Service Provider Capacity

Slightly more than half of schools engaged with external teams gained access to more service provide

Another potential benefit of external teams, which slightly more than half of schools that had engaged with these teams experienced, is access to a broader variety of service providers or providers with greater capacity to deliver intervention programming relative to what the school is able to provide.

• External Teams
• Service Provider Capacity

cite page 28 Ch 2: Which Schools Have Implemented BTAM?

A quarter of schools lacked staff time; one-fifth could not find service providers with capacity

Sample (N = 450) · Principals answering the implementation experience agreement statements

A quarter of schools struggled to find the staff time required to implement BTAM, and one-fifth could not identify school and local service providers that had enough capacity to support BTAM efforts (e.g., counselors, mental health treatment providers).

• Early Implementation Challenges
• Service Provider Capacity
• Staffing Constraints

cite page 34 Ch 3: When Did Schools Establish BTAM Teams?

Table 3.1: Service providers had enough capacity: 21 / 13 / 67

Sample (N = 450) · Principals answering the implementation experience agreement statements

Our school and local service providers had enough capacity to support our BTAM efforts (e.g., counselors, mental health treatment providers). | 21 | 13 | 67

• Early Implementation Challenges
• Service Provider Capacity

cite page 35 Ch 3: When Did Schools Establish BTAM Teams?

One-third receive reports from outside providers, likely because they are in fewer cases

Sample (N = 984) · Teams that monitor some or all students progress after intervention plans

Only one-third receive periodic reports from outside service providers, likely because outside providers are involved in comparatively fewer cases relative to school personnel.

• Monitoring
• Service Provider Capacity

cite page 71 Ch 10: How Do BTAM Teams Monitor Intervention Plans?

Second most common challenge, 21 percent of schools: service provider capacity limits on students se

Sample (N = 1376) · Teams answering community support / challenges / processes / training questions

The second most commonly identified challenge, selected by 21 percent of schools, relates to service provider capacity limits over how many students they are able to serve.

• Current Challenges
• Service Provider Capacity

cite page 103 Ch 13: Sustaining and Improving BTAM Programs over Time

Service provider capacity limits for how many students each can serve: 21 percent

Sample (N = 1376) · Teams answering community support / challenges / processes / training questions

Service provider capacity limits for how many students each can serve | 21

• Current Challenges
• Service Provider Capacity

cite page 103 Ch 13: Sustaining and Improving BTAM Programs over Time

Problems maintaining connections to outside service providers for intervention: 16 percent

Sample (N = 1376) · Teams answering community support / challenges / processes / training questions

Problems maintaining connections to outside service providers for intervention | 16

• Current Challenges
• Service Provider Capacity

cite page 103 Ch 13: Sustaining and Improving BTAM Programs over Time

Outside provider capacity was a top concern during initial implementation and remains a top ongoing

The capacity of outside providers (presumably to accommodate students referred by the BTAM team) was also a top concern identified by principals during the initial implementation phase, and it remains as a top ongoing challenge.

• Early Implementation Challenges
• Service Provider Capacity

cite page 104 Ch 13: Sustaining and Improving BTAM Programs over Time

Table A.56, Problems maintaining connections to outside service providers for interven…: 16.6 / 16.2

Sample (N = 1603 | 1376 by column) · Tables A.55-A.56 columns: official+other school-based teams (1,603); official teams only (1,376)

Problems maintaining connections to outside service providers for intervention | 16.6 | 16.2

• Current Challenges
• Service Provider Capacity

cite page 139 Appendix A: Survey Frequencies

Table A.56, Service provider capacity limits for how many students each can serve: 21.2 / 21.0

Sample (N = 1603 | 1376 by column) · Tables A.55-A.56 columns: official+other school-based teams (1,603); official teams only (1,376)

Service provider capacity limits for how many students each can serve | 21.2 | 21.0

• Current Challenges
• Service Provider Capacity

cite page 139 Appendix A: Survey Frequencies