MTSS & Mental Health Integration/ISF

…uma can be integrated into a system that links these efforts to student outcomes. Recommendations are included for how to adjust the PBIS framework to support trauma-informed practices. Advancing Education Effectiveness: Interconnecting School Mental Health and School-wide Positive Behavior Support, September 2017 Volume 1 Volume 2: An Implementation Guide This monograph is about improving the quality of life and outcomes for children and youth, e…

School Mental Health Leadership Convening: Leveraging MTSS to Build Capacity

…sted by Project DelAWARE, is for Delaware district and school leaders, and community partners championing multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) with integrated mental health prevention and response efforts. During the session, guest presenters, Susan Barrett and Kimberly Yanek, Ph.D., from the Center for Social Behavioral Support support participants to: Learn proven strategies for addressing mental health in schools using MTSS  Deepen understand

Teach General Coping Strategies

…e ways (examples & resources) Relaxation Techniques Deep Breathing Videos 4-7-8 Breathing Exercise by GoZen (3:29) Rainbow Breath bv GoNoodle (4:02) Calm Breathing: Star Breathing (1:15) Learn to Belly Breathe by Sesame Street (2:00) Other Resources Belly Breathing for kids lesson Deep breathing worksheet and tips for older students Positive Thoughts Videos Power of Positive Thinking for Students (1:50) Preston’s Positive Thoughts By Jenelle Frenc…

Mental Health/Social-Emotional Learning

…ntions and supports (PBIS) provides an ideal framework for promoting social-emotional competencies to improve outcomes for the whole child. The SEL & SWPBIS Integration module, from DE-PBS, reviews the SEL and SWPBIS approaches, provides a rationale for integrating and aligning the two approaches, and provides practical strategies to support integration in schools. The purpose of this module is to help school professionals deepen their understandi…

Mental Health & Social and Emotional Learning

…on. Delaware Youth Suicide Prevention & Support 24/7 Youth Crisis Support 1-800-969-HELP (4357) Crisis Text Line: Text DE to 7471741 Emergency Response: Dial 911 The Delaware Division of Prevention and Behavioral Health Services (PBHS) has developed a toolkit that schools may use to promote youth mental health resources for families and students Division of Prevention & Behavioral Health Services Suicide Prevention Resources Source: Center on PBIS…

Individualize Academic Instruction

…This may include the use of other teach intervention strategies (e.g., self-management, problem-solving). Develop a task analysis of the intervention selected and teach it to student by using the following procedures: Provide instruction/explanation of the intervention being taught. Provide several real-life examples of how the skill is used. Demonstrate the skill through modeling. Provide the student with guided practice opportunities after model…

Peer Modeling (Peer Support)

…gaged in desired behaviors can be used to teach replacement behaviors. Face-to-face peer modeling involves training a peer to support the target student by modeling situationally-appropriate behavior in order to prompt the student to imitate the behavior. Peer support provides the student with peer guidance to engage in a task (e.g., showing an example or model of how to do the task, encouraging student to do the task, and providing feedback). Pee…

Who We Are

…more content focused on individual supports.  The project utilized a train-the-trainer model with representative district level teams. However, after a couple of years the focus shifted to supporting schools in creating a positive school system so that there will be fewer students who need individual supports and that these individual supports will be more effective because they are implemented in a large system of School-wide support.  Staff pro…

New Normal: Teaching Positive Behaviors at Home During a Pandemic

…ddenly I’ve found myself simultaneously a full-time work-from-home and stay-at-home parent due to new Coronavirus restrictions that have shut down my state and are requiring all non-essential employees to work from home. As the 2 week timeline was extended to a month and then two months, my thoughts went from “We can do this!” to “Oh boy” to “How are we ever going to get through this?” One thing quickly became clear: for my own sanity I needed to…

PBS in Secondary Schools

…t Key Features Status Tracker CBITS Fact Sheet PBIS and Restorative Justice-Oakland 3 Anger Management Programs School to School Sharing Sheet The Hexagon Tool Wisconsin DOE: PBIS and Trauma Sensitive Article Topics Covered Previously and Related Forms and Resources PBIS Ideas from Other Secondary Schools Dover HS – Promoting an Aligned MTSS Presentation Talley MS – Advisory Lessons Presentation McKean HS – Secondary Forum Presentation Allen Park…