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Includes information for schools that want to get moving right away to improve school climate. This toolkit contains an implementation readiness guide, sample plan, and details six steps that can move a school through a change process.
Provides effective culturally responsive practices for prevention programs supporting Latina youth who are at risk of placement in juvenile detention including recommendations, action steps for each recommendation, and targeted resources. Each recommendation and the corresponding action steps are included in a checklist that prevention programs can use to support direct practice, programming, and system changes.
Outlines model policies and best practices for school districts to follow to protect the health and safety of all students. This document was developed by examining strong local policies, ensuring that they are in line with the latest research in the field of suicide prevention, and identifying best practices for a national framework.
Provides a first-of-its-kind collaborative tribal-federal blueprint for improving the behavioral health of American Indians and Alaska Natives. This was developed in response to calls from tribal leaders for improved collaboration with federal agencies to address the behavioral health of their communities.
Provides access to suspension data categorized by state or school district. Data is then further categorized by grade level and discipline rates by race/ethnicity, broken down by gender or by disability status.
Provides a valid, reliable, and efficient evaluation tool meant for schools to measure the extent to which school personnel are applying the core features of school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports (SWPBIS). This evaluation tool was updated in February 2017.
Provides guidance to build and strengthen a comprehensive school mental health system, for preK-12 aligned with the Systems of Care philosophy. With the framework, WIDPI shared a needs assessment tool, a planning template, and guidance on making referrals.
Presents guidance around ways to promote National Adolescent Health Month, which is an annual observance in May to emphasize the importance of building on young people’s strengths and potential, encouraging meaningful youth engagement in adolescent health activities, and highlighting key topics in adolescent health.
Provides ten best practices, including strategies for implementing, funding, and sustaining mental health services in schools such as screenings, suicide prevention, and wellness plans.