: Engaging School Resource Officer in Behavioral Health - Addressing behavior issues in our schools: A systems approach.

Presenters

Bob N. Stevens PhD, APBSFollow

First Presenter's Institution

Co-Chair Southeastern School Behavioral Health Conference

First Presenter's Brief Biography

Received his BS from The Citadel, MS from University of Oklahoma and PhD from Florida State University with an emphasis in research statistics and program evaluation. He has 40 years of experience in education as a teacher, coach, principal, college administrator and professor. He has recently been the editor of the Journal for Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities in Youth, and has authored over 30 articles and book chapters. He co-edited the book, “School Behavioral Health-Interconnecting Comprehensive School Mental Health and Positive Behavior Support.” Dr. Stevens is an avid golfer and pilot, who enjoys spending time with his grandchildren.

Document Type

Event

Primary Strand

School Safety

Relevance to Primary Strand

Helping school-based SRO integrate into the behavioral health efforts (ie PBIS) within a school will not only enhance PBIS efforts, but also improve school safety

Alignment with School Improvement Plan Topics

Climate and Culture

Brief Program Description

For SROs and MTSS team members who work with SRO's, this session will discuss five things that the SRO and the school should do to improve school climate and safety. These techniques will help the SRO to become a "Connected" or “C-SRO.” Important information regarding the use of restraint techniques will be discussed.

Summary

The concept of "C-SRO", (InterConnected SRO) fits well within the concept of ISF and the Multi-tiered Framework of Support. During this presentation, attendees will be provided materials and specific practices on how to interact with staff and teacher at the universal as well as secondary and tertiary levels. Additionally attendees will review how SRO can best interact with school staff training in de-escalation techniques and when necessary restraint techniques, such as CPI. Advice to school administrators about how many staff need to be trained and how SRO can assist will be presented.

Evidence

School resource officers and schoolwide PBIS: Considerations for training Barry L. McCurdyORCID Icon, Danielle N. Empson Tim Knoster, Scott M Fluke&Chelsea A Grant Pages 317-324 | Published online: 10 May 2019 The Other Side of School Violence: Educator Policies and Practices That May Contribute to Student Misbehavior, 36 J. SCH. PSYCHOL. 7, 12 (1998); BenBrown, Understanding and Assessing School Police Officers: A Conceptual and Methodological Comment, 34 J. CRIM. JUST. 591 (2006); JUSTICE POLICY INSTITUTE, EDUCATION UNDER ARREST: THE CASE AGAINST POLICE IN SCHOOLS (Nov. 2011).

Learning Objective 1

Participants will learn the 5 actions SROs can take within their PBIS initiative to enhance their role

Learning Objective 2

Attendees will learn how SROs can help address behavioral health risk and protective factors in their schools.

Learning Objective 3

Participants will learn how having SRO's attend to universal behavioral health allows them to be better prepared for broader safety issues.

Recommended Citation

Stevens, Bob N. PhD, ": Engaging School Resource Officer in Behavioral Health - Addressing behavior issues in our schools: A systems approach." (2023). Southeast Conference on School Climate. 68.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/secsc/2023/2023/68

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