ERIC Number: EJ1490552
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Dec
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1074-2956
EISSN: EISSN-2163-5323
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Advancing Racial Equity with Multitiered Systems of Supports for Behavior in Self-Contained Classrooms
Lindsay M. Fallon1; Diana P. Laenen1; Emily D. Romero1
Beyond Behavior, v34 n3 p159-169 2025
Although the multitiered system of supports for behavior (MTSS-B) framework has emerged as a proactive, systemic framework to promote students' social, emotional, and academic outcomes, its implementation may not benefit all youth equitably without explicit considerations related to culturally and racially equitable practice. In this article, we provide guidance to school and district leaders about ways in which the behavioral framework can benefit all youth by centering those with marginalized identities. This includes recommending explicit consideration of the ways in which whiteness permeates behavioral theory and educational systems. Leaders will be guided to consider how decentering whiteness allows for building more culturally responsive systems and practices to support the needs of youth in self-contained programming. We provide school leaders with suggestions to support the design and delivery of MTSS-B that is culturally responsive and advances equitable outcomes in self-contained settings.
Descriptors: Equal Education, Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Self Contained Classrooms, Students with Disabilities, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Racism, Culturally Relevant Education, Minority Group Students
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Related Records: ED673864
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Administrators
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R324A230139
Department of Education Funded: Yes
Author Affiliations: 1University of Massachusetts Boston, USA

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