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Season 5, Episode 90: Making the Complex, Simple! The Importance of Integrating Across Multiple Educational Systems

November 19, 2025 • Dr. Lisa Powers and Ms. Jamie Grieshaber

Lynne DeSousa, MTSS Specialist and PBIS Coordinator for the Colorado Department of Education, shares the importance of "getting back to basics". Current school safety initiatives to prevent school violence has led to a re-emphasis on the foundational pieces of several educational initiatives, namely PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports), RtI (Response to Intervention), and MTSS (Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports). The goal is to integrate these educational initiatives focusing on implementation, support, motivation, and sustainability. Take the complex and simplify so that all will reap the benefits!

RESOURCES

MTSS Multi-Tiered System of Supports

NIRN National Implementation Research Network

Summary of Horner's Cascading Logic Model by Morgan Solender

Kent McIntosh, University of Oregon--articles

Elena Agular: Transformational PD--What It Is and Why You Need It