Request for Assistance

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