National PBIS Leadership ForumOctober 19, 2012

Jennifer Parmalee, MPADirector of Children and Family ServicesOnondaga County Department of Mental Health

Mark VinciquerraPBIS CoordinatorSyracuse City School District

Linda BrownBehavior Specialist OCM BOCES

Braid Multi-Tier Support Systems

PBIS

RtIPromise Zone

OnCare (SOC)Say Yes

Syracuse City School District Urban district in Central New York 95,000 residents 31 schools in the SCSD 5 High Schools

6 Kindergarten – 8th grade buildings6 Middle Schools (6th – 8th)10 Elementary Schools

21, 000 students85% Free and Reduced Lunch20% Listed as Special Education

5 Key Areas of Implementation

MH Licensed Clinician in every school

Clinician integrate into school team

Problem Solving Teams at tier 2/3

Expand community services for youth at risk

Systems to identify and intervene with youth at risk

Organizing TeamsDistrict: Multidisciplinary district team (clinics,

department say yes, family advocates)

Schools tier 3 level multi-disciplinary clinic

Technical Assistance Team has RtI, PBIS, Dept of MH, Say Yes school implementers

Community Steering Committee: District, Dept MH, OnCare, Say Yes, Community Agencies

Outpatient Mental Health Commitments Donate 1.5 hours a week per school

Prioritize school functionality in treatment

Ability to interface with families help with who is the best person on the team to build a deeper partnership

Use of classroom data to progress monitor

Dedicated to delivering EBP (Trauma as focus..TF-CBT)

Consultation role on teams – support decision making for treatment, community mental health supports,

Say Yes to Education SupportFamily Support Services

short term, in home case management

School Support Specialists (New Role)Coordination of Tier 2 TeamsSupport Child Specific Interventions

DataData reviewed by TA team, district team;

Evolution to BOQ Working multi-disciplinary level to determine

how MH, PBIS RtI traditional data braid look together and help drive our decisions.

Universal referral form (New)Three progress monitoring tools for tier 3

cases (Teacher behavior report card – Daily rating card-,

CICO daily report card, BOSS and reviewed every 4 week in SBIT-B Process)

Aligned Professional DevelopmentBoth mental health clinicians and school

teams at trainings, learning collaborative and coaching

Bring licensed mental health clinicians up to speed with PBIS framework, EBP data driven and mulit-systems of support focus.