First Presenter's Institution
Griffin-Spalding County Schools
First Presenter's Brief Biography
Eleajah McElroy earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics concentration in Statistics from Georgia State University (GSU). She completed a Master’s in Secondary Education and Educational Specialist in Curriculum and Instruction. She is currently a doctoral candidate at Kennesaw State University for Educational Leadership for Learning. She also has a Coaching Endorsement, Gifted Endorsement, Student Support Team (SST) Coordinator Endorsement, and Educational Leadership Certification (GSU). Before her current role as Mental Health and Positive Student Supports Coordinator, Eleajah McElroy served as a preschool teacher, a middle grades teacher (mathematics and social studies), a district-level Curriculum and Instruction Specialist, and a K-12 Mathematics Coordinator, and MTSS Coordinator.
Second Presenter's Institution
Griffin-Spalding County Schools
Second Presenter’s Email Address
kainita.taylor@gscs.org
Second Presenter's Brief Biography
Kainita Taylor has over 25 years of experience across various settings, including outpatient and inpatient care, crisis intervention, psychiatric facilities, and educational systems. Kainita Taylor received her undergraduate degree in Sociology/Psychology and her Master of Counseling/Psychology degree from the University of West Alabama. She currently serves as a school district Mental Health Clinician; previously, she served as a district Climate Specialist.
Third Presenter's Institution
Griffin-Spalding County School System
Third Presenter’s Email Address
toniece.walker@gscs.org
Third Presenter's Brief Biography
Toniece Walker is currently a K-12 School Climate Specialist in Griffin Spalding County Schools. She has a BS degree from Georgia State University, a master’s degree from Central Michigan University, a specialist from Nova Southeastern University, and currently pursuing a doctoral degree in special education with an emphasis in Applied Behavior Analysis. In addition, she has a background in special education.
Document Type
Individual Presentation
Primary Strand
Mental Health
Relevance to Primary Strand
Mental Health
Interconnected Systems Framework (ISF) is a structure and process to integrate Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports and School Mental Health within school systems.
Brief Program Description
This session will engage participants in an evidence-based, structured framework to address students' behavior, social-emotional, and mental health. ISF requires a common language and process so that all team members can most effectively collaborate, communicate, and plan around their data. Guidance will be shared for effectively implementing an ISF in your school/district.
Summary
We highlight resources to support educators & students during the pandemic & discuss how to adapt behavior support systems to meet the needs of students. We will address the critical components of leading and interconnected systems framework (leadership, family and community engagement, resources at each tier, data-based problem solving, data evaluation, building capacity for implementation). Presenters will share reflection questions (vision, need, barriers, solutions) and examples of these critical components to support implementation (PBIS framework, acknowledging staff and students, interventions, climate specialists , behavior interventionists, mental health clinicians, mental health school counselors, family education webinar series, MOU community providers, SEL implementation, SEL Google Classrooms, parent and student request for support forms, calm rooms, self-care rooms, self-care support, professional learning) throughout the presentation. In addition, participants will be able to identify resources and infrastructure currently in place. Presenters will also share results from the implementation of an ISF. Lastly, participants will be able to self-assess where they are presently and prioritize needs for the upcoming year. Links to resources will be provided and briefly discussed (action plan templates, problem-solving templates, safety plan templates, intervention examples, Evaluating fidelity forms, Assessing suicidal ideations and risk of harm to others screener examples, parent topics and resources, informational brochures).
Evidence
Increase in PBIS Self-Assessment Data
Increase in School-wide PBIS walkthrough data
Increase in the number of students accessing mental health supports
Increase in Social Emotional Learning Implementation
Decrease in discipline data (e.g., ODR, ISS Days, and OSS days) , even prior to the pandemic
Biographical Sketch
N/A
Learning Objective 1
Examine the critical component of an ISF and strategies for adapting student supports during the pandemic
Learning Objective 2
Implement a structured problem-solving process to make behavioral support decisions at each tier
Learning Objective 3
Discuss Positive Behavior Supports and embedding SEL and Mental Health into this tiered framework
Recommended Citation
McElroy, Eleajah; Taylor, Kainita; and Walker, Toniece, "Adapting Systems of Support to Meet the Behavioral, SEL, and Mental Health Needs of Students" (2022). Southeast Conference on School Climate. 5.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/secsc/2022/2022/5
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Adapting Systems of Support to Meet the Behavioral, SEL, and Mental Health Needs of Students
We highlight resources to support educators & students during the pandemic & discuss how to adapt behavior support systems to meet the needs of students. We will address the critical components of leading and interconnected systems framework (leadership, family and community engagement, resources at each tier, data-based problem solving, data evaluation, building capacity for implementation). Presenters will share reflection questions (vision, need, barriers, solutions) and examples of these critical components to support implementation (PBIS framework, acknowledging staff and students, interventions, climate specialists , behavior interventionists, mental health clinicians, mental health school counselors, family education webinar series, MOU community providers, SEL implementation, SEL Google Classrooms, parent and student request for support forms, calm rooms, self-care rooms, self-care support, professional learning) throughout the presentation. In addition, participants will be able to identify resources and infrastructure currently in place. Presenters will also share results from the implementation of an ISF. Lastly, participants will be able to self-assess where they are presently and prioritize needs for the upcoming year. Links to resources will be provided and briefly discussed (action plan templates, problem-solving templates, safety plan templates, intervention examples, Evaluating fidelity forms, Assessing suicidal ideations and risk of harm to others screener examples, parent topics and resources, informational brochures).
