Building Thriving School Communities Focused on Wellness and Equity by Leveraging MTSS

Lori Lynass, Ed.D., Bridget Walker, Ph.D., and Erika McDowell, Ed.D. have over 70 years of collective wisdom in education. They have worked with over 2,000 schools in their implementation of MTSS.

• ForewordAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Building & Sustaining a Thriving School Community With a Multi-TieredSystem of Supports (MTSS)Chapter 3: Equity and Belonging Achieved Through Community Engagement, Involvement, and Sustainability in Schools Chapter 4: Using Implementation Science to Support the Integration ProcessChapter 5: Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and MTSS: Investing in Today and TomorrowChapter 6: Cultivating A Culture of Equity and Belonging with Restorative Justice PracticesChapter 7: Implementing School Based Mental Health in the MTSS FrameworkChapter 8: Equity and Wellness in MTSS for AcademicsChapter 9: Putting it All TogetherAbout the Authors

Lynass, Walker & McDowell offer one of the most comprehensive texts to demonstrate the power of Multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) in post-2020 education. The concepts described throughout the text offer educational leaders the opportunity to take the many initiatives, pressures, and passions they face and find ways to make them aligned, sustainable and culturally responsive. Highlighting the ways that practices connected to social-emotional learning, restorative justice, academics, and mental health can be provided in an equitable framework, Building Thriving School Communities Focused on Wellness and Equity by Leveraging MTSS serves as a cookbook for creating climates of belonging and success for every learner.