The goal of Academic Support is to provide learning assistance to students who struggle academically by performing initial in-school evaluations of students' individual needs and making recommendations to the classroom teachers and parents. In-house assessment is informal and evaluations of the student’s academic or behavioral needs may require outside professional resources. Communication and collaboration among the Academic Support Team, classroom teachers, parents, and students are vital. The Academic Support Plan outlines specific interventions for individual or homogeneous groups within the classroom or as an extension program outside the regular classroom.