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The specific practices implemented within each tier are selected and supported by the leadership team.

Core universal, or Tier 1, practices include intentional efforts to prioritize belonging and connection for all, clearly codefining and teaching schoolwide and classroom expectations, developing systems of acknowledgment and appreciation, and clearly defining instructional and supportive responses to behaviors that do not align with established expectations and values.

Core, Tier 2, or targeted practices include systems for identifying students needing additional supports and a range of small group interventions designed to support student internalizing and externalizing SEB needs.

Intensive and individualized, or Tier 3, practices are guided by an individualized comprehensive assessment used to inform a plan of support developed in partnership with students and families.

These include preventative strategies and supports to develop healthy SEB competencies/skills and prevent concerning behaviors.

Core practices across tiers are progress monitored at the student and system level to ensure implementation fidelity and intended impact.

For more information on PBIS implementation, its essential elements, and the tiered system of delivery, see the PBIS Implementation Blueprint (Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, 2023) or visit the topic-specific pages for Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, and Equitable Supports at www.pbis.org.