Direct and Indirect Services - School Based Mental Health Clinician [Activity]

 Interventions That Work

You have been asked to identify interventions you use for each level of the CA MTSS Continuum of Support. Now consider which of the interventions are direct or indirect services.

The reality is that School-based Mental Health Clinicians do equal amounts of direct vs. indirect services. The following table gives a brief overview of what direct and indirect student services look like. 

School Based Mental Health Clinician Direct versus Indirect Services.pdf Links to an external site.

 

 

Direct and Indirect Services - Activity

Revisit the Fillable Continuum of Support you created in the Continuum of Support [Activity] and the Support for All [Activity]. Review each of the interventions you listed and reflect on the following questions:

• • How much of your time is spent in direct vs. indirect service? 
  • In which level of support do you find yourself spending the most time in direct service? Indirect service?

Respond to the following (5-10 sentences):

• • • How much of your time is spent in direct vs. indirect service? 
    • In which level of support do you find yourself spending the most time in direct service? Indirect service?