SFBT Within the Tier 3 Framework

Rounding out the Response-to-Intervention framework, Chapter 6 focused on how school social workers assist students who may need more intensive individual support. Many school social workers are expected to serve students who require the most intensive level of intervention; indeed, for many school social workers, this work is the basis of most of their day-to-day practice. This work is often identified as involving interventions at Tier 3 (Indicated), as part of the 3-tier MTSS (Multi-tiered Systems of Supports) framework, one of the most well-known intervention frameworks active in American schools today. This chapter features case examples of “SFBT in Action” within Tier 3.