I. Prevention Science in Schools

2. Prevention as a Public Education Value

3. The Importance of Details

4. Risk Factors and Student Success

5. What to Teach: Standards, Skills, or Both?

II. The Importance of Collaboration and Teams

6. The Essential Role of Teams in Supporting All Students

7. The Logistics of Setting Up and Running Effective Teams

8. Effective Team Processing: Using Data and a Problem-Solving Approach

9. Beyond Academics and Behavior: Schoolwide Supports for Student Attendance and Engagement

III. Making Change Happen

10. The Science of Change

11. Exploration, Adoption, and Installation

12. Implementation

13. Innovation and Sustainability

IV. Effective Instruction within an iMTSS

14. Schedules

15. What Is Effective Instruction?

16. The Instructional Hierarchy

17. Effective Instruction for Students Who Are English Learners

18. Treatment Fidelity

19. Online Learning within an iMTSS

V. iMTSS Organizational Structure

20. Critical Mass: Why Tier 1 Core Instruction Matters

21. Universal Screening

22. Problem Solving

23. Progress Monitoring

24. Understanding Student Data

VI. Connecting an iMTSS with Other Supports

25. The Importance of Catch-Up Growth

26. Supplement, Not Supplant: Making Tier 2 Work

27. What Is Tier 3?

28. Recognition and Support for Disabilities: Section 504 Plans and Special Education

29. Education for All

30. Case Example: Building Tiered Supports

Glossary of Important iMTSS Terms

References

Index