1. Promise Zone Family School Community
Bob Long, Commissioner Onondaga Dept of Mental Health
Jennifer Parmalee, Onondaga Dept of Mental Health
Linda Brown, OCM BOCES
Syracuse City School District Administrator’s Meeting
August 20, 2012

2. What is Promise Zone?
NYS Office of Mental Health Grant to 3 Urban districts for innovative solutions that result in improved student achievement
Designed to increase community collaboration and the districts’ ability to identify and support students with serious emotional challenges

3. Syracuse Partners in Success
Department of Mental Health
Syracuse City School District
Say Yes
Brownell
Arise
St. Joes
OnCare
Other Community Agencies: Syracuse Community Health Center, Contact, Hillside, Catholic Charities

4. Healthy Youth Development
What does each child need to be successful?
Use “pass the ball” to get ideas

5. How does Promise Zone align with Other Important Work?
Distribute Logic Model

6. Social Behavior is Central to Academic Success
The Syracuse Commitment to its Children All Syracuse Children can be Competitive, Successful and Drive our Community’s Future
Social Behavior is Central to Academic Success

7. All Students can be Successful
Context: Key Challenges the Community Faces; Students, Families, Schools, Child Welfare, Mental Health, Juvenile Justice

8. Linking Behavior & Academics – No HS 2012

9. Chronically Absent Through April 2012

10. All Students can be Successful cont.
Core Student Needs: 40 Developmental Youth Assets; Response to Intervention and Positive Behavior and Supports Initiatives: Multi-Tired Systems of Support; How al l relate to each other; Dignity for All Students Act

11. All Students can be Successful cont.
Strategies: Reflects the specific actions underway to address core student needs
PZ Specific:
Expand Licensed outpatient clinic services in schools
Clinician Integrated into SBIT-B Teams
Clinician’s prioritize school functionality in treatment
Data based decisions for identification and intervention
Support Development of Screening and SBIT-B functions
Family engaged as partners in process

12. All Students can be Successful cont.
Necessary Action Steps: What we (district and community) still need to do to be successful Tangible Short Term Results: What initiatives hope to achieve in next 12 months; results are shared Long Term Outcomes: All initiatives share same long terms goals

13. Screening Team & S-BIT B Progress Report
Promise Zone
Department of Mental Health
Syracuse City School District
Say Yes

14. Screening Process – Tier 2 - Grouped
Identify Students using standard criteria (3 or more ODR’s and/or at-risk referral form)
Review Students(1-2 minutes each)
Group students according to criteria and determine intervention
Implement and Progress Monitor Intervention
 Review group intervention data (every 4 weeks)
 Continue intervention or Phase Out
 Refer to SBIT Behavior Team with rising referrals to 6 or more

15. SBIT-Behavior Process – Tier 3 - Individualized
Identify Students using standard criteria (6 or more ODR’s and/or at risk form)
Review students (45 minutes each)
Determine Intervention and Progress Monitor
Review student data (every 4 weeks)
Continue intervention or phase out

16. Training and Coaching Cohort 1 (5 schools) Cohort 2 (6 schools)
Trained November 2011
Each assigned external coach
2 learning collaborative sessions
Cohort 2 (6 schools)
Trained March 2012
1 learning collaborative session

17. Screening Teams 2011-2012 (group student planning)
Total number of students referred
133
Percent that had at least one follow-up meeting
35%
(46 students)
Goal is 100%

18. S-BIT B Teams 2011-2012 (individual level planning)
Total number of students referred 18
Percent that had at least one follow-up meeting
100%
(18 students)
Goal is 100%
Schools inviting parents to SBIT-B Meetings 1
(Goal is 100%)

19. S-BIT Behavior

20. SBIT-B Cohort 1 Goals
Percentage of goals where students either met or exceeded S-BIT B goals or made promising progress.
90%

21. Thank You and Great Job! Bellevue Danforth Dr. King Delaware Frankliln
Lemoyne
Meachem
Porter
Roberts
Salem Hyde

22. Congratulations to Cohort 3!
Clary Middle School
Dr. Weeks
Expeditionary Learning Middle School
Hughes
Seymour
Criteria for determining cohort 3 same as 1 and 2
Clinician
PBIS at Universal
SBIT Classic at fidelity

23. Next Steps – Support, Support, Support
Cohorts 1 and 2 hit the ground running
Cohort 3 Training in October
Learning Collaborative and Coaching
Cohort 4 – Get Ready for January!
Deliver Preparation Document

24. Preparation for Screening/SBIT-B Start Up
PBIS Universal team is in place and meets monthly
Explicit Teaching of Behavioral Expectations in place
Solid Acknowledgement systems are in place and supported by 80% of staff in school
Team reviews behavior data on a monthly basis
Every classroom has a behavior management plan
IF you have a clinician, how is it working for you (scale of 1-5)
Take out a piece of paper and number 1-5 (1-4 are yes no questions)

25. Tool to Support Preparation
T - Analysis
What challenges do you anticipate in implementation of screening and sbit-b functions
What support do you need to overcome the challenges

26. We look forward to working with you this year! Thank you!