Bob Long, Commissioner
Onondaga Dept of Mental
Health
Syracuse City School District
Administrator’s Meeting
Jennifer Parmalee, Onondaga
August 20, 2012
Dept of Mental Health
Linda Brown, OCM BOCES
What is Promise Zone?
 NYS Office of Mental Health Grant to 3 Urban districts for
innovative solutions that result in improved student
achievement
 Designed to increase community collaboration and the
districts’ ability to identify and support students with
serious emotional challenges
Syracuse Partners in Success
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Department of Mental Health
Syracuse City School District
Say Yes
Brownell
Arise
St. Joes
OnCare
Other Community Agencies: Syracuse Community Health
Center, Contact, Hillside, Catholic Charities
Healthy Youth Development
 What does each child need to be successful?
How does Promise Zone align
with Other Important Work?
The Syracuse Commitment to its Children
All Syracuse Children can be
Competitive, Successful and
Drive our Community’s Future
Social Behavior is Central to Academic Success
All Students can be Successful
Context: Key Challenges the Community Faces; Students,
Families, Schools, Child Welfare, Mental Health, Juvenile
Justice
Linking Behavior & Academics – No HS
2012
3.50
60.0%
3.00
50.0%
2.50
40.0%
2.00
30.0%
1.50
20.0%
1.00
0.50
10.0%
0.00
0.0%
Number of Susp per 100 Youth per school day Thru June
Number of Referrals per 100 Youth per school day Thru June
Percentage of students scoring at or above level 3 in ELA (3-5) (6-8) 2012
Percentage of students scoring at or above level 3 in MATH (3-5) (6-8) 2012
Note: National benchmark for office discipline for grades k-6 is 0.32 , grades 6-12 is 0.65.
Chronically Absent Through April
2012
Percentage of students with 90% or less attendance:
60%
49%
50%
40%
36%
30%
23%
19%
20%
11%
10%
0%
8%
14%
14%
15%
24%
24%
25%
26%
26%
28%
31%
32%
36%
37%
40%
All Students can be Successful
cont.
Core Student Needs: 40 Developmental Youth Assets;
Response to Intervention and Positive Behavior and
Supports
Initiatives: Multi-Tired Systems of Support; How al l relate
to each other; Dignity for All Students Act
All Students can be Successful
cont.
Strategies: Reflects the specific actions underway to
address core student needs
PZ Specific:
 Expand Licensed outpatient clinic services in schools
 Clinician Integrated into SBIT-B Teams
 Clinician’s prioritize school functionality in treatment
 Data based decisions for identification and intervention
 Support Development of Screening and SBIT-B functions
 Family engaged as partners in process
All Students can be Successful
cont.
Necessary Action Steps: What we (district and community)
still need to do to be successful
Tangible Short Term Results: What initiatives hope to
achieve in next 12 months; results are shared
Long Term Outcomes: All initiatives share same long terms
goals
Promise Zone
Department of Mental Health
Syracuse City School District
Say Yes
2011 - 2012
Screening Process – Tier 2 Grouped
 Identify Students using standard criteria (3 or more
ODR’s and/or at-risk referral form)
 Review Students(1-2 minutes each)
 Group students according to criteria and determine
intervention
 Implement and Progress Monitor Intervention
 Review group intervention data (every 4 weeks)
 Continue intervention or Phase Out
 Refer to SBIT Behavior Team with rising referrals to 6 or
more
SBIT-Behavior Process – Tier 3 Individualized
 Identify Students using standard criteria (6 or more ODR’s
and/or at risk form)
 Review students (45 minutes each)
 Determine Intervention and Progress Monitor
 Review student data (every 4 weeks)
 Continue intervention or phase out
Training and Coaching
Cohort 1 (5 schools)
 Trained November 2011
 Each assigned external coach
 2 learning collaborative sessions
Cohort 2 (6 schools)
 Trained March 2012
 Each assigned external coach
 1 learning collaborative session
Screening Teams 2011-2012
(group student planning)
 Total number of students referred
133
 Percent that had at least one follow-up meeting
35%
(46 students)
Goal is 100%
S-BIT B Teams 2011-2012
(individual level planning)
 Total number of students referred
18
 Percent that had at least one follow-up meeting
100%
(18 students)
Goal is 100%
 Schools inviting parents to SBIT-B Meetings
1
(Goal is 100%)
S-BIT Behavior
SBIT-B Cohort 1 Goals
 Percentage of goals where students either met or
exceeded S-BIT B goals or made promising progress.
90%
Thank You and Great Job!
 Bellevue
 Lemoyne
 Danforth
 Meachem
 Dr. King
 Porter
 Delaware
 Roberts
 Frankliln
 Salem Hyde
Congratulations to Cohort 3!
 Clary Middle School
 Dr. Weeks
 Expeditionary Learning Middle School
 Hughes
 Seymour
Next Steps – Support, Support,
Support
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2.
3.
4.
Cohorts 1 and 2 hit the ground
running
Cohort 3 Training in October
Learning Collaborative and
Coaching
Cohort 4 – Get Ready for January!
Preparation for Screening/SBITB Start Up
1. PBIS Universal team is in place and meets monthly
2. Explicit Teaching of Behavioral Expectations in place
3. Solid Acknowledgement systems are in place and
supported by 80% of staff in school
4. Team reviews behavior data on a monthly basis
5. Every classroom has a behavior management plan
6. IF you have a clinician, how is it working for you (scale
of 1-5)
Tool to Support Preparation
 Tool
 T - Analysis
We look forward to working
with you this year!
Thank you!