Pride Surveys Questionnaire for Grades 6
through 12 Standard Report
Contents
• Communities that Care Youth Survey
Overview
• Survey Results
– Student behaviors
– Underlying causes
• Related CMHS Data
• Next Steps
Cohasset Public Schools
Communities that Care Survey
2014-2015
Communities that Care Youth Survey
Overview
• Co-sponsored by the PSO and the Cohasset Safe Harbor Coalition
• Chosen by Torin Sweeney, Department Chair of Health and Wellness
at the Middle-High School in collaboration with assessment team at
the Safe Harbor Coalition and vetted through the PSO. Generally
provided more breadth, was more cost effective, and easier to
interpret than the Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
• Belongs to the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) in the
office of the United States Government's Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
• Administered with notice to parents but without notice to students
on Thursday, March 19, 2015
• 751 students in grades 6-12 (93% of the student body) participated
Cohasset Public Schools
Communities that Care Survey
2014-2015
Communities that Care Youth Survey
Overview
CTC Survey Identifies:
– The actual prevalence of drug use, violence and
other antisocial behaviors among surveyed
students
– Protective factors that would discourage problem
behaviors, and
– Risk factors that predict problem behaviors such
as alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, poor
school achievement, and delinquency
Cohasset Public Schools
Communities that Care Survey
2014-2015
Communities that Care Youth Survey
Overview
Survey Credibility:
• Testing environment secure
• Individually processed by Mr. Scott and Mr. Sweeney
• Measureable survey questions reflect our internal data
(grade distribution, number of suspensions, cocurricular involvement, etc.)
• Findings reflect disciplinary and mental health trends
• No other abnormalities in student responses to
indicate that it was not taken seriously (questions
related to handguns and gang involvement for
example).
Cohasset Public Schools
Communities that Care Survey
2014-2015
Major Findings
1. Students report significant alcohol and marijuana use at
the high school, particularly in grades 10-12.
2. Peer attitudes and peer pressure, favorable drug laws, and
parental attitudes towards marijuana are the three largest
contributing factors identified.
3. Prevalence of drug and alcohol use reflects an increase in
alcohol, tobacco and other drug (ATOD) disciplinary
infractions.
4. Findings mirror an increase in student anxiety, selfreported in the CTC survey and reflected in increases in
emotional disability diagnoses, crisis center referrals, and
general education students in the adjustment counselor
caseload.
Cohasset Public Schools
Communities that Care Survey
2014-2015
CTC Survey Results – Past 30 Days
Cohasset Public Schools
Communities that Care Survey
2014-2015
CTC Survey Results - Lifetime Use
63% of all
High School
students
39% of all
High School
students
Cohasset Public Schools
Communities that Care Survey
2014-2015
CTC Survey Results – CMHS Activity
Approximately 38 Students
Cohasset Public Schools
Communities that Care Survey
2014-2015
Approximately 30 Students
CTC Survey Results – Alcohol Use in
the Past 30 Days
Alcohol use substantially increases between the 9th and 10th grades, and
remains high through 12th grade.
Cohasset has significantly higher usage than the national average by as
much as 70% for 10th grade students.
Table 2: Use of Any Alcohol in the Past 30 Days
Grade N of N of
1-9 10-19
40 or
Level Valid Miss Times Times 20-39 More
TOTAL
6th
7th
8th
136
119
123
6
2
2
0.0
0.8
2.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.8
2.4
9th
10th
11th
12th
92
87
104
77
2
1
0
0
12.0
42.5
44.2
57.1
0.0
0.0
1.0
3.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.3
12.0
42.5
45.2
63.6
6-8
9-12
Total
378
360
738
10
3
13
1.1
38.3
19.2
0.0
1.1
0.5
0.0
0.3
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.1
1.1
40.0
20.1
Cohasset Public Schools
Communities that Care Survey
2014-2015
CTC Survey Results – Alcohol Use in
the Past 30 Days
Past 30 Day Alcohol Use
Cohasset
National
Average1
9th Grade
10th Grade
11th Grade
12th Grade
12%
42.5%
45.2%
63.6%
17%
25%
27.5%
39.2%
70
60
50
40
Cohasset
30
National Average
20
Pride Surveys Questionnaire for Grades 6 through 12
Standard Report
2013-14 Pride National Summary
July 10, 2014
10
0
9th Grade
10th Grade
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2014-2015
11th Grade
12th Grade
CTC Survey Results – Marijuana Use in
the Past 30 Days
Marijuana use substantially increases between the 9th and 10th grades, and
remains high through 12th grade.
Cohasset has significantly higher usage than the national average by as
much as 123% for 12th grade students.
Table 3: Use of Any Marijuana in the Past 30 Days
Grade N of N of
1-9 10-19
40 or
Level Valid Miss Times Times 20-39 More TOTAL
6th
137
5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
7th
119
2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
8th
123
2
0.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.8
9th
10th
11th
12th
93
88
103
77
1
0
1
0
6.5
21.6
15.5
32.5
1.1
3.4
2.9
3.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.6
0.0
2.3
4.9
11.7
7.5
27.3
23.3
50.6
6-8
9-12
Total
379
361
740
9
2
11
0.3
18.3
9.1
0.0
2.8
1.4
0.0
0.6
0.3
0.0
4.4
2.2
0.3
26.0
12.8
Cohasset Public Schools
Communities that Care Survey
2014-2015
CTC Survey Results – Marijuana Use in
the Past 30 Days
Past 30 Day Marijuana Use
9th Grade
10th Grade
11th Grade
12th Grade
Cohasset
7.5%
27.3%
23.3%
50.6%
National Average1
11.4%
16.3%
17.8%
22.7%
60
50
40
Cohasset
30
National Average
20
Pride Surveys Questionnaire for Grades 6 through 12
Standard Report
2013-14 Pride National Summary
July 10, 2014
10
0
9th Grade
10th Grade
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Communities that Care Survey
2014-2015
11th Grade
12th Grade
Protective Factors
Protective factors
Conditions that buffer children and youth from
exposure to risk by either reducing the impact of
the risks or changing the way that young people
respond to risks. (Scores higher than 50 are
preferred).
Cohasset Public Schools
Communities that Care Survey
2014-2015
CTC Survey Results – Protective Factors
Cohasset is consistently higher than the national average for providing
protective factors which reduce the risk of destructive behaviors.
Cohasset Public Schools
Communities that Care Survey
2014-2015
CTC Survey Results – Protective Factors
In contrast, seniors
score much lower
in their ability to
say no when
confronted with a
risky choice,
perhaps partly
because the
behaviors are not
seen as particularly
risky.
Cohasset Public Schools
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2014-2015
Risk Factors
Risk factors
Conditions that increase the likelihood of a young person becoming involved
in drug use, delinquency, school dropout and/or violence.
Research during the past 30 years supports the view that delinquency;
alcohol, tobacco and other drug use; school achievement; and other
important outcomes in adolescence are associated with specific
characteristics in the students’ community, school and family environments,
as well as with characteristics of the individual (Hawkins, Catalano and Miller,
1992).
In fact, these characteristics have been shown to be more important in
understanding these behaviors than ethnicity, income or family structure
(Blum et al., 2000).
(Scores lower than 50 are preferred).
Cohasset Public Schools
Communities that Care Survey
2014-2015
CTC Survey Results – Risk Factors
Cohasset Public Schools
Communities that Care Survey
2014-2015
CTC Survey Results
Cohasset Public Schools
Communities that Care Survey
2014-2015
CTC Survey Results
Cohasset Public Schools
Communities that Care Survey
2014-2015
CTC Survey Results
Cohasset Public Schools
Communities that Care Survey
2014-2015
CTC Survey Results
Cohasset Public Schools
Communities that Care Survey
2014-2015
ATOD Related Discipline Incidents
2012-2015
50
45
40
35
30
# Students
25
# Incidents
20
15
10
5
0
2012-2013
Cohasset Public Schools
Communities that Care Survey
2014-2015
2013-2014
2014-2015
MIAA Chemical Health Infractions
2012-2015
Chemical Health Violations
16
14
12
10
8
Chemical Health Violations
6
4
2
0
2012-2013
Cohasset Public Schools
Communities that Care Survey
2014-2015
2013-2014
2014-2015
Anxiety, Depression, and Self-worth
Cohasset Public Schools
Communities that Care Survey
2014-2015
Anxiety, Depression, and Self-worth
Emotional Disability Diagnoses
0.9%
0.8%
0.7%
0.6%
0.5%
0.4%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
Students diagnosed with an emotional disability as a percentage of the total HS population
Cohasset Public Schools
Communities that Care Survey
2014-2015
Anxiety, Depression, and Self-worth
Crisis Center Referrals
1.2%
1.0%
0.8%
0.6%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
Students referred to the crisis center as a percentage of the total HS population
Cohasset Public Schools
Communities that Care Survey
2014-2015
Anxiety, Depression, and Self-worth
Adjustment Counselor Caseload - High School
25
20
15
10
5
0
2012-2013
2013-2014
Special Education
Cohasset Public Schools
Communities that Care Survey
2014-2015
General Education
2014-2015
Next Steps
1. Understand the underlying causes
- District-wide Leadership Retreat
- Informetrics Work
- Consult with Safe Harbor Coalition
2. School Improvement Plan
- Create Action Plan
Cohasset Public Schools
Communities that Care Survey
2014-2015