1. Orange North Supervisory Union Orange, Washington, Williamstown Vermont PBIS Leadership Forum Lake Morey, Vermont October 7, 2014 Partnerships with Mental Health in a PBIS System

3. 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

4. Orange Center School’s Story

5. Orange Center School (2009-2010) 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 Behavior Interventionists from WCMH; 1:1 Chronic Office Referrals – no attention to data Ineffective leadership

6. Orange Center School (2010--2011) New principal took team to BEST in June 2010 (Universal) OCS ROCKS! Universal Professional learning for classroom management aka common approach to expectations and response Susan Titterton LSCI

7. Orange Center School (2011-2012) Team to BEST in June 2011 (Targeted); reflected on data and system Decision to do another year at Universal Approached WCMH in spring 2012 to collaborate to support vision of proactive model

8. Orange Center School (2012-2013) Team to BEST in June 2012 (Targeted); reflected on data and system and made adjustments Rock Star of the Week Hired WCMH Behavior Analyst Identified families Rock In Rock Out Coordinator Case-managed 8 to 10 students with targeted plans Provided social/emotional intervention to students on targeted plans Conducted Functional Behavior Analyses Created/monitored/ exited behavior support plans Collaborated with SpEd for behavior plans for students with intensive needs Coordinated interagency support Coached CICO Supported staff in universal social/emotional strategies Supported families in and outside the home

9. Having learned many lessons at OCS we expanded the partnership to include Williamstown Middle High School and Washington Village School

10. Orange Center School (2013-2014) Team to BEST in June 2013 (Intensive); reflected on data and system and made adjustments Chill Pass Sunshine Pass Rock In Rock Out Coordinator Added coordination of wrap-around service (2 students) Continued to grow universal and targeted parts of the system

11. Having learned even more from WMHS and WVS we expanded the partnership to include Williamstown Elementary School.

12. 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

13. Guiding Questions for Networking Groups 1. Define the topic (so everyone is talking about the same thing) 2. What are your challenges and how might you overcome them? 3. What will it look like when things are going well? 4. What more do you need to know about this topic in order to make positive change?