tier 2 Supports
TFI 3.13 - Access to Tier 1 and Tier 2 Supports
EVALUATION
EVALUATION
TFI 3.14 - Data Systems
TFI 3.14 - Data Systems
TFI 3.15 - Data-based Decision Making
TFI 3.15 - Data-based Decision Making
TFI 3.16 - Level of Use
TFI 3.16 - Level of Use
TFI 3.17 - Annual Evaluation
TFI 3.17 - Annual Evaluation
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SWSS Department: S. Johns, J. Patrick - 2020
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