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Coordinated School Services

Coordinated School Services. Office of Student Services Virginia Department of Education April 2010.

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Coordinated School Services

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  1. Coordinated School Services Office of Student Services Virginia Department of Education April 2010

  2. “Schools cannot address all of the conditions that cause educational or health disparities, but proven and promising approaches exist and must be applied to help close the achievement gap.”- Charles E. Basch

  3. Comprehensive School Health Education Family and Community Involvement RTI / ICT Student Support Services Health Promotion for Staff School Health Services Healthy School Environment State Operated Programs Mental Health Services

  4. Comprehensive School Health • Addresses the students’ need for health information, skills and applications • Develops health knowledge, attitudes and skills • Relates information that is sequential, progressive and tailored to each age level • Coordinates among grade levels and with other components of the school • Motivates and assists students in positive decision-making and reducing health risks

  5. Health Services • Preventive services, education, emergency care, referral and management of acute and chronic health conditions. • Designed to promote the health of students, identify and prevent health problems and injuries, and ensure care for students.

  6. School Environment • The physical, emotional, and social climate of the school. • Students who develop a positive affiliation or social bonding with school are: • More likely to remain academically engaged, • Less likely to be involved with misconduct at school. • Simons-Morton, Crump, Haynie, and Saylor, 1999

  7. Homeless EducationMcKinney-Vento EHCY Program • 2008-09 – 12,768 enrolled students identified • Access, attendance, and success • Immediate enrollment • School stability, including transportation • Removing barriers • Office of the State Coordinator – Project HOPE-VA • Local homeless education liaison

  8. Homeless EducationNeed for Collaboration Causes Impact Greater absenteeism Developmental delays 4 times rate reported for housed children Learning disabilities double the rate Twice as likely to repeat a grade 2009 OTGR – 62-66% • Poverty • Substance Abuse • Domestic Violence • Mental Illness • Affordable Housing • Physical Illness • Economic Crises • Natural Disasters

  9. Response to Intervention andInstructional Consultation Teams

  10. Mental Health Services • Model has schools as agents of mental health • Schools are often where students’ mental health needs are discovered and where support is provided • 1 in 5 children and adolescents will experience a significant mental health problem during their education years • 21% children aged 9 – 17 have diagnosable or addictive disorder • “…insofar as children receive any mental health services, schools are the major providers (Rones, M., & Hoagwood, K. 2000 (based on 1996, 1995, 1992 studies)

  11. Mental Health Services • Student Assistance Programming – early identification and referral to mental health and substance abuse services • School Counseling, Psychological and School Social Work services – focus on cognitive, emotional, behavioral and social needs of individual students, groups and families designed to prevent and address problems and facilitate learning and healthy behavior and development

  12. Student Assistance Programming • State School Board Supported Initiative • Sixty-Four School Divisions • Whole Child Approach • Works with Parents • Collaborates with Community Resources • Provides Staff Development • Prevention – Early Identification – Referral and Support Services

  13. Student Assistance Programming System of Care Approach Universal Selective Indicated Treatment

  14. Drop-out Prevention • Early Warning Indicators • Elementary – Middle – High • Attendance • Failing Grades • Difficulty in Math and Reading • Retention • Transition • Re-Enrollment (Detention, Corrections, Hospitals)

  15. Drop-out Prevention • Re-enrollment regulations • Adopted by the Board of Education in 2006 structured • Procedures that will keep youth from losing academic ground • Engaged in school as opposed to dropping out.

  16. Systemic Approach to Student Graduation Academics Student Supports Policies Organizational Management

  17. State Operated Programs

  18. Truancy and Attendance • Tardiness • Excessive Absences • Unexcused Absences • Lowering grades cannot be used as a penalty • Suspension and Expulsion Policies • Code of Virginia – Cannot suspend a student for unexcused absences.

  19. Truancy and Attendance • Data Monitoring System • Student Assistance Team Referral • Policies that promote attendance • Engaging Students and Families • School Climate – Connectedness • Non-Traditional Education • Credit Recovery • Outreach to Disengaged Students

  20. References • Basch, C.E., (2010). Healthier students are better learners: A missing link in school reforms to close the achievement gap. New York, NY: Columbia University. • Marx, E., Wooley, S., and Northrop, D. (1998). Health is Academic. New York, NY: Teacher College Press. • Simons-Morton, B., Crump, A., Haynie, D., and Saylor, K. (1999). Student-school bonding and adolescent problem behavior. Health Education Research, 14(1),99-107.

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