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We’re All in This Together:A School/Mental Health Collaboration
Norm Walker, M.Ed.Summer Institutes
June 2010
Today’s Goals:
Describe some of the objectives and components of the ESD 105 Elementary School Counseling Grant.
Discuss briefly the ASCA National Model, RMT, RTI, and PBIS models.
Share some results of our program efforts.
Elementary Counseling Grant Schools Harrah Elementary - Mt. Adams SD Union Gap Elementary - Union Gap SD Thorp Elementary - Thorp SD Easton Elementary - Easton SD Cle-Elum / Roslyn Elementary –
Cle-Elum / Roslyn SD
Agency Partners:
Central Washington Comprehensive Mental Health
Catholic Family and Child Service CWU Graduate Counseling Program Five School Districts Educational Service District 105 RGI Corporation
Elementary-Secondary Counseling Grant Goals: Increase access to counseling services
Develop innovative counseling approaches.
Reduce the number of discipline referrals.
Program Objectives
Integrate Resource Management Team (RMT) and Response to Intervention (RTI) approaches into each of the five partner elementary school sites within the framework of the American School Counseling Association National Model
Reduce the counselor-to-student ratios in the five partner schools by 40-55%
Program Objectives Cont. Reduce the median percentages of student
disciplinary referrals at the five partner schools by 70-85%.
Provide in-service training to counselors, teachers, mental health providers, school psychologists, and building administrators that introduces the project’s comprehensive counseling model.
Expand/increase number of hours of direct counseling and mental health services per week at each of the five school sites.
Program Objectives Cont.
Institutionalize successful features of the project’s comprehensive counseling programs in a sustained manner.
Disseminate successful features of the project’s comprehensive counseling program to elementary schools located throughout Washington State.
Collaborate with the CWU Graduate Counseling Program to provide in-school experience prior to formal internships.
Components of the Grant
Increased counseling time in direct services to students and families
Increase mental health services Introduce and implement ASCA National
Model Develop Resource Management Teams Develop Response to Intervention model Collaboration with CWU Graduate
Counseling program
ASCA Implementation
Program Audit Foundation Calendars Counselor-Principal Agreements Guidance Curriculum Results Reports
Resource Management Team (RMT)Purpose:
Help ensure success for all students Create a system to address academic and
non-academic barriers to learning Utilize resources in the school and
community to assist students and families Develop partnerships with community
resources and families
Resource Management Team Responsibilities Convene weekly for student staffing – identify
students at risk. Work collaboratively with team members to make
student-centered decisions. Develop individual plans for such identified students. Coordinate/recommend follow-up services. Address barriers to student learning. Assist in integrating community health and special
services for referred students. Inform administration, staff, and students regarding
individual student/family plans and progress. Assess team’s effectiveness on a regular basis.
Student of
Concern
Teacher completes
RMT Referral Form
School Counselor, MH Therapist, and
Teachers meet
Referred
Referred to RMT
Team addressesstudent concern
No referral
RMT meets to assess student
concerns
RMT takes action by developing student plan
and/or making referrals to:
RMT monitors the progress
Student is succeeding or on track to success
SPED
504 Plan
21st Century
GEAR UP
RTL
Medical
Mental Health
Referral Feedback Form sent to teacher
School Building:
School District:
School Contact:
Name:
Phone:
Email:
ESD105 (Rev 9.2003)
Response to Intervention (RTI)
Purpose:
Help ensure success for all students. Create a system to address academic and
non-academic barriers to success. Develop resources and strategies to assist
school staff to meet needs of all students. Used as a progress monitoring tool for
students with or without disabilities.
Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support PBIS is a systems approach to establishing
the social culture and behavioral supports needed for all children in a school to achieve both academic and social success.
www.pbis.org
Essential Guidance Curricula (Tier 1) Second Step Steps to Respect Kelso’s Choice Protecting You / Protecting Me Peacemakers Project Alert Test Drive Talking About Touching
Tier 2 Interventions
Individual or small group counseling Individual or small group social skills
instruction “Transitions” group Grief group Skill Streaming The Alert Program (Test Drive & How Does
Your Engine Run?)
Tier 3 Interventions
Mental Health individual therapy MH family consultations Referral to additional agency assistance Referral to Special Education
ESD 105 School Counseling GrantYear Three Annual Performance Reporting Updates*
School: Thorp
Report Measure/Numbers (Baseline) 2006-2007
(Year One) 2007-2008
(Year Two) 2008-2009
(Year 3) 2009-2010
Total Mental Health Professional FTEs .20 .45 .55 .55
Other Qualified Psychologist FTEs .10 .10 .20 .20
School Counselor FTEs 0 .35 .35 .40
Elementary School Fall Enrollment Count 95 88 99 98
Number of Discipline Referrals 24 15 10 9
Average Number of Hours per Week Mental Health Professionals Provide Direct Counseling Services
4 12 9sc/3mh
2117sc/4mh
27.521.5sc/6mh
* As of April 15, 2010
ESD 105 School Counseling GrantYear Three Annual Performance Reporting Updates*
School: Mt Adams (Harrah)
Report Measure/Numbers (Baseline) 2006-2007
(Year One) 2007-2008
(Year Two) 2008-2009
(Year 3) 2009-2010
Total Mental Health Professional FTEs 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5
Other Qualified Psychologist FTEs .40 .40 .40 .40
School Counselor FTEs 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1
Elementary School Fall Enrollment Count 520 583 564 605
Number of Discipline Referrals 260 295 116 71
Average Number of Hours per Week Mental Health Professionals Provide Direct Counseling Services
40 30sc/10mh
45 31sc/14mh
47 33sc/14mh
5440sc/14mh
* As of April 15, 2010
ESD 105 School Counseling GrantYear Three Annual Performance Reporting Updates*
School: Cle Elum-Roslyn
Report Measure/Numbers (Baseline) 2006-2007
(Year One) 2007-2008
(Year Two) 2008-2009
(Year 3) 2009-2010
Total Mental Health Professional FTEs .725 1.4 1.4 1.4
Other Qualified Psychologist FTEs 0 .40 .40 .40
School Counselor FTEs .725 1.0 1.0 1.0
Elementary School Fall Enrollment Count 423 378 420 405
Number of Discipline Referrals 97 90 55 44
Average Number of Hours per Week Mental Health Professionals Provide Direct Counseling Services
15 15sc/0mh
2925sc/4mh
38 25sc/13mh
3825sc/13mh
* As of April 15, 2010
ESD 105 School Counseling GrantYear Three Annual Performance Reporting Updates*
School: Union Gap
Report Measure/Numbers (Baseline) 2006-2007
(Year One) 2007-2008
(Year Two) 2008-2009
(Year 3) 2009-2010
Total Mental Health Professional FTEs .86 1.5 1.5 1.5
Other Qualified Psychologist FTEs .20 .40 .40 .40
School Counselor FTEs .66 1.1 1.1 1.1
Elementary School Fall Enrollment Count 371 407 392 414
Number of Discipline Referrals **67 122 **62 67
Average Number of Hours per Week Mental Health Professionals Provide Direct Counseling Services
8 8sc/ 0mh
23 16sc/ 7mh
3623sc/13mh
3623sc/13mh
** Data was inconsistent these two years due to changes in counting processes * As of April 15, 2010
ESD 105 School Counseling GrantYear Three Annual Performance Reporting Updates*
School: Easton
Report Measure/Numbers (Baseline) 2006-2007
(Year One) 2007-2008
(Year Two) 2008-2009
(Year 3) 2009-2010
Total Mental Health Professional FTEs .25 .60 .65 .60
Other Qualified Psychologist FTEs 0 .20 .20 .20
School Counselor FTEs .25 .40 .45 .40
Elementary School Fall Enrollment Count 55 55 48 59
Number of Discipline Referrals 55 25 12 20
Average Number of Hours per Week Mental Health Professionals Provide Direct Counseling Services
2sc 9 6sc/3mhp
128sc/4mhp
95sc/4mhp
* As of April 15, 2010
THANK YOU
Norm Walker, M.Ed.SDFSC and School Counseling Coordinator
ESD 105WSCA President 2009-10
509-454-5300 [email protected]