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Toolkit for Rebuilding Student Supports into
a Comprehensive System for
Addressing Barriers to Learning and Teaching

Section A

Q & A Talking Points

These brief set of notes addresses five frequently asked questions that arise in discussing efforts to ensure schools have a Comprehensive Learning Supports System in place.

Why is a Comprehensive Learning Supports System an imperative?
What needs to be done to make such a component a reality?
What does such a component need to look like at a school?
What's the research-base for such a component?
What will it cost?

All five questions are addressed in two overlapping sets of notes:

Why a Comprehensive Learning Supports System?
Why Address What's Missing in School Improvement Planning?

Other brief documents that embellish the answers:

What will it Cost? - No New Dollars!
https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/summit2002/whatwillitcost.pdf
What's the Research-base for Moving Toward a Comprehensive System of Learning Supports?
https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/summit2002/WhatstheEvidenceBase.pdf
Data Related to Gainesville (GA) City Schools' Work on Developing a Comprehensive System of Learning Supports
https://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/edcsum.pdf
Data Related to Iowa's Work on Developing a Comprehensive System of Learning Supports
Data Related to the Concepts and Prototypes Developed by the UCLA Center
Data Related to the Need for New Directions for School Improvement
Data on the Plateau or Leveling Off Effect of Achievement Test Scores

Two related "White Papers" with a set of talking points that can be used for brief presentations to administrators, school boards, etc.

Examples of White Papers
Developed for the National Initiative for
Transforming Student and Learning Supports