Poster #33 - Perceptions of Leadership and Clarity of Roles Within Multitiered Systems: A Structural Equation Model

• In Event: 15.062 - MTCC Poster Session One
  In Poster Session: 15.062-3 - Division E: Counseling Poster Session

Abstract

Response to Intervention and its current enhanced form Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) is one the largest educational reforms in recent history, with states adopting it for both special education placements and monitoring students in general education to address behavioral and academic aspects of learning. The present study utilizes data from a national survey of school counselors to investigate the relationship between perceived school counselor preparedness in RTI implementation and variables delineated in ASCA’s National Model. Direct and indirect effects of these variables and their impact on the degree to which school counselors perceived RTI as a beneficial approach for all students are investigated. Implications for pre-service and in-service training to enhance school counselors’ effectiveness and perceptions of MTSS are discussed.

Authors

• Eva Patrikakou, DePaul University

• Melissa Susanne Ockerman, DePaul University

• Amy Feiker Hollenbeck, DePaul University