The School Counselor’s Guide to Multi-Tiered Systems of Support

The School Counselor’s Guide to Multi-Tiered Systems of Support is the first book to provide school counseling practitioners, students, and faculty with information and resources regarding the alignment and implementation of Comprehensive School Counseling Programs (CSCPs) such as the ASCA National Model and Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS). This innovative text provides a strong theoretical and research base, as well as practical examples from the field, case studies, and relevant hands-on resources and tools to assist school counselors in comprehending, facilitating, and strengthening the implementation of CSCPs, particularly through MTSS alignment. Furthermore, chapters include pertinent information from the CACREP standards and the ASCA National Model. This book is an essential resource for pre-service and practicing school counselors, as well as their leaders, supervisors, and faculty looking to better understand and utilize the overlap between CSCPs and MTSS, to strengthen school counseling programs to better serve students, schools, and communities.

Table of Contents:
List of Figures List of Tables About the Editors List of Contributors Preface CACREP Standards Addressed by Chapter Acknowledgments 1. Multi-Tiered Systems of Support: The What, Why, and How for School Counselors 2. Integrating School Counseling and MTSS 3. Tier 1: Creating Strong Universal Systems of Support and Facilitating Systemic Change 4. Tier 1: School Counseling Core Curriculum and Classroom Management for Every Student 5. Tier 2: Providing Supports for Students with Elevated Needs 6. Tier 3: Specialized Services for Students with Intensive Needs 7. Universal Screening to Support MTSS 8. School Counselors Consulting and Collaborating Within MTSS 9. Using Data in MTSS to Demonstrate How School Counselors Make a Difference 10. Evidence-Based Practices Across MTSS 11. Culturally Responsive MTSS: Advocating for Equity for Every Student 12. Voices from the Field Concluding Thoughts

About the Author :
Emily Goodman-Scott, PhD, LPC, NCC, NCSC, ACS, is an Associate Professor, School Counseling Coordinator, and Graduate Program Director in counselor education at Old Dominion University, Virginia. She lives in Norfolk, VA with her family. Jennifer Betters-Bubon, PhD, LPC, is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator in counselor education at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She lives in Stoughton, WI with her family. Peg Donohue, PhD, is an Assistant Professor and School Counseling Coordinator at Central Connecticut State University. She lives in Old Saybrook, CT with her family.

Review :
All reviewers took issue on original title (School Counselors’ Guide to Innovation Through Multi-Tiered Systems of Support). I’m not loving the revised one and am happy to take suggestions. "I highly recommend this book for publication. Get it out soon, please! I will be back to teaching core school counseling course in the next academic year and would love to incorporate it for my own and my students’ use. As indicated earlier, it is unique, timely and organized with careful thought to the intended audiences. I anticipate that my future students will also make considerable use of the text once they are in the field too." Emily Mason, Associate Professor, Counseling and Special Education, DePaul University, USA "It is a great idea and original from that approach. It needs tight outlines to make sure there isn’t too much overlap and redundancy from author to author." Carol Dahir, Professor and Chair, Department of School Counseling, New York Institute of Technology, USA "I think this book would be useful. When working with schools I consistently refer to the MTSS as the way to organize interventions. It seems surprising to me that a book detailing this approach has not been written earlier. This fills a gap in the training literature." Brett Zyromski, Assistant Professor, The College of Education and Human Ecology: Counselor Education, The Ohio State University, USA