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Component 1 Needs Assessment: Binge Drinking

Percentage of Students Who Binge Drank by Grade

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% Grade 7 Grade 9 Grade 11 Grade Level % of Students who Binge Drank % Binge Drank

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Binge Drinking Defined

• 5 or more drinks in a row (men)
• 4 or more drinks in a row (women)
• 1 Drink = 12 grams of pure ethanol

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Binge Drinkers and Problem Behavior

• Binge drinkers are much more likely to put themselves and others in harm’s way through being

intoxicated and through drinking and driving.

• Binge drinkers are more likely to be involved in gangs and potential violence than students who do not

binge.

• Binge drinkers are more likely to be involved in relationship violence, an issue of particular relevance

to Student Assistance Programs (SAPs).

• (Joël L. Phillips, Community Prevention Institute (CPI))

Table 3. Other Alcohol-use Correlates of Binge Drinking, 11th Graders, 2003 CSS

Total Sample Binge Drank, Past 30 Days Non-binge Drinker, 30 Days No Alcohol, 30 Days Likes to get really drunk 7.0 21.2 4.1 2.2 Was drunk 3 or more times 19.6 56.8 20.9 6.2 Drink/drive episode, 3 or more 12.5 32.4 14.6 5.8 Fight between groups, year 17.7 29.5 20.4 12.7 Used weapon to threaten, year 8.6 17.1 11.3 5.9 Been in a gang, ever 9.2 15.8 10.4 7.5 Relationship violence, year 8.2 14.9 7.9 6.4

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Binge Drinkers and School Behavior

Total Sample Binge Drank, Past 30 Days Non-binge Drinker, 30 Days No Alcohol, 30 Days

School-related Alcohol Use Used alcohol at school, past 30 days 8.0 23.6 5.9 2.8 Drunk/high at school, 3 or more times 12.1 30.4 11.5 5.7 School Violence (Year) Physical fight at school 20.5 32.2 30.6 14.7 Taken a weapon to school 13.0 23.1 13.6 9.2 Damaged school property 17.8 31.2 20.1 13.2 School Behavior Skip school/cut class (ever) 60.3 82.9 54.2 50.9 Skip school/cut class (“few times” or more) 39.3 60.7 33.0 29.8 Low school connectedness 21.0 26.3 19.4 19.3

• Much more likely to use substances at or before school, and to be under the influence of substances at school;
• Somewhat more likely to engage in violent or destructive behavior at school;
• Much more likely to skip school or cut class; and
• Tend to have lower connectedness to school. (Joël L. Phillips, Community Prevention Institute (CPI))

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Mental Health and Academic Achievement in Youth: Key Findings

Results Found Over seven million people in the United States prematurely terminated their education because of early-onset mental illness 14% of high school dropouts have histories of mental illness Roughly half of the premature terminations of education are due to mental illness Educational disparities caused by mental illness persist through life Authors and Dates Kessler et al. (1995) Kessler et al. (1995) Stoep et al. (2003) Miech et al. (2005)

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Mental Health and Academic Achievement in Youth: Key Findings

Results Found Anxiety disorders are associated with lower academic achievement Depression is associated with lower academic achievement Depression in combination with behavior problems results in the highest level of school impairment Youth with symptoms of mental illness have increased absenteeism and school lateness Authors and Dates Stein & Kean (2000) Woodward & Fergusson (2001) Kessler (2003) Asarnow et al. (2005) Chen et al. (1995) Marmorstein and Iacono (2001) Marmorstein and Iacono (2001) Lewinsohn et al. (1995) Gall et al. (2000)

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Expulsion Data

Expulsions 10 20 30 40 50 60 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 School Year NUmber of Expulsions Expulsions

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Component 2: Administrative Support

• Director of Student Support: Encouraged

development of district-wide program

• Encouraged application for grant
• Presentations to board
• Presentations to Administrative council

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Component 3: Policies, Regulations, Procedures

• Director of Student Support helped embed

the program into district policies and procedures

• Breakthrough SAP information is included in

Annual Notification

• Encourages staff to refer to program and tells

families about potential benefits

• Key Intervention strategy

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Component 4: Annual Program Plan

• Breakthrough Grant includes 5 year

administrative work plan.

• Includes prevention activities
• Marketing strategies
• Target audience

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IOM and SAP Components

Continuum of Services = Comprehensive SAP

• Universal

– School Board Policy – Staff Development – Integration with Other School-based Programs – Cooperation and Collaboration Communitywide – Classroom Curriculum and School-wide Events – Crisis Team Response

• Selected

– Educational Student Support Groups – Parenting Workshops

• Indicated

– Internal Referral Process and Services – Individualized Family Conferences and Family Action Planning – Suicide Prevention and Intervention

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Component 5: Comprehensive Staff In-service

• Met with all high school, middle school, and

elementary school leadership teams.

• Presented to entire elementary school staff
• Will be presenting to all high school staff this

fall.

• Included school nurses in School Counselor

meetings and Crisis Intervention training.

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Component 6: Identification and Intervention

• How do we identify students with possible concerns?

– Students who violate a school policy – Surveys that identify a student as being at-risk – When staff worry about their students:

• notice abnormal behaviors or trends
• excessive absences
• signs of drug or alcohol use
• poor hygiene
• excessive fatigue/sleepiness

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Strength ID and Referral

• What about students with strengths?

– Not living up to their own or others expectations – Vulnerable populations: performing and pressured but … – When students worry about their peers:

• Family, friend, or any relationship conflicts
• Signs of drug or alcohol use, eating disorders
• Major stress, change, sadness, depression, suicide or

isolation from friends, resources

• excessive fatigue/sleepiness

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Component 7: Pre-Assessment (Screening)

• Site liaison

– Talks with staff – Review cumulative record – Discipline and academic performance

• Discipline initiated

– Referral form

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Component 8: Referral

• Concerned person: Staff, parent, peer
• Discipline: Suspension related to alcohol,

drugs, tobacco or violence.

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Component 9: Intervention Education for Identified Students: Family Conference

• A structured, three-stage interview designed to

engage and motivate the student and family to use their STRENGTHS and resources to create the prevention plan that will work for the student.

• A team member meets with the individual

student/guardian to identify strengths, resources, needs, and priorities so together they can make informed suggestions and linkages to services.

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“Slowing down to go fast”

90 Minute Family Conference: 3 Stages

• 1. Welcome to student/family with one staff
• 2. Student alone; guardian completes Asset

Development List of Strengths

• 3. Family Action Plan “A” together with

encouragement to return for “Plan B” whenever needed; bring in other staff for introductions or expertise

Follow Up Options built into plan: phone, at school site, home

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Component 9: Intervention Education

• Students may then be referred to school

based support groups

– Support Groups

• New student
• Drug/Alcohol Prevention
• Anger Management
• Smoking Cessation
• Grief
• Stress
• Seniors

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Component 10: Integrated Student Support

• Student Support Behavior and Intervention

Handbook

• RTI

– Universal, Selected and – Indicated

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Component 11: Positive School Climate

• PLUS
• Character Counts, Capturing Kids Hearts, 40

Developmental Assets

• Staff morale

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40 Developmental Assets

Top 5 Family Support (85%) Family Boundaries (85%) High Expectations (85%) Adult Role Models (81%) Safety (78%) Bottom 5 Reading for Pleasure (22%) School Engagement (22%) Neighborhood Boundaries (22%) Youth as Resources (11%) Service to Others (11%)

Reading

“We saw…how effective reading skills by grade 4 were one of the most POTENT predictors of successful adult adaptation among the high risk children in our study”

Werner, E. & Smith, R. (1992).Overcoming the odds: high risk children from birth to adulthood. Ithaca, NY.

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Component 12: Positive Activities

• Red Ribbon Week
• Link Crew
• PLUS
• Music/Drama/Sports
• Prevention Lessons
• Every 15 minutes

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Component 13: Peer Involvement

• PLUS
• TV/Video Production
• Peer mediators
• Tutors
• Mentors

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National Standards for School Counseling Programs

• Standard A : Students will acquire the attitudes,

knowledge, and interpersonal skills to help them understand and respect self and others.

• Standard B: Students will make decisions, set goals,

and take necessary action to achieve goals.

• Standard C: Students will understand safety and

survival skills.

• III. Personal/Social Development

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Component 14: Parent Involvement

• School-Community Partnership
• Referrals
• Town Hall Meeting
• PTA
• YAB
• Testimonials

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Component 15: School/Community Collaboration and Involvement

• School-Community Partnership
• RCMH, SAFE, MVUSD
• APU: Graduate Students, Fieldworkers
• YAT
• Police Dept
• Fire Dept
• City Council

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Component 16: Program Marketing

– District webpage – Class presentations – Fliers/ Brochures/Pens/Flash Drives/Shirts – Lunch time activities – Health classes – Community Service organizations – School-Community Partnership – Town Hall meetings

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Component 17: Self Care for Providers

• Weekly meetings
• Humor
• Focus on positive
• Teamwork
• Prof. Dev.

ASCA Conference: Dallas

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Component 18: Program Evaluation

• A pre- and post-survey for students, parents, and

staff.

• Phone calls to students and parents.

– Allow for better response rate than mailed home surveys and feedback forms.

• CHKS: District-wide, program participants
• Discipline data
• Attendance data

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Contact Information:

• Dean Lesicko

– dlesicko@murrieta.k12.ca.us

• Kim Lesnick

– klesnick@murrieta.k12.ca.us

• Marge Andrews

– mandrews@murrieta.k12.ca.us

• Ernestina Castillo

– ecastillo@murrieta.k12.ca.us – (951)696-1600 ext. 1046 se habla espan ol

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Murrieta Valley Unified School District

Inspire every student to think, to learn, to achieve, to care.