A measure of connection between department of mental health school based clinicians and their schools
First Presenter's Institution
University of South Carolina
First Presenter's Brief Biography
Dr. Stevens is the founding chair and current team member of the SC Association of PBS Network. He is also the Co-Chair of the Southeastern School Behavioral Health Conference, and PI on several school mental health projects.
Second Presenter's Institution
SC Department of Mental Health
Second Presenter’s Email Address
margaret.meriwether@scdmh.org
Second Presenter's Brief Biography
Dr. Meriwether is the former Director of School Mental Health for the SC Department of Mental Health. She has been lead investigator and team member on projects such as CoIIN, AWARE and the SC Behavioral Alliance.
Document Type
Event
Primary Strand
Mental Health
Relevance to Primary Strand
This session will assist both schools and school based mental health professionals (who are not school employees) the best practices to effectively implement behavioral health interventions within a MTSS/PBIS school system. Tips and techniques to effectively integrate services will be provided.
Alignment with School Improvement Plan Topics
Professional Capacity
Brief Program Description
The SC Department of Mental Health’s, School Connection Review (SCR) is designed provide a reliable and efficient measure of the extent to which DMH school mental health clinicians are participating with their school to deliver best practices and applying the core features of an Interconnected System Framework of school mental health and MTSS.
Summary
The purpose of the South Carolina Department of Mental Health’s School Mental Health, School Connection Review (SCR) is to provide a reliable and efficient measure of the extent to which DMH school mental health clinicians are using best practices with school personnel and applying the core features of an Interconnected System Framework of school mental health and Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS).
Reasons to Implement a Recognition Program:
• Increased engagement among DMH school mental health clinicians, school staff, and students
• Ensure schools are implementing evidence-based practices and interventions
• Increase motivation for both DMH and school personnel
• Show appreciation to both DMH and school personnel
• Boost SMH clinician retention
• Create a more positive workplace environment
The SCR may be used (a) for initial assessment to determine if a school is effectively using DMH school mental health services, (b) to reinforce the implementation of Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 MH practices, (c) as an indicator to help sustain effective implementation, and (d) as a metric for identifying schools for recognition for their school/DMH partnership.
The SCR will provide materials to guide both the initial onboarding of a school mental health clinician and the sustained effectiveness of the clinician. SCR results will provide information for developing an action plan that guides effective school mental health implementation.
Evidence
Reference 1 Grasley-Boy, N. M., Gage, N. A., Lombardo, M., & Anderson, L. (2022, April 8). Re-Examining the Reliability and Validity of the SWPBIS Tiered Fidelity Inventory. https://doi.org/10.35542/osf.io/628bd
Reference 2 Weist, M. D., Lever, N. A., Bradshaw, C. P., & Owens, J. S. (Eds.). (2014). Handbook of school mental health: Research, training, practice, and policy (pp. 1-14). Springer US.
Reference 3 Waxman, R. P., Weist, M. D., & Benson, D. M. (1999). Toward collaboration in the growing education–mental health interface. Clinical Psychology Review, 19(2), 239-253.
Learning Objective 1
Participants will be able to be familiar with the items and processes used to collect SCR data.
Learning Objective 2
At the end of this session, the participant will be able to recognize the 5 domains on the SCR
Learning Objective 3
Participants will be able to use shared materials to create a more effective mental health / school connection.
Recommended Citation
Stevens, Bob N. PhD and Meriwether, Margaret Phd, "A measure of connection between department of mental health school based clinicians and their schools" (2023). Southeast Conference on School Climate. 56.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/secsc/2023/2023/56
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A measure of connection between department of mental health school based clinicians and their schools
The purpose of the South Carolina Department of Mental Health’s School Mental Health, School Connection Review (SCR) is to provide a reliable and efficient measure of the extent to which DMH school mental health clinicians are using best practices with school personnel and applying the core features of an Interconnected System Framework of school mental health and Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS).
Reasons to Implement a Recognition Program:
• Increased engagement among DMH school mental health clinicians, school staff, and students
• Ensure schools are implementing evidence-based practices and interventions
• Increase motivation for both DMH and school personnel
• Show appreciation to both DMH and school personnel
• Boost SMH clinician retention
• Create a more positive workplace environment
The SCR may be used (a) for initial assessment to determine if a school is effectively using DMH school mental health services, (b) to reinforce the implementation of Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 MH practices, (c) as an indicator to help sustain effective implementation, and (d) as a metric for identifying schools for recognition for their school/DMH partnership.
The SCR will provide materials to guide both the initial onboarding of a school mental health clinician and the sustained effectiveness of the clinician. SCR results will provide information for developing an action plan that guides effective school mental health implementation.
