Personal Excellence - Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Behavior (MTSS-B) / Interconnected Systems Framework
Personal Excellence
Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Behavior (MTSS-B) / Interconnected Systems Framework
RATIONALE:
Bismarck Public Schools believes supporting social and emotional needs through a tiered systems framework is foundational to learning.
DEFINITION:
An Interconnected Systems Framework (ISF) serves to integrate School Mental Health and Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports through the blending of resources, training, systems, data, and practices (Multi-Tiered System of Supports). There is an emphasis on prevention, early identification, and intervention of the social, emotional, and behavioral needs of students. Family and community partnerships are critical to this framework.
GOAL:
All learners are supported through a continuum of evidence-based practices that promote behavioral and mental health.
OBJECTIVES:
Establish and monitor a continuum of evidence-based interventions at all MTSS levels that results in early identification and intervention
implementation using data-based decision making.
Increase efficiency and effectiveness of Student Support Services (School Counselors, School Psychologists, and School Social Workers).
Provide professional development to meet the social and emotional needs of all staff and students.
Engage community collaborators in supporting schools in the promotion of behavioral and mental health for all learners.
