From Cradle to Career: Pennsylvania’s Community of Practice

1. From Cradle to Career: Pennsylvania’s Community of Practice Center for School Mental Health 17th Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health Pennsylvania School Based Behavioral Health Community of Practice Members Salt Lake City, Utah October 26, 2012

3. Session Objectives Participants will be able to: • Describe the work scope embraced by the PAPBS Network in their effort to ensure that program-wide PBIS blends with school-wide PBIS. • Identify critical features of the PAPBS Network’s tertiary demonstration sites. • Explain how multiple institutions of higher education play a critical role in Pennsylvania’s scale-up of PBIS.

4. Objective 1: Describe the work scope embraced by the PAPBS Network in their effort to ensure that program-wide PBIS blends with school-wide PBIS

8. Strategies to Foster Collaboration across Ages • Consider and include early childhood from the beginning (state & local) • Community-wide projects • Common team meeting times • Facilitators trained for all ages • Common expectations across school and programs in the same community when feasible

9. Strategies to Foster Collaboration Across Ages within School Buildings • Include preschool classrooms in school-wide project • Incorporate early childhood PBIS strategies in the early elementary grades • Include before and after school care in school projects

10. School-Wide PBIS Sites in PA 5 4 1 2 1 3 2 18 3 10 11 Approx. 300 Schools in the Network 6 5 6 3 1 2 7 13 4 3 1 16 1 12 1 4 2 16 26 2 11 14 1 3 17 19 15 1 12 3 6 1 3

11. Program-Wide PBIS Sites in PA

12. Objective 2: Identify critical features of the PAPBS Network’s tertiary demonstration sites

13. Interconnected Systems Framework for School Mental Health • Tier I: Universal/Prevention for All • Coordinated Systems, Data, Practices for Promoting Healthy Social • and Emotional Development for ALL Students • School Improvement team gives priority to social and emotional health • Mental Health skill development for students, staff/, families and communities • Social Emotional Learning curricula for all students • Safe & caring learning environments • Partnerships between school, home and the community • Decision making framework used to guide and implement best practices that consider unique strengths and challenges of each school community

14. Interconnected Systems Framework for School Mental Health • Tier 2: Early Intervention for Some • Coordinated Systems for Early Detection, Identification, and Response • to Mental Health Concerns • Systems Planning Team identified to coordinate referral process, decision rules and progress monitor impact of intervention • Array of services available • Communication system for staff, families and community • Early identification of students who may be at risk for mental health concerns due to specific risk factors • Skill-building at the individual and groups level as well as support groups • Staff and Family training to support skill development across settings

15. Interconnected Systems Framework for School Mental Health • Tier 3: Intensive Interventions for Few • Individual Student and Family Supports • Systems Planning team coordinates decision rules/referrals for this level of service and progress monitors • Individual team developed to support each student • Individual plans may have array of interventions/services • Plans can range from one to multiple life domains • System in place for each team to monitor student progress

16. PA Tertiary Demonstration Sites Scranton Montrose Rural Systems of Care connection (ICSP) One community mental health provider organization • Urban • Three community mental health provider organizations • Return on investment

17. Time Line

19. OutcomesChange in Family Functioning

20. OutcomesChange in Child Functioning

21. Outcomes – SDQ-PChange in Difficulties Score

22. Outcomes – SDQ-TChange in Difficulties Score

23. Objective 3: Explain how multiple institutions of higher education play a critical role in Pennsylvania’s scale-up of PBIS

24. Higher Education & PAPBS • Indiana University of Pennsylvania • Penn State University • Bloomsburg University • Arcadia

25. Higher Education & PAPBS • Indiana University of Pennsylvania

26. Higher Education & PAPBS • Indiana University of Pennsylvania

27. Higher Education & PAPBS • Indiana University of Pennsylvania

28. Higher Education & PAPBS • Indiana University of Pennsylvania

29. Higher Education & PAPBS • Bloomsburg University

30. Higher Education & PAPBS • Bloomsburg University • McDowell Institute for Teacher Excellence in Positive Behavior Support

31. Higher Education & PAPBS • Bloomsburg University • McDowell Institute for Teacher Excellence in Positive Behavior Support

32. Higher Education & PAPBS • Bloomsburg University • McDowell Institute for Teacher Excellence in Positive Behavior Support McDowell Institute to coordinate the Higher Education Conference Thread

33. Higher Education & PAPBS • Penn State University

34. Higher Education & PAPBS • Arcadia University – Program-wide PBIS Evaluation

35. Partnerships * CoP:

36. To Learn More: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/csefel http://www.challengingbehavior.org/ http://www.pattan.net/ http://www.pbis.org http://www.papbs.org/ http://www.bloomu.edu/mcdowell http://www.ccbh.com/