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We typically don’t spend a great deal of time on the role of counselors in Response to Intervention.  It’s not intended to be a a slight, we just seem to have so much work to do with  Tier 1 academic programs that we never get to counseling and SEL.  A nice resource just popped up on the web that could help start the conversation.

We often share that SEL easily fits within our model.  The hard part is finding a measurable set of standards to work from.  While the State of Illinois has a nice set of standards, school’s wanting to use them will have to establish their own set of benchmarks.  This is no small undertaking.  British Columbia has a nice set of benchmarks, but they are designed for grades 9 and 10.  This isn’t a bad place to start.