Tier 1 – Primary Prevention Action Plan The following actions are necessary to achieve measureable improvement; implementation plans to be developed Psychological Substance Distress/ Anti-Social District-Wide Site/Population Specific Use Suicide Behavior 1. Student Support Services Department develop an evidence-based menu of approved PBIS Tier 1 interventions and school connectedness practices . (Date) 2. Sites may select additional Tier 1 interventions to compliment and customize their prevention 1. Adopt PBIS as the standard behavioral system of approach (above and beyond) the required interventions specified in this plan. Sites must select at x x x least one school connectedness practices to implement each year. (Date) prevention and supports for the OKCPS. (Date) 3. Establish annual site plans and reports to Student Support Services about Tier 1 interventions and school connection practices and their outcomes with PBIS Site Specialists’ guidance; collaborate regularly with Site Specialists to monitor implementation and provide support to the sites. (Date) 2. Adopt policy requiring common trauma- informed practices at every site (i.e. – gaining x x x quiet or attention from students, hallway procedures, transition times, common Policies disciplinary language, etc.) (Date) 3. Require a welcome policy to increase sense of worth, belonging, and connection to increase daily staff procedures for when/how to welcome all students, welcome signage, ensuring entrances to school are welcoming while still promoting building safety. Transitions x x x – student/family separation from the district/site; new arrivals, and grand level transitions – should be incorporated into this policy. (Date) 4. Require all staff complete a minimum of 2 hours 4. Require site specific orientation/professional development for mental health plans; address site of professional development upon employment specific student needs and plans to address them at that particular school. (and for existing staff by (Date) ); and annually 1 x X X hour thereafter on: • The OKCPS Mental Health Plan and introduction to the selected interventions
• Key concepts around mental health and evidence-based solutions (trauma, brain health, etc.) • Competencies, skills, and modeling behaviors related to successful implementation of the plan as an OKCPS employee • Personal, adult wellness on developing personal habits for mental health, setting wellness goals, secondary trauma 5. Adopt required standards for evidence-based prevention; reorient all prevention activities by OKCPS and external partners (including assemblies, events, services/programs, etc.) to standards. 6. Develop and implement an application process for prevention providers to be reviewed and approved by Student Support Services prior to execution of a MOU. 7. Revise MOU agreements with external entities x x x providing Tier 1 services to require: • Demonstrated competency (via certification/licensure) and education • Monitoring plan by OKCPS- • Reporting of services and outcomes- • Services assigned by OKCPS and aligned to plan • Completion of OKCPS 1-hour Mental Health Plan orientation training 8. All staff will complete Kognito online training for x suicide prevention. (Date) Programs 9. All counselors, site administrators, nurses, and Student Support Services personnel will complete Youth Mental Health First Aid training. x (Date); A minimum of 3 people within OKCPS will be trained as Mental Health First Aid instructors. (Date) 5. Implement the Pax Good Behavior Game (teacher training and classroom support) in all 1 st and 2 nd x x x
grade classrooms. (Date) x 6. Implement FRIENDS Resilience group in upper elementary. (Date) x 7. All incoming middle school students shall receive the Penn Resiliency Project lessons. (Date) x 8. All freshman students will receive Botvin’s Life Skills Training. (Date) 9. All incoming freshmen complete will Friend to Friend online training for help seeking behavior and x x AlcoholEdu online training as part of high school enrollment. (Date) 10. All parents of incoming freshmen complete AlcoholEdu – Parents online training as part of high x school enrollmnt. (Date) 10. Develop and implement menu of simple, daily x x stress-reduction activities for staff and students (ex. Mindfulness Minutes) 11. Develop and implement a set of age-appropriate lessons, discussion questions, and prompts to be incorporated into regular teaching modules that have secondary effect of reinforcing messages of hope, self-worth, and wellness. Examples include: a. Discussion prompts for holidays in relation x x x to hope and resilience including already celebrated Civil Rights leaders, etc. b. Discussion prompts related coping skills, Practices hope, or resiliency specific to commonly read books in middle/high school c. Discussion questions related to major historical events and trauma, resilience, etc. 12. Utilize OKCPS mobile text message communications to send regular (Mental Health Moment) conversation prompts for parents/guardians to use with their children. Prompts will teach and remind parents/guardians to talk to children about x x Hope, Worth, and ATOD issues. 13. Collect periodic mobile text survey feedback to measure usage of prompts by parents/guardians. 14. Identify and promote opportunities for positive feedback from teacher to guardian regarding x x x student.
a. One-way communication: Add section to all report cards for positive feedback (required) b. Two-way Communication: District-wide practice of including positive feedback component during all parent-teacher conferences (required) c. Student support services will develop menu/templates for positive feedback to parents (optional) 15. OKCPS will convene a staff wellness task force to identify staff wellness needs and recommend feasible practices to norm staff wellness; x x x integrate this effort with current efforts related to compassion fatigue.
Tier 2 & 3 – Intervention & Treatment The following actions are necessary to achieve measureable improvement; implementation plans to be developed Psychological Distress/ Anti-Social District-Wide Site/Population Specific Suicide Behavior Substance Use 16. Adopt PBIS as the standard behavioral system x x x of prevention and supports for the OKCPS. (Date) 17. Adopt policy requiring common trauma- informed practices at every site (i.e. – gaining quiet or attention from students, hallway x x x procedures, transition times, common disciplinary language, etc.) (Date) 18. Require all staff complete a minimum of 2 hours of professional development upon employment (and for existing staff by (Date) ); and annually 1 hour thereafter on: 11. Require site specific orientation/professional development for mental health plans; address site • The OKCPS Mental Health Plan and specific student needs and plans to address them at that particular school. introduction to the selected interventions Policies • Key concepts around mental health and evidence-based solutions (trauma, brain x health, etc.) • Competencies, skills, and modeling behaviors related to successful implementation of the plan as an OKCPS employee • Personal, adult wellness on developing personal habits for mental health, setting wellness goals, secondary trauma 19. Adopt required standards for evidence-based treatments; reorient all treatments (including assemblies, events, services/programs, etc.) to standards. x x x 20. Develop and implement an application
process for community treatment providers to be reviewed and approved by Student Support Services prior to execution of a MOU. 21. Revise community treatment provider agency MOU to include specifics on school policy, in school services, evidence of EBPs, program outcome, evidence of good standing by ODMHSAS or OHCA and performance reviews. Revise MOU agreements with external entities providing Tier 2 & 3 services to require: • Demonstrated competency (via certification/licensure) and education • Monitoring plan by OKCPS-clear communication between district and site administration about approved agreements, authorized personnel, and timeframes of services • Reporting of services and outcomes and timeframe of services engagement • Services assigned by OKCPS and aligned to plan • Completion of OKCPS 1-hour Mental Health Plan orientation training 22. Reevaluate Suspension Policy and look for common trends where students impacted by behaviors from mental health, trauma and substance use are excluded from educational or social achievement. This revision should include a review of language that stigmatizes those with MH or SU disorders and prevent those at risk of seeking help. 23. Increase dedicated staffing and services to help sites prevent suspension and provide appropriate services/supports for children who are suspended. 24. Help site leadership feel confident/competent in effectively intervening, making sound local decisions with a trauma-informed lens, and communicating/ collaborating with Student
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