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Description:
This session explores SLPs’ active role within the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) framework and describes its alignment with related educational frameworks and concepts such as Response to Intervention (RtI), Common Core State Standards (CCSS), and Universal Design for Learning (UDL). The speaker shares how SLPs can balance their efforts to work with at-risk students within an MTSS framework with the obligation to meet the needs of students with identified disabilities. The presenter also describes how SLPs can consult and collaborate with other educators in addition to directly supporting students.
Learning Outcomes:
You will be able to:
Identify the key features of the MTSS framework and state three reasons why it is important for school-based SLPs to take an active role within this framework
Explain how MTSS relates to RtI, CCSS, and UDL
Describe how to approach collaboration with classroom teachers and list several specific activities that SLPs can bring into the classroom to support students in the areas of speech, language, and literacy