Tier 2, Targeted
The school team responsible for Tier 2 targeted interventions address students' social-emotional and behavioural learning through evidence-based supports which are delivered to small groups of students or individual students.
Tier 2 interventions are:
- continuously available
- accessible within 72 hours of referral
- aligned with school-wide expectations
- flexible and based on assessment
- function-based
- allocated adequate resources
- continuously monitor
Team membership includes:
- principal
- positive behaviour for learning (PBL) team representative/s
- learning and support teacher with behavioural and academic expertise
- school counsellor
- coach support
- teachers
Team responsibilities are to:
- connect with and build upon the essential features of Tier 1 Universal Supports
- connect with and build upon systems and practices of evidenced-based effective classroom practices
- establish team member roles and responsibilities, including identification of coordinators of the Tier 2 Targeted Group Interventions
- use effective team meeting processes
- develop procedures and data decision rules for early student identification
- provide behavioural assessment and match students function of behaviour to appropriate interventions and supports
- coordinate the Tier 2 classroom problem-solving process and Targeted Group Interventions
- coordinate and communicate with the team that coordinates Tier 3 Intensive Individualised supports
- use data to monitor and evaluate student progress and overall program effectiveness
- communicate to all staff and relevant stakeholders about interventions and responsibilities
Tier 2 Targeted interventions systems:
- build upon Tier 1 Universal Prevention systems
- match students to interventions
- monitor and review to decide whether to fade, maintain or intensify interventions
- communicate with staff and families
Tier 2 Targeted interventions practices can include:
- check-in check-out (CICO)
- social skills groups
- check and connect
- mentoring
- zones of regulation
- be you
- cool kids anxiety program