Everyone thrives in a positive nurturing environment. Stress factors for students and staff can mitigate academic success. This session will provide a team driven Multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) process for cultivating a positive school climate and culture with specific focus on development of social emotional and behavioral skills via the Interconnected Systems Framework (ISF).
The ISF addresses limitations of both Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and School Mental Health (SMH) by systematically bringing these systems together, adding depth and quality to the multi-tiered system of prevention, intervention and support, and creating the synergies that increase the probability of achieving valued school and student outcomes. Core features of the ISF align with concepts of Implementation Science, and PBIS as a Response to Intervention (RtI) application including a strong emphasis on: (1) effective teams that include community mental health providers; (2) data based decision making; (3) formal processes for the selection and implementation of evidence based practices (EBP); (4) early access through use of comprehensive screening; (5) rigorous progress-monitoring for both fidelity and effectiveness; and (6) ongoing coaching at both the systems and practices level. Specifically, the ISF involves collaborating community mental health providers working closely with school employees within a multi-tiered teaming structure, actively reviewing data and coordinating the implementation, fidelity and progress monitoring of supports delivered at multiple levels of intensity.
This training will introduce the participants to the core features of the ISF model, provide specific examples of how the model has been installed in other districts and states across the country, and introduce participants to the tools used in the ISF model,