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DC School Behavioral Health Community of Practice

 

Conveners & Core Partners w/ pictures

The goal of the DC CoP is to advance a comprehensive school behavioral health system in the District of Columbia. It is a collaboration between school personnel, community mental health providers, students, and families to create a positive school culture that provides timely access to high-quality, reliable supports for children, youth, and their families. Within this system, school-based teams offer a full array of trauma-informed, culturally- responsive, evidence-based tiered interventions to promote wellness, identify challenges early, and offer treatment services when necessary so that all children and youth succeed and thrive. This work is centered around peer-to-peer learning, and would not be possible without the dedicated work of many partners.

Facilitator

The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools (CHHCS) guides the planning and facilitation of learning sessions focused on building participating stakeholders knowledge, skills, and competencies in this Community of Practice. CHHCS also provides technical assistance to schools and CBOs as well as access to resources through an easily accessible database. This database is available to school staff, teachers, clinicians, families, and the DC Community to view resources related to this initiative. These partnerships and knowledge-building opportunities will help school leaders, administrators, community-based organizations, and service providers, to effectively implement best practices within a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) framework that includes preventative, early intervention, and targeted support for all students. This effort will also incorporate a young-adult partnership work group to help elevate the voice and leadership of young people in the delivery of mental health support to them and their families. 

Convener

DBH
 
CHHCS
 
DoC public schools
 
 
 
PCSB
 
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Core Partners

  • Bainum Family Foundation
  • Building Capacity, LLC
  • Chi Bornfree
  • Child Health Advocacy Institute at Children’s National
  • Child Trends
  • Central East Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC)
  • Collective Learning Consulting LLC
  • DC Health
  • The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation
  • Kognito
  • Mary’s Center
  • National Center for School Mental Health
  • Pure Edge, Inc.
  • SchoolTalk
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  • Transcend
  • Wendt Center for Loss and Healing