What Works in Ohio Schools: Using an Improvement Process to Meet the Needs of the Whole ChildDr. Jill Jackson, Emily Jordan, and Anna Miller

Overview•Share information from federal grant programs administered by the Ohio Departments of Education and Mental Health and Addiction Services •Explore the utility of community management teams in the improvement process.•Hear best practices implemented in local communities to meet the needs of the whole child.

Ohio Grants

Ohio’s Healthy Schools and Communities Initiatives

Partnering Communities

Lawrence

Meigs

Gallia

Washington

Monroe

Scioto Adams Brown

Hamilton

Butler Warren Clinton

Highland

Pike Jackson

Ross Vinton Athens

Preble Greene

Fayette

Madison Clark

Miami

Darke Champaign

Franklin

Pickaway Fairfield

Hocking

Mercer Auglaize

Shelby Logan

Union

Hardin Allen

Van Wert

Paulding Putnam

Hancock

Wyandot

Marion

Delaware

Morrow

Seneca

Sandusky

Ottawa Lucas

Fulton Williams

Henry Wood Defiance Erie

Huron

Lorain

Wayne

Medina

Cuyahoga

Summit

Knox

Holmes

Licking

Coshocton

Muskingum

Tuscarawas

Guernsey

Perry Morgan

Noble

Belmont

Harrison

Carroll

Columbiana Stark

Portage

Mahoning

Trumbull

Ashtabula

Geauga

Lake

Clermont

Jefferson

Richland

Crawford Ashland

Montgomery

SAMHSA and Safe Schools Healthy Students grant 2013-2017

Project AWARE grant 2014-2019

Gallia

Tuscarawas

Ashland

Richland

Crawford

Clermont

Meigs

Monroe

Jefferson

Columbiana

Washington

Montgomery

Lake

Geauga

Ashtabula

Trumbull

Mahoning

Portage

Stark

Carroll

Harrison

Belmont

Noble

Morgan

Perry

Guernsey

Muskingum

Coshocton

Licking

Holmes

Knox

Summit

Cuyahoga

Medina

Wayne

Lorain

Huron

Erie

Defiance

Wood

Henry

Williams

Fulton

Lucas

Ottawa

Sandusky

Seneca

Morrow

Delaware

Marion

Wyandot

Hancock

Putnam

Paulding

Van Wert

Allen

Hardin

Union

Logan

Shelby

Auglaize

Mercer

Hocking

Fairfield

Pickaway

Franklin

Champaign

Darke

Miami

Clark

Madison

Fayette

Greene

Preble

Athens

Vinton

Ross

Jackson

Pike

Highland

Clinton

Warren

Butler

Hamilton

Brown

Adams

Scioto

Lawrence

Safe Schools Healthy Students Initiative

Safe School Healthy Students

Ohio’s Safe Schools Healthy Students grant was a 4 year grant funded from 2013-2017 to create a system of services to ensure safe and supportive schools and communities in Ohio.

Ohio’s Safe School Healthy Students Grant Team

Safe School Healthy Students Grant Activities by Element

Element 1: Promote early childhood social and emotional learning and development.Element 2: Promote mental, emotional, and behavioral health.Element 3: Connect families, schools, and communities.Element 4: Prevent behavioral health problems (including substance use).Element 5: Create safe and violence-free.

Project AWARE Ohio

• Comes out of the President’s “Now is the Time” Initiative

• Funded through SAMHSA

• 5 Year Grant, 2014-2019

Project AWARE OhioAdvancing Wellness and Resilience in

Education

What is Project AWARE Ohio?

Component 2

Raising Awareness and Increasing Skills to Identify and Respond to Signs of Mental Illnesses within School Aged Youth (Youth Mental Health First Aid)

Component 1

Community-wide Coordination to Address Mental/Behavioral Health Needs of School Age Youth

Project AWARE Ohio Goals

Promote enhanced

infrastructure for

coordinated behavioral

health supports and

services

Increased implementation

of effective mental health

services

Mitigate barriers to promote

efficient access to mental

health services

Ensure long term

sustainability beyond grant

funding

Build the relationships

and systems to get the work

done

Use a strategic process to address

behavioral health in schools

Acknowledge and address

barriers

Find ways to keep the work going after the end of grant

funding

Local Communities

Vycki HaughtWarren County ESC

Angela PatchenWood County ESC

Mary WiseEducation Service Center of

Northeast Ohio

Improvement Process

Revised 5/09/2017 Created by Jill Jackson PhD, Emily Jordan MSW, LISW, Lara Belliston PhD

EducationOhio

ImprovementProcess

EducationPositive Behavioral Interventions and

Supports

EducationCCIP Application

PreventionStrategic Prevention

Framework

HealthCommunity Health Improvement Plan

School-wide School-wide and selected students School-wide Population or Community Intervention

Population or Community Intervention

Identifying Critical Need Data Review Planning Tool

Assessment& Capacity

Community Health Assessment

Research and Select EB Strategies

Create PBIS Implementation

PlanSMART Goals Planning Plan

Plan for Implementation

Implementation of Plan (Evidence

Based Practices at each tier)

Strategies and Action Steps

Implementation & Evidence-Based

Prevention Approaches

Implement

Implement and Monitor

Monitoring and Evaluation

District Goal and Monitoring Evaluation Track and report

Examine, Reflect,Adjust Sustainability Sustainability Sustainability Sustainability

Improvement Processes in Ohio

Ohio Improvement Process

Partnerships

Community Management Team(CMT)

Representatives from multiple domains coming together to jointly plan and implement

best practices for children and families.

Identify Critical Needs

Research and Select Evidence-Based Strategies

Implement and Monitor

Examine, Reflect and Adjust

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