Supporting Students with Intensive Support

At WSA our MTSS Model integrates assessment and intervention with a multi-level prevention system to maximize student achievement and reduce behavior problems. During weekly PLC meetings (as a monitoring component of our MTSS Model) WSA uses data to identify students for acceleration or those at risk for poor learning outcomes. MTSS allows WSA to monitor student progress through programs, provide evidence-based interventions and adjust the intensity and nature of those interventions depending on a student's responsiveness. MTSS will also be used to support and identify students with learning disabilities as a primary component of Child Study.

Specifically pertaining to supporting students with intensive support, WSA will engage in a problem solving approach that clearly outlines individual tasks and objectives from which to provide intensive support to students academically or behaviorally. Instructional supports may include small group instruction, one-on-one instruction, explicit instruction, multisensory learning, and technology/computer-based interventions as examples. Any intensive support would include increased (or intensified) progress monitoring through the use of curriculum based assessments (either teacher created or embedded within the use of evidence-based programs; Edmark, Wilson Language, Direct Instruction, OG). All support would be aligned with the goals and objectives of the individual student IEP and may result in scheduling additional IEP Team meetings for progress reporting - as approved by the IEP Team.