Full Description
Ready your school counseling program for the kids who need it the most!
For many students, elementary school is a time of tough transitions. When a student struggles in class, has difficulty making friends, experiences a life-changing event or crisis, or faces other challenges, your support is essential. Finding the right intervention for each identified student can be the key to that child's future success.
In this companion book to The Use of Data in School Counseling and Hatching Results for Elementary School Counseling, Trish Hatch, Ashley Kruger, Nicole Pablo and Whitney Triplett offer a systematic, evidence-based approach to creating and implementing high-quality interventions within a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS). This hands-on guide features:
• Thorough exploration and explanation of Tier 2 and Tier 3 activities
• Guidelines for progress monitoring and collaboration with teachers and family
• Templates for developing lesson plans and action plans
• Web-based resources, including downloadable templates and a discussion guide
• Personal stories and vignettes from practicing school counselors and teachers of the year
Every student deserves a quality education in a positive, healthy, safe environment. When you provide targeted, data-driven interventions for students in need, you make that possible for them—and improve school life for their classmates and teachers as well.
Contents
Foreword by Carey Dimmitt
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
Chapter 1. Multi-Tiered, Multi-Domain System of Supports: A Framework for Tier 2
An Introduction to MTSS in Education
Connecting MTSS to School Counseling Domains: MTMDSS
Multi-Tiered, Multi-Domain System of Supports (MTMDSS)
MTMDSS Alignment to Text
MTMDSS Assessment
Chapter 2. Using Data to Drive Tier 2 Interventions
School Counselors and Data Proficiency
Tier 2 Intentional Interventions
Chapter 3. Determining the Appropriate Tier 2 Interventions
Direct Tier 2 Services
Indirect Tier 2 Services
Tier 2 Services Based on a Demographic Indicator
Disaggregating School Data and Closing the Gap
Chapter 4. Franchising Tier 2 Interventions
No More Random Acts of Intervention
Referral Forms
Menu of Services
Chapter 5. Planning for Small Groups
Types of Counseling Groups
Using Data to Determine Small Group Counseling Topics
Scheduling Groups
Preparing for Small Group Facilitation
Chapter 6. Selecting and Developing Small Group Curriculum
The Art and Science of Small Group Counseling Curriculum
Data-Driven Curriculum Decisions
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) and Small Group Counseling
Lesson Plans
Lesson PowerPoint
Chapter 7. Facilitating Small Groups: What Works and What Doesn't
School Counselor Toolbox
Final Considerations
Chapter 8. Assessments and Progress Monitoring
Types of Data
Conceptual Diagram Revisited
Creating Pre-/Post-Assessments
How to Collect Pre-/Post-Assessment Data
Ongoing Assessments: Progress Monitoring for Small Groups
Chapter 9. Tier 3 Intensive Interventions
Tier 3
Types of Tier 3 Interventions
Types of Direct Tier 3 Interventions
Types of Indirect Tier 3 Interventions
Chapter 10. Other Tier 2 and 3 Evaluations and Sharing Results
Collecting Outcome Data
Why Report Results?
Analyzing Data for Effectiveness
Evaluating the Intervention
Sharing Results
Appendix A
Appendix B
References
Index
