Tier 2 / 3 Identification

Planning For Intervention – What’s Your Projected Capacity? 

Early intervention is the goal for all students. Tier 1 Universal practices will be enough support for approximately 80% of the students in your school. This is the most efficient system of support, requiring minimal adult resources per student. 

Tier 2 interventions are designed to proactively identify students at risk for developing problem behavior, or just beginning to exhibit problem behavior. When student identification is done effectively, you can estimate serving 10 – 15% of your student population over the course of the year in Tier 2 Interventions. Tier 2 Interventions require more adult involvement for fewer students, yet efficiently produce effective results when interventions are delivered with fidelity. 

Students who are already exhibiting chronic problem behavior may require Tier 3 Intervention. If Tier 1 and Tier 2 are being implemented in the school setting with fidelity, your school may need to provide Tier 3 Interventions for approximately 1 -5% of students. Tier 3 requires the highest staff to student ratio, and can be a very labor-intensive process.

How do the percentages reflect the projected needs in your building? 

Resource: Site Capacity for Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3

Nominations

An effective identification system will include a process that allows teachers, parents and/or students themselves to submit candidate names to be considered for Tier 2 supports. The following considerations will help teams as they make decisions to develop a nomination process or to revise an existing procedure.

• Designed for quick response; supports for classroom teacher and/or rapid access to intervention for student. 

• Short and simple, requires less than 10 min to complete. 

• Typically, a teacher makes the nomination but referrals can also come from parents, or the student.  

• Staff is trained to consider and nominate students with internalizing and/or externalizing characteristics. 

• Staff, students, and/or parents can make a nomination any time there is a concern. 

A staff nomination process is scheduled at designated points across the school year (e.g., near the end of the first grade reporting period) during which teachers are provided with a description of risk characteristics and asked to review a list of students in their class. Names of students who meet risk criteria are submitted. 

Resource: Sample Tier 2 Referral Rules

Resource: Staff Request for Assistance Example

Resource: Parent Request for Assistance Example

Resource: Student Request for Assistance Example

Resource: Student Request for Assistance Example - Elementary

Resource: Tier 2 Student Record Review Form Example

Resource: Sample Decision Criteria

Universal Screeners

Screening is conducted to identify or predict students who may be at risk for poor learning outcomes. Universal screening assessments are typically brief, conducted with all students at a grade level, and followed by additional testing or short-term progress monitoring to corroborate students’ risk status. 

Resource: How to use SAEBRS

Resource: SAEBRS Google Sheets Worksheet

Resource: SAEBRS Teacher Rating Scale

Documenting an Intervention In Aeries

All Tier II and Tier III interventions need to be documented in Aeries.

Resource: Intervention Screen