The school team responsible for Tier 2 targeted interventions address students' social-emotional and behavioural learning through evidence-based supports which are delivered to small groups of students or individual students.

Tier 2 interventions are:

• continuously available
• accessible within 72 hours of referral
• aligned with school-wide expectations
• flexible and based on assessment
• function-based
• allocated adequate resources
• continuously monitor

Team membership includes:

• principal
• positive behaviour for learning (PBL) team representative/s
• learning and support teacher with behavioural and academic expertise
• school counsellor
• coach support
• teachers

Team responsibilities are to:

• connect with and build upon the essential features of Tier 1 Universal Supports
• connect with and build upon systems and practices of evidenced-based effective classroom practices
• establish team member roles and responsibilities, including identification of coordinators of the Tier 2 Targeted Group Interventions
• use effective team meeting processes
• develop procedures and data decision rules for early student identification
• provide behavioural assessment and match students function of behaviour to appropriate interventions and supports
• coordinate the Tier 2 classroom problem-solving process and Targeted Group Interventions
• coordinate and communicate with the team that coordinates Tier 3 Intensive Individualised supports
• use data to monitor and evaluate student progress and overall program effectiveness
• communicate to all staff and relevant stakeholders about interventions and responsibilities

Tier 2 Targeted interventions systems:

• build upon Tier 1 Universal Prevention systems
• match students to interventions
• monitor and review to decide whether to fade, maintain or intensify interventions
• communicate with staff and families

Tier 2 Targeted interventions practices can include:

• check-in check-out (CICO)
• social skills groups
• check and connect
• mentoring
• zones of regulation
• be you
• cool kids anxiety program