Presentation to SIG PBIS in Juvenile Justice Center November, 2013 REACH MS Selina Merrell, MS, Ed

Juvenile Justice Center

Obstacles Beliefs about purpose of facility Paradigm shift – positive way of thinking 50% of YP have Mental Health Disabilities Lack of consistency and communication Complex treatment models YP with disabilities have a hard time understanding the systems Training of all staff Taking PBS to Scale in Juvenile Justice Settings

June 2012 Education Policy and Procedure (P&P) – Annotated Code of MS 10 Bed (Rankin County YP) to 100 Bed (Multiple Districts) (50) 1 Teacher to 2 Teachers, 1 Assistant, 1 Special Educator and 1 Intake Coordinator Will add Mental Health Counselor next school year July 2012 Presented P&P to Youth Court and Detention administrators September 2012 P&P adopted by sponsoring district’s school board Initial Technical Assistance

Professional Development August 2012 – SWPBIS Education Team Initial implementation, October 2012 December 2012 – SWPBIS 3 Detention Officers December 2012 – Nonviolent Crisis Intervention training for all youth court counselors and lead administrator May 2013 – SWPBIS training for all three departments, i.e. education, detention and youth court September 2013 – Life Space Interview

Technical Assistance Face to Face coaching at monthly PBIS team meetings Professional development regarding evaluation tools Resources on REACH MS website and other sources s Phone contact

Barriers to Implementation Transient nature of population, YP serve from 1 – 3 days to 90 days, which affects: – Teaching – Reinforcement – Discipline Ladder – “Buy In” – Data collection and analysis Minors documented in classroom Majors documented by detention staff – did not have access to data

Responses to Barriers Creation of Facility-wide Plan Professional development Team established - representation from all departments Team meetings scheduled Benchmarks of Quality completed and Action Plan developed – Creation of documentation and discipline ladder (majors & minors) system – Teaching – Review expectations and rules every morning – Scheduled character education classes daily – Reinforcement – scheduled daily reinforcement activities based on classroom discipline ladder – Data system created

Evaluation of Implementation Benchmarks of Quality - ongoing School Evaluation Tool (modified) - annually Surveys – annually Qualitative study of thoughts, perspectives, needs – Being conducted now to get a snapshot in time of current perspectives of implementation, as well as to identify potential needs for training and coaching – Anticipate repeating once implementation fidelity has been achieved across programs within the facility