Orange North Supervisory Union Orange, Washington, Williamstown Vermont NEPBIS Leadership Forum Mystic, Connecticut May 21-22, 2015 Integrating Mental Health Supports in Vermont PBIS Schools at All Tiers

PBIS IN VERMONT After 7 years of implementation: 85% of VT SU/SDs 43% of VT Schools Impacting 29,583 students! SU/SD with at least ONE PBIS School!

SCHOOL LEVEL School Coordinators (128) VERMONT PBIS SYSTEM OF SUPPORT SU/SD LEVEL SU/SD Coordinators (54) REGIONAL LEVEL Implementation Coaches Coaches(5) STATE LEVEL Trainers/State TA’s (6)

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE Universal Team Training Six Components Data tools Classroom management Targeted Team Training CICO Screening Social Skills FBA/BSP Trauma LSCI Data tools Intensive Team Training Expand targeted supports BSP Strategies Trauma Consultation webinars Data Tools

CONTEXT & OVERVIEW VT PBIS implemented in three VT schools VT PBIS implemented in 28 VT schools VT PBIS implemented in 50 VT schools VT PBIS implemented in 75 VT schools Orange Central School is one of 104 VT schools implementing PBIS

CONTEXT & OVERVIEW CONTINUED VT Agency of Education (AOE) begins supporting Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) a comprehensive, systemic approach to teaching and learning designed to improve learning for all students through increasingly differentiated and intensified assessment, instruction, and intervention for both academics and behavior Orange North Supervisory Union (ONSU) uses VT MTSS Field Guide to steer it’s professional development for all SU employees and chose to focus first on the behavioral component of MTSS

RATIONALE Created staffing supports needed to provide Tier 2 & 3 interventions Developed structures for supporting clear and continuous communication Enhanced capacity to provide year-round supports Dramatically reduced office discipline referrals and time spent by building administrators spent on discipline Serendipitous cost-savings

WHAT THE MODEL IS AND IS NOT Is… Proactive Expertise Support Professional Learning Year round/ includes families For all students’ benefit Part of a team approach Part of a system Is NOT … Responsive Behavior Intervention Discipline Outside consultant School year/ student only For only a few students Silo Dumping Ground

ORANGE CENTER SCHOOL’S STORY

ORANGE CENTER SCHOOL ( ) Town population of 965 Town Clerk’s office, car dealership, church (no post office, library or sidewalks) K-8 school with 100 students No school-wide approach to behavior Six 1:1 Behavior Interventionists (contracted from local mental health agency) Chronic office referrals with no attention to data Ineffective leadership

ORANGE CENTER SCHOOL ( ) New principal took team to summer institute June 2010 (Universal) OCS ROCKS! Universal Professional learning for classroom management (common approach to expectations & responses) Susan Titterton LSCI

ORANGE CENTER SCHOOL ( ) Team returned to summer institute June 2011 (Targeted) Reflected on data and systems Decision to do another year at Universal Approached local mental health agency in spring 2012 to collaborate to support our vision of a proactive model

ORANGE CENTER SCHOOL ( ) Team to summer institute in June 2012 (Targeted) reflected on data & systems and made adjustments Rock Star of the Week Hired Behavior Analyst from local mental health agency Identified families Rock In Rock Out Coordinator  Case-managed 8 to 10 students with targeted plans  Provided soc/emotional intervention to students on targeted plans  Conducted Functional Behavior Analyses  Created/monitored/ exited behavior support plans  Collaborated with SpEd on behavior plans for students with intensive needs  Coordinated interagency support  Coached CICO  Supported staff in universal social/emotional strategies  Supported families in and outside of the home

SCALING UP Having learned many lessons at Orange Center School, we expanded the partnership to include Williamstown Middle / High School and Washington Village School

ORANGE CENTER SCHOOL ( ) Team to summer institute June 2013 (Intensive) reflected on data & systems and made adjustments Chill Pass Sunshine Pass Rock In Rock Out Coordinator Added coordination of wrap-around services for two students Continued to grow universal and targeted parts of the system

ADDITIONAL SCALING UP Having learned even more from Williamstown Middle / High School and Washington Village School we expanded the partnership further to include Williamstown Elementary School

WILLIAMSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

KEY LESSONS LEARNED You must have a solid universal system as a foundation BEFORE developing this type of partnership You must have strong leadership with strong commitment to being proactive and persevering for student success There must be structures developed that support clear and continual communication between the principal, behavior analyst and other team members SU-systemic approach

CONTACT INFORMATION Susette L. Bollard, Superintendent Orange North Supervisory Union (802) Michaela Martin, Co-Director of School Transformation & Effectiveness Orange North Supervisory Union (802) Tracy Harris, Coordinator for Behavioral Supports Vermont Agency of Education (802)