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Department of Health and Wellness

Judith Styer, BSN, RN, BA, NCSN Director of Health and Wellness

It is easier to build strong children than repair broken men. - Fredrick Douglass

Mission:

The Department of Health and Wellness promotes Framingham Public Schools’ academic mission by supporting the social, emotional, cognitive, and physical growth and development of our diverse student population and the greater school community.

Our first job as educators is to create an environment where every child feels safe and secure.

62% 6%

25% 7%

…49% free and reduced lunch…

…417 identified homeless students…

…450 new students enrolled since July 1…

…28% of our students are overweight or obese…

…1 in 3 students attend school with a chronic health condition…

…1 in 5 students attends school with a mental health diagnosis…

Children with a history of adverse childhood experiences:

• are 2.5 times more likely to fail a grade in school
• score lower on standardized tests
• are more likely to struggle with receptive and

expressive language

• are more often suspended and expelled
• are more frequently placed in Special Education
• have increased absenteeism

The District Commitment: Full-time Student Support Staff in Every School

• Social workers
• Nurses, including two district

adolescent health nurses

• School counselors
• Psychologists

Framingham Public Schools, July, 2014

Multi-tiered System of Support (MTSS)

PBIS SEL Standards Social Emotional Learning Model for Comprehensive School Counseling Bullying Prevention and Intervention School Health Services Service Learning Family Engagement Academic Assess (C, F, S) Support/ Accelerate Enrich/ Challenge

Establish clarity on roles of social workers, psychologists, and guidance counselors

Establish district/school- wide PBIS

Implement the comprehensive assessment system Develop schedule that maximizes staffing to ensure implementation Select, train staff, and pilot interventions Implement the Model for Comprehensive School Counseling and social-emotional learning curriculum Define Progress Monitoring Process at E, M, and HS that includes special populations

Department Goals

2016-17

• Develop and enhance highly

effective building-based student support teams

• Clarify the unique role of each

discipline; promote understanding

• Plan and provide relevant and high

quality PD

• Standardize documentation practices
• Enhance Support Staff professional

culture

• Implement MA Model for

Comprehensive School Counseling, K-12

• Plan Social emotional learning

programming

Fram ingham High School Clinical Care

• Coordinator. Full time social worker responsible to

assist students transitioning back to school after hospitalization for mental illness; facilitates private therapists to provide counseling to students after school.

McKinney Vento Social W orker. Full time social

worker responsible for intensive case management

• f homeless students at all grade levels; funded by

McKinney Vento and Title I.

Supports

Rapid Assessment Intervention Team (RAIT). Collaboration between Framingham Public Schools, Advocates, Inc. and Wayside Youth and Family Support Network - 2 full time mental health clinicians responsible to assess students in a mental health crisis, provide stabilization and connection to behavioral health resources; funded by the MetroWest Health Foundation. Mindfulness Training at Framingham High School: targeted at risk youth, new ELL students, LGBTQ students, Academically struggling or over-achieving students, pregnant and parenting students, 9th grade Resiliency for Life students

Adolescent Health Nurses. Prevention of teen pregnancy with focus on high risk behaviors and promotion of health relationships; case management for pregnant and parenting teens. “Wishes. Promoting Adolescent Health and School Success.” A five year program to create safe and supportive learning environments with a focus on LGBTQ; funded by DESE. “School Based Health Center.” Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center at Framingham High School; funded by MA DPH and MetroWest Health Foundation.

Policy Implications

• An Act Relative to Bullying in Schools
• Chapter 222. Alternative to Discipline
• An Act Relative to the Reduction of Gun

Violence

• McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Act