Care Team Collaborative

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Asset Building Ideas: Cheap! Easy! Free!

Responsibility Cards (St. Pius X Catholic School, Reynoldsburg OH): Have parents send "Responsiblity Cards" to their kids. KIDS GET MAIL AT SCHOOL! What a great way to connect home and school in a positive manner. Download instructions and cards here.

Asset Stockings (West Muskingum High School, Zanesville OH): Fill their stockings with assets. Thanks to West Muskingum High school for sharing the asset stockings they're handing out. Click here for the asset stocking information

Friday "High Five" (Zanesville High School, Zanesville OH): Friday afternoons at dismissal time, ZHS administration is encouraging faculty to join them at school doors giving youth a "high five" and wishing them a good and safe weekend. No prep needed. Just hands and smiling faces.

Fun and Friendly Awards (many places to do this): Allow youth and adutls to recommend someone or "something" for an award that you create based on asset building, units you are studying, or the schools theme. A few examples:

-Joker of the Year Award, given to "Two Bit" (character in the Outsiders novel) because he cracks jokes throughout the books.

-Golden Plunger Award, rotating award that is given out each month to a staff member who "plunges into the initiative" by trying something new--a differntiated lesson, a new asset building activity.

Forgive and Forget: Help youth understand the value of forgivenss by modeling "forgive and forget" with youth who misbehave (no matter how badly). Once the consequence has been issued, consider the isssue closed. Welcome the student back into your classroom and treat them the same as all other students. If needed, talk with the student privately about forgiveness and the importance of getting past yesterday so that you can continue to work together. While this sounds simple, it means a lot to the student. It also can be very challenging to do!

Youth Greeters: Have 2-3 youth stationed at the entrance to the school to greet and welcome visitors every period of the day. Great way to show the community how helpful youth can be and to make the school a more friendly and welcoming environment. We recommend that youth are paired with 1 adult for safety purposes. It also gives the opportunity for some quiet bonding between the adult and youth which will further support the youth greeters.

Interest Based Homerooms (Maysville High School, Zanesville OH): Survey your students and find out their interests. Then, create a homeroom schedule where faculty pick their homeroom students based on common interests among adults and youth. For example, military history, cycling, reading, sewing, art, football, soccer, music, cards… Possibilities are endless. The greatest benefit is that adults and youth automatically start their day in a place where they feel personal connections. . Homeroom does not have to be limited to certified staff nor does it have to be limited by grade level- cross grade level works great. Anyone can have a homeroom. If it works, then keep the homeroom set up the same every year. This gives youth the opportunity to develop strong bonds with each other and their faculty member Annually, give youth and adults the opportunity to trade and add incoming youth to the mix.

Survey Resources

Survey Admininstrator Directions

Formal Parent Permission Template

Passive Parent Permission Template

Developmental Asset Survey

CTC Climate Survey

News Links

Approaches to Dropout Prevention-Full Document -posted 2/08

Approaches to Dropout Prevention-Summary-posted 2/08

1 in 10 U.S High Schools a "Dropout Factory"-posted 11/07

Research Based Resources

Promising Partnership Practices/ Evidence-Based Family Engagement Strategies
• NEW database from ODE and Ohio Parent Information and Resource Center. Contains a collection of effective family engagement practices (evidence based and promising practices). Database provides general information to help schools and communities learn about WHAT WORKS and how to implement these successful programs and practices. To check out the database, www.education.ohio.gov and search – “family engagement promising practices”. Care Team Collaborative is one of the practices listed in this database

Parent's Guide To Truancy: The role of parents and guardians plays a significant part in avoiding truancy. Tips such as paying attention to a child's attitude towards school, changes in friendships, or the loss of a pet or family member can all help lessen a child's feeling of dread toward school. Parents can also try to keep thier child prepared with supplies and clothes to bolster attendance. Learn more at http://library.promoteprevent.org/item.php?id=122976

SOURCE: PROMOTE-PREVENT e-Newsletter from the National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention, December 2008

Ohio Department of Education Comprehensive Learning Support Guidelines: The State Board of Education has approved the Comprehensive System of Learning Supports Guidelines to provide assistance to local district and building leadership teams in creating policies to ensure that every Ohio student has access to programs and services that meet his or her individual academic needs. The guidelines allow districts flexibility in designing educational services that will meet the unique needs of their students. Through appropriate implementation of these guidelines, districts will meet or exceed Ohio Revised Code 3313.6012 requirements to provide diagnostic assessment procedures and intervention services; collect data regularly; and use this data to evaluate the effectiveness of the interventions. Boards of public school districts (including community and joint vocational schools) are encouraged to adopt policies incorporating these guidelines.

Ohio Department of Education School Climate Guidelines: The State Board of Education and the Ohio Department of Education are pleased to provide Ohio’s School Climate Guidelines, which describe how schools can create environments where every student feels welcomed, respected and motivated to learn. While these guidelines target building and district administrators, they also can be useful as springboards for policy discussions with staff, students, parents, school boards and other community members. Use of the guidelines is voluntary, and policies that are established from these guidelines will be developed by local school boards.

National Wrap Around Initiative 10 Principles: The wraparound process is a widely-implemented approach to community-based treatment for children with emotional and behavioral disorders and their families. However, despite a history of practice innovations nationwide, the absence of standards and fully described practice procedures has frustrated providers and hindered development of a wraparound research base. The National Wraparound Initiative is an attempt to engage experts nationally in a process of defining standards and compiling specific strategies for conducting high-quality wraparound. For more info: http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/nwi/index.htm

Links

National Missing Children's Day

According to a letter from Ohio’s Attorney General, Richard Cordray, “Every year, the U.S. Department of Justice takes time to commemorate the valiant and unselfish acts of the many organizations and individuals who bring our missing children home. On May 25, National Missing Children’s Day, we pause to focus our attention on children who have been recovered, as well as the children who are still missing. This year, May 25 falls on Memorial Day weekend, so Ohio will be commemorating the day on Friday, May 22. We are asking all Ohio schools to participate in helping observe this day.

Ohio’s main event is called Coins for Kids. Gage Farmer, a 2nd grader at Madison Rural Elementary School in London, Ohio, came up with this idea. He suggested containers be put in the schools and each child was asked to put one penny (or any designated amount) in the container every day. At the end of the campaign, which would run for approximately two or three weeks, the money should be sent to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to assist its search for missing children.” For more information click here.

Service Learning:

Service Learning NorthWest provides trainings and resources for community-based organizations and educators throughout Portland and Vancouver. They share information on curriculum, project planning, reflection, and much more. Larry Fletch operates a listserv that updates educators (and anyone who joins) with the latest in Service Learning techniques and news from around the country. www.servicelearningnw.org

School Based Mental Health:

Care Teams are based on the work of Adelman and Taylor from the UCLA Mental Health in Schools Center. This site offers a variety of resources and information about mental health in schools.

http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu

Trauma and Neglect:

-The ChildTrauma Academy is a unique collaborative of individuals and organizations working to improve the lives of high-risk children through direct service, research, and education. A major activity of the CTA is to translate emerging findings about the human brain and child development into practical implications for the ways we nurture, protect, enrich, educate, and heal children. This site also as web based courses you can complete for C.E.U. credit. www.childtraumaacademy.org

Child Development:

-Using the latest research in early childhood development, Civitas produces and distributes practical, easy-to-use tools that assist adults in making the best possible decisions on behalf of children. Equipped with these resources and an enhanced understanding, we can all shape the experiences of children, therefore our future. This site also provides resources and information regarding brain development and the effects of trauma and neglect on child development. www.civitas.org

School Climate and Social Emotional Learning:

-Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning's mission is to establish social and emotional learning (SEL) as an essential part of education. Their collaborative publishes and disseminates information on what works in SEL, and works closely with educational leaders to bridge science and practice by putting research and theory into action in real world settings.

www.casel.org

-CSEE is an organization that helps schools integrate crucial social and emotional learning with academic instruction to enhance student performance, prevent dropouts, reduce violence, and develop healthy and positively engaged adults.

www.csee.net

Afterschool Programs

-The Ohio Afterschool network serves as a vehicle to positively impact the afterschool environment in Ohio. They bring together a number of systems and stakeholders, including policymakers, educators, parents, and service providers. Through the abilities of this network, our work will result in all Ohio families having access to high quality afterschool experiences.

www.ohioafterschoolnetwork.org

-The Afterschool Alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of afterschool programs and advocating for quality, affordable programs for all children. It is supported by a group of public, private, and nonprofit organizations that share the Alliance's vision of ensuring that all children have access to afterschool programs by 2010.

www.afterschoolalliance.org

Just for Parents

ONDCP's National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign

Research shows that teens who have a close relationship with their parents are less likely to use drugs and alcohol and engage in other risky behaviors. ONDCP's National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign has a number of resources, available free of charge, to help you educate parents in your community.

Although overall teen drug use has declined in recent years, it is more important than ever that we work together to prevent more teens from using drugs. Too many young people are still using illicit drugs and abusing prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Please act now by taking advantage of the many FREE resources available to you, including anti-drug posters, postcards for teens, and print materials for parents. You may order materials by visiting www.TheAntiDrug.com/Resources/ or calling 1-800-788-2800 to place bulk orders free of charge.

MVP Parents.com

Created by Search Institute, this online resource is for busy, caring parents who want information they can trust about raising responsible children and teens. Based on our time-tested framework of Developmental Assets®, this site lets both English- and Spanish -speaking parents:

Know how much they matter (and gives them a well-deserved "pat on the back").
Explore parenting dilemmas and topics through an asset-building lens in Parenting Matters section.
Sign up to receive weekly Everyday Parenting email newsletter with easy tips and a dose of inspiration.
Download a "playbook" of ideas, using sports images and the eight categories of assets. A great way to keep Dads engaged

MVParents.com

We're planning some exciting updates to the site, so check back often.

MVParents.com was originally developed in partnership between Search Institute, Coors Brewing Company, and PLAYERS INC.