Trauma-Sensitive Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (TS-MTSS) utilize the whole school environment to grow the well-being of children, adolescents, school staff, and caregivers. School settings include classrooms, corridors, offices, playground, dining hall, library, and other common rooms. MTSS also focuses on a child’s journey to school (e.g. school bus) as well as the child’s home environment.
Who is the course designed for
The course has been designed for educators/teachers, support staff, and paraprofessionals who deliver services directly or indirectly to children, adolescents, and teachers in the public, private, and international education sectors. Relevant professionals include teachers/educators, headteachers and administrators, school counselors, adjustment counselors, child-care staff, college counselors, education-related health professionals, educational psychologists, juvenile detention and prison educators, and social workers.
Organizations include private/independent, public, and international preschool, middle schools, elementary schools, high-schools, colleges, residential settings, juvenile detention centers, youth prisons, and children’s homes.
Course duration & pace of learning
✓ 12 hours / 3 lessons
✓ Self-paced learning
✓ Recommended over 12 weeks.
Course availability
✓ 12 months
Course certification
✓ Following course completion, click on the link to download your Certificate of Course Completion with the stated number of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours and minutes.
Course credits
✓ Completion of this course course provides 12 points towards the purchase of future courses.
Course objectives
Designed by iSTEP-GLOBAL experts, our Trauma-Sensitive Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (TS-MTSS) is uniquely based on research evidence underpinning each of the MTSS tiers, i.e. Tier 1 stabilization techniques in class and schools, (ii) Tier 2 targeted group-based interventions for healing trauma in children and adolescents, and (iii) Tier 3 intensive individual therapy. iSTEP-Global TS-MTSS provides a thorough prevention and intervention framework to support all students in their relationships, learning, behavior, and mental health.
Our TS-MTSS strategies aim to resolve children’s trauma-related difficulties at Tiers 1 and 2, however, there will always be a small number of children who require an intensive intervention at Tier 3. Intentionally, the strategies children learn at Tier 1 and Tier 2 provide the foundational skills (e.g. forming attachments, creating a sense of safety, and connection to resourcefulness) to increase the likelihood of a child responding well to, and healing at Tier 3.
At the end of the course, students will have an empirically-based trauma sensitive MTSS framework to apply within their own educational setting(s). Students will be able to identify and apply a wide diversity of interventions over Tier 1 Classroom and school, Tier 2 Targeted interventions for groups of children, and Tier 3 intensive individual counseling and therapy.
Academic book and references
Academic books and references are provided to help educators access and explore rigorous research findings.
OpenAI ChatGPT
Students are advised to utilize ChatGPT to ask questions related to education throughout lessons. To ask your questions, open the ChatGPT search page (click on the link):
NB: There is no evidence to support ChatGPT strategies for individual client mental health concerns.
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