The COVID-19 pandemic will create enormous disruptions for youth and families with respect to economic and health status, social relationships, and education for years to come. The process of closing and intermittently reopening schools adds to this disruption and creates confusion for parents and school officials who must balance student educational progress with health and safety concerns. One framework that may serve as a roadmap in this regard is a multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) model. This article briefly addresses four main domains of functioning (adjustment, traumatic stress, academic status, health and safety) across three tiers of support (universal, targeted, intensive). Each section draws on existing literature bases to provide specific recommendations for school officials who must address various and changing logistical, academic, and health-based challenges. The recommendations are designed to be flexible given fluctuations in the current crisis as well as focused on maximum-value targets. An MTSS approach adapted for contemporary circumstances can also be used to help address longstanding disparities that have been laid bare by the pandemic.

COVID-19 大流行将在未来几年对青少年和家庭的经济和健康状况、社会关系和教育造成巨大破坏。关闭和间歇性重新开放学校的过程加剧了这种干扰，并给家长和学校官员带来了困惑，他们必须平衡学生的教育进步与健康和安全问题。可以作为这方面路线图的一个框架是多层支持系统（MTSS）模型。本文简要讨论了三个支持层次（普遍、有针对性、强化）的四个主要功能领域（调整、创伤性应激、学术地位、健康和安全）。每个部分都借鉴现有的文献基础，为必须解决各种不断变化的后勤、学术和健康挑战的学校官员提供具体建议。鉴于当前危机的波动，这些建议的设计非常灵活，并且侧重于最大价值目标。适合当代情况的 MTSS 方法也可用于帮助解决因疫情大流行而暴露的长期存在的差异。