# Using Early MTSS to Combat the Pandemic’s Educational Inequities

**Judy Carta and Robin Miller Young**  
**Brookes Coffee Chat**  
**May 27, 2020**

## MTSS Resources

- **Edited Text**  
  Carta, J. & Miller Young, R. (2019f). MTSS in Early Education  
  [Link](https://products.brookespublishing.com/Multi-Tiered-Systems-of-Support-for-Young-Children-P1124.aspx)  
  Webinar on Early MTSS by Judy Carta & Robin Miller Young  
  [Webinar Link](https://home.edweb.net/webinar/inclusiveeducation20190207/)

- **Professional development program to assist early childhood educators implementing MTSS related to academic domains by Trina Spencer**  
  [Program Link](http://www.trinastoolbox.com/product_PAth.html)  
  Handouts available include:  
    1. MTSS assessment guide;  
    2. MTSS Quick Audit;  
    3. List of universal screenings and progress monitoring tools;  
    4. Examples of MTSS Team Meeting agenda

## Measures that can be used in MTSS

- CIRCLE Progress Monitoring: [CIRCLE Guide](https://cliengage.org/public/training/support/how-to-guides/circle-progress-monitoring-user-guide/)  
- IGDIs: [Link](http://igdi.ku.edu/)  
- myIGDIs: [Link](https://www.myigdis.com/)

## Early Literacy and Language Interventions that can be used in MTSS

- Developing Talkers: [Link](https://developingtalkers.org/)  
- Preschool Early Literacy Indicators: [Link](https://acadiencelearning.org/acadience-reading/prekpeli/)  
- Assessment of Story Comprehension: [Link](https://products.brookespublishing.com/Assessment-of-Story-Comprehension-Set-P1089.aspx)  
- ASQ-SE-2: [Link](/content/product/asqse-2/index.html)  
- Explicit Instruction: [Link](https://explicitinstruction.org/)  
- Path to Literacy: [Link](https://products.brookespublishing.com/PAth-to-Literacy-P965.aspx)  
- Pyramid Model—National Center for Pyramid Model Innovation: [Link](http://challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu/)  
- Read It Again Pre-K: [Link](https://earlychildhood.ehe.osu.edu/research/practice/read-it-again-prek/)  
- Story Champs: [Link](https://www.languagedynamicsgroup.com/products/story-champs/)  
- Story Friends: [Link](/content/product/story-friends/index.html)  
- World of Words: [Link](http://umich.edu/~rdytolrn/wow.html)

## Social-Emotional Interventions that can be used in MTSS

- Second Step Early Learning: [Link](http://store.cfchildren.org/second-step-early-learning-kitp293.aspx)  
- PATHS Preschool/Kindergarten Classroom Module: [Link](http://www.channingbete.com/prevention-programs/paths/paths.html/)  
- Incredible Years Classroom Dinosaur Curriculum: [Link](http://incredibleyears.com/programs/child/classroom-curriculum)  
- Best in Class: [Link](https://education.ufl.edu/best-in-class/)  
- First Step to Success: Helping young children overcome antisocial behavior by Walker, H.M., Stiller, B., Golly, A., Kavanagh, K., Severson, H.H., & Feil, E.G. (1997). Longmont, CO: Sopris West

## Resources for supporting children’s social-emotional development during the pandemic

- National Center for Pyramid Model Innovation (NCPMI): Strategies for managing children’s challenging behaviors in times of stress: [Link](https://challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu/emergency/index.html)

## Resources for supporting dual language learners

- Spanish IGDIS: [Link](https://www.myigdis.com/preschool-assessments/preschool-spanish-assessments/)  
- Intervention and assessment resources for teachers, parents, speech/language therapists: [habladll.org](http://habladll.org)

## Resources for engaging families during Covid-19

- National Center for Families Learning: [Link](https://www.familieslearning.org/pages/successful-family-engagement-covid-19)

## Resources for remote learning

- Boston Public Schools Department of Early Learning: [Link](https://www.bpsearlylearning.org/)  
- Family Infant and Parent Program--Early Childhood Intervention Telepractice: [Link](https://www.assurethefuture.org/tele-intervention.html)

## Understanding how Covid-19 can affect young children’s development

- Dooley DG, Bandealy A, Tschudy MM. Low-Income Children and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the US. JAMA Pediatr. Published online May 13, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.2065  
- Yoshikawa, H., Wuermli, A. J., Britto, P. R., Dreyer, B., Leckman, J. F., Lye, S. J., Ponguta, L. A., Richter, L. M., & Stein, A. (2020). Effects of the Global COVID-19 Pandemic on Early Childhood Development: Short- and Long-Term Risks and Mitigating Program and Policy Actions. The Journal of Pediatrics, Advance online publication. [Link](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.05.020)  
- Center on the Developing Child: [Link](https://developingchild.harvard.edu/guide/a-guide-to-covid-19-and-early-childhood-development/)