ABSTRACT
Research supports the implementation of evidence-based universal, targeted, and intensive social-emotional-behavioral (SEB) instruction under a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS). An SEB MTSS team is composed of highly trained individuals tasked with school safety, student behavioral health, and emotional well-being of students in a school and community setting. The who, what, why, when, and how are described, as roles and responsibilities of administrators, school counselors, school psychologists, school nurses, school social workers, and specialists are outlined. The SEB MTSS database is discussed and structures, functions, master calendar, the team meeting schedule, and meeting responsibilities are described. The prevailing integrated SEB MTSS model, Healthy Minds, Safe Schools, is reviewed and offers insight on when to conduct universal SEB benchmark screenings; how to collect, store, and analyze the data; how to made data-based decisions through data-triangulation meetings; and helpful tools to assist teams in better knowing the students on campus. The LIQUID (Leadership, Implementation, Quality control, Universality, Implementation, Data-based decision making) Model is reviewed to support Social-Emotional-Behavioral MTSS.
