At the secondary level, students challenge authority for a multitude of reasons: attention-seeking, deflection, self-esteem issues. Accordinhg to PBISWorld.com, “When students are age appropriate and involved in meetings, they tend to take interventions more seriously, feel included, and are held directly responsible from the parties involved.” This is important for students to know that teachers, administration, support staff, and the household are a joint front. Mentoring may also allow students to collaboratively learn to improve behavior by working with others in partners during Tier1 interventions, like social skills lessons.