1. Educationally Related Mental Health and Behavioral Services
Maggie Roberts
Disability Rights CA

2. ED Related Mental Health Services and ED Related Behavioral Services
BARRIERS TO ACCESSING SERVICES

3. Continued Confusion about Process
Parents Don’t Realize Process is Simple:
Parent or teacher/school staff initiates:
Written request for mental health assessment and/or a functional behavioral analysis

4. ACCESSING ASSESSMENT
If parent does not get an assessment plan in 15 days after district receives written request ,
File compliance complaint

5. PROBLEMS WITH Evaluation
Inconsistent policies and practices across state
Often not done by staff with no clinical mh background
or limited behavior background
Often ignore critical information

6. LRE VIOLATIONS
Children are often not offered meaningful MH or behav services outside of segregated setting

7. Limited “menu” of services/supports
MH services often limited to:
Placement in “Counseling Enriched Setting” OR
Counseling that is not coordinated with other services/supports

8. Increase in Restraint Seclusion
Restraint and seclusion happen most frequently in segregated settings
Substantial risk of physical and emotional harm to child
Adverse educational impact

9. CHANGES NEEDED
More training to parents on how to access educationally related MH and behavioral services
Improved statewide standards/technical assistance for ERMHS and ERPBIS assessments
Data keeping and data analysis re: mh and behavioral services and assessments

10. CHANGES NEEDED Better state and district monitoring re LRE
Increase legal protections against non-emergency restraint and seclusion and dangerous types of restraint and seclusion
Better enforcement of monitoring of current state laws related to restraint and seclusion