Tier 3 Social-Emotional Support
Intensive, individualized interventions for students with significant social-emotional and mental health needs who have not responded adequately to Tier 1 and Tier 2 supports. These interventions involve comprehensive assessment, specialized therapeutic approaches, crisis intervention, and coordination with community mental health providers to address complex social-emotional challenges.
Key Components
- •Comprehensive mental health assessment
- •Individualized therapeutic interventions
- •Crisis prevention and intervention
- •Community mental health coordination
- •Family therapy and support
Implementation Strategies
- •Multidisciplinary team approach
- •Trauma-informed care practices
- •Individualized safety planning
- •Therapeutic environment modifications
- •School-community-family partnerships
Assessment Tools
- •Clinical diagnostic assessments
- •Functional behavioral assessment
- •Trauma screening tools
- •Risk assessment protocols
- •Quality of life measures
Evidence-Based Practices
Elementary
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
- Child-Parent Psychotherapy
- Play therapy with trauma focus
- Individualized emotional regulation coaching
Middle School
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills adaptation
- Trauma Systems Therapy
- Intensive social skills intervention
- Wraparound with therapeutic mentoring
High School
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for depression and anxiety
- Interpersonal Therapy for adolescents
- Substance abuse intervention with mental health focus
- Transition planning with therapeutic support