Integrating Mental Health Supports in Younger Years: Equity in Graduation Success

1. MayGATE Equity Webinar Mental Health 201: Integrating Mental Health Supports in the Younger Years Exploring topics related to equity in graduation success The webinar will begin soon. While you wait, please share in the chat panel: Use 6 words to describe your connection to Mental Health or Social Emotional Learning Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal, State Superintendent

2. Connect to Audio You can join by computer audio or call in. Dial +1-646-558-8656 or +1-669-900-6833 Webinar ID: 314-495-966 Test Audio

3. Tips for Participating • Share comments and ideas in the Chat panel (send to “All”) • Ask presenters questions in the Q&A panel • Slides are available on the GATE Equity Webinar page in the Archive now. • Recording will be available at the end of the month.

4. Webinar Etiquette

5. Do you need clock hours? We are offering 3 free Clock Hours for attending both of today’s Mental Health Webinars. • Attend both the morning and afternoon GATE Equity Webinars Live. • Complete the pre-reading assignment. • Register for clock hours. • Print and sign the clock hour form. • Send the signed evaluation to Ronnie.Larson@k12.wa.us. • Clock Hour Instructions and Registration Here!

6. MayGATE Equity Webinar Mental Health 201: Integrating Mental Health Supports in the Younger Years Exploring topics related to equity in graduation success Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal, State Superintendent

7. Who Are We? • Bonnie Zimmerman • OSPI Program Specialist, System and School Improvement • Megan LaPalm • OSPI Project AWARE and School Climate Transformation Program Supervisor • Sara Ellsworth • Behavioral Health Clinical Services Manager • True North • Chelsea Cornwall-Brady • Assistant Principal Olympic Middle School • Shelton School District

8. Vision: Values: All students prepared for post-secondary pathways, careers, and civic engagement. Mission: Transform K–12 education to a system that is centered on closing opportunity gaps and is characterized by high expectations for all students and educators. We achieve this by developing equity-based policies and supports that empower educators, families, and communities.

9. Office of System & School Improvement

10. Objectives

11. Project AWARE $9.75 Million 2014-2019 Three WA School Districts

12. Project AWARE Services Systems Literacy

13. Project AWARE BH Services ≠ Magic Wand Systems are CRITICAL Integration, not Co-Location Mental Health Literacy Reduces Stigma Behavior Concerns Are Not Always MH Concerns District Capacity for Support is KEY

14. Questions & Polling 1 Who’s here? • Administrator • Counselor • Teacher • Parent • ESD • District • Other How familiar are you with our topic? • Very • Somewhat • It’s new!

15. Why?

16. Who I am…..

17. Why mental health in schools? Washington State students are experiencing significant mental health issues Student mental health issues have significant impacts on academics Students are not connecting with mental health services available in the community

18. Statewide Trends http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/issues/state-mental-health-america#Key *OSPI Report Card & Healthy Youth Survey data

19. Healthy Youth Survey

20. 2019 Healthy Youth Survey

21. 2019 Healthy Youth Survey

22. Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resilience in Education)

23. Integrating mental health services

24. ESD 113 Integrated System of Care Therapeutic Intervention Liaison Services Care coordination and referral Linkage between outside providers and school personnel Participation in Wrap-around teams Engagement on MTSS school-based teams • Screening/Assessment • Individual therapy • Group Therapy • Family Therapy • Co-Occurring Treatment • Case Management

25. Building a MTSS for Mental Health

26. Unique Challenges in Elementary Settings

27. Identified Solutions

28. Questions & Polling 2 What topics do you most want support around? • Universal Strategies • Strategies for Tier II Schools • Implementation prior to referral

29. How do you start building a successful program?

30. Who Am I? Where Am I From?

31. Why did you start looking at mental health in your building?

32. What did you find?

33. What did you do as a result?

34. What Were Some Themes You Noticed?

35. Example Supports • Next Steps- School wide SEL • PAX

36. Process For Building A System • How did the work spread in your district? • How do you know the work will continue after you leave your building?

37. What Advice Would You Give To People Starting This Work?

38. Questions

39. GATE Evaluation This presentation will change my practice in the future: • Definitely • Probably • Not Sure • No – not helpful This presentation was well organized with a variety of participant involvement: • Strongly agree • Agree • Disagree • Strongly Disagree The presenters were content experts: • Strongly agree • Agree • Disagree • Strongly Disagree The presentation met the stated learning objectives: • Strongly agree • Agree • Disagree • Strongly Disagree GATE Evaluation

40. Resources

41. Resources

42. Next Month June 12, 2019 Graduation 101: Supporting What’s Next 10a.m. – 11 a.m. Graduation 201: Alternative Learning Experience 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.

43. Creative Commons • Except where otherwise noted, this work by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction is licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 International License. • Many of our images come from Canva.com and TheNounProject.com.

44. Discussion Questions for the Chat