Because we strive to integrate students with special needs into the mainstream of school life, effectively utilizing the tiered approach in our classrooms has become a renewed focus. As outlined by the Learning for All (Ministry of Education) document, “the tiered approach to prevention and intervention is a systematic approach to providing high-quality, evidence-based assessment and instruction and appropriate interventions that respond to students’ individual needs. It is based on frequent monitoring of student progress and the use of assessment data, focusing on learning rate and level, to identify students who are facing challenges in learning and to plan specific assessment and instruction interventions of increasing intensity to address their needs effectively (page 24, Learning for All).” It is important to note that the tiered approach can be used to address a wide variety of student needs, not just academic or learning needs. In Renfrew County Catholic District School Board, the tiered approach is used to provide increasingly intensive supports to students in the areas of learning, behaviour, speech and language development, social emotional regulation, and mental health and wellness.