MENTAL HEALTH AND EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP Joanne Cashman, Ed.D., Director of IDEA Partnership, National Association of State Directors Special Education

Joanne Cashman, Director The IDEA NASDSE CROSSING BOUNDARIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUTH

Together: A Persistently Appealing Idea Over the last two decades, education and mental health have persistently been cast as potential partners. The design of these collaborations has been shaped by the policy goals in the sponsoring agency and/or strategies promoted through funding initiatives. Collaborations between education and mental health systems have emerged at the local, state and national levels. o Each of these initiatives has introduced values, strategies, practices, vocabulary and funding mechanisms. o Individually, they have solidified the understanding that education and mental health are interconnected. o Collectively, they have highlighted the gaps in understanding, roles and relationships due to limited cross-system exposure. Source: Cashman, Rosser and Linehan (2013) in Interconnected Systems Framework ( ISF) in press

Together: What Will It Take? Education and Mental Health bring unique and equally valuable knowledge and skills into collaborations. Together, they can build comprehensive programs. A survey to over 300 school and community practitioners revealed: o Practitioners want their individual unique skills to be recognized and used effectively to address the range of needs. o They want to be involved in planning a responsive system, not cast in narrow roles. o They want to learn more about each other and how they can build a full complement of services o There are tensions between groups that arise from different training traditions and overlap of roles o Decisionmakers need to recognize the potential for both cooperation and tension Source: Cashman, Rosser and Linehan (2013) in Interconnected Systems Framework ( ISF) in press

Meeting the Challenge at Every Level Technical Challenge Requires information, knowledge or tools Adaptive Requires understanding and a willingness to make behavior changes Source: Leadership on the Line, 2002

The Leadership Challenge Learning that technical solutions are necessary but often not sufficient Knowing when a persistent problem needs a adaptive (human) solution Building adaptive (human) skills as a part of strategy Source: Leadership on the Line, 2002

Relationships as Strategy The Foundation: Authentic Engagement Participation vs Engagement Relevant Participation Shared leadership The Infrastructure: Community of Practice Source: The IDEA

STATE MENTAL HEALTH AND EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP Examples from Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Montana IL

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Implementing PBIS Schools Over 14 Years as of June 30, 2013 * Excludes CPS data

Number of IL-PBIS Schools Achieving Reading AYP in – Fully vs. Partially Implementing Schools (N=931 schools) 11

Number of IL-PBIS Schools Achieving Math AYP in – Fully vs. Partially Implementing Schools (N=931 schools) 12

Comparison of School Safety Survey Scores Between Partially and Fully Implementing Schools

Stan Mrozowski, Ph.D. Director, Children’s Bureau Pennsylvania Office of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services James Palmiero, Ed.D. Director, Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PATTAN)

Pennsylvania What are we doing? Statewide scale up of PBIS StatewidePBIS Promotion, Prevention & Intervention High Fidelity Wrap Around & RENEWHigh Fidelity Wrap Around RENEW School-Based Mental Health Results / Data PA PBIS Annual Program Evaluation Reductions in Office Discipline Referrals, Suspensions and Expulsions, Closing Academic Achievement Gaps School-Based Mental Health Return on Investment Studies Draft: 7/29/13

Pennsylvania How are we doing it? Relationships: State, Regional and Local Making Stone Soup Draft: 7/29/13

Pennsylvania How are we doing it? Relationships: State, Regional and Local Making Stone Soup

Erin Butts, MSW Behavioral Health Specialist, Institute for Educational Research and Service and The Montana Office of Public Instruction Zoe Barnard, M.A. Public Policy Children’s Mental Health Bureau Chief Department of Public Health and Human Services

While we receive questions from our attendees, let’s talk a little about what you have learned…. o What advice would you give to state leaders who want to begin crossing agencies boundaries for the benefit of youth? o What predictable challenges might state leaders on this call encounter as they work across agency boundaries? How did you address these challenges?