Description
Preface
1. Introduction: Simplifying MTSS
I. Foundations of MTSS
2. Whats in a Name?: An Overview of MTSS
3. Layered Cake: The Tiers of Support
4. Taking the Reins: Data and Teams
II. Simplifying MTSS
5. Acknowledge That Change Is Hard
6. Build the Need for Change
7. Think Systems, Not Individuals
8. Get a Spark Going
9. Ask the Right Questions
Epilogue: Steady Improvement
Index
Jason Harlacher, PhD, is a Senior Researcher at American Institutes for Research, where he is Director of the Center on Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS), Co-Director of the Wyoming MTSS Center, and a technical assistance provider for the National Center on Intensive Intervention. Dr. Harlacher has expertise in classroom management, data-based decision making, intensive intervention, positive behavioral interventions and supports, and social and emotional learning. Since the early 2000s, he has teamed directly with educators, school leaders, and district directors to implement MTSS in a practical and manageable way. Dr. Harlacher has worked as a school psychologist, district-level coach, adjunct professor, and state-level consultant. He is an award-winning author of several books.