WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.500 [children playing] 00:00:04.500 --> 00:00:16.500 ♪ [gentle piano music] 00:00:16.500 --> 00:00:21.490 One of the primary roles of any ESD is to provide district support and training. 00:00:21.490 --> 00:00:23.540 There's lot of different support we provide to districts. 00:00:23.940 --> 00:00:24.980 One of them is through a cohort model, 00:00:25.620 --> 00:00:28.340 where we step in and provide individual coaching to district teams. 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:31.960 It's a three year process using the district capacity assessment 00:00:31.960 --> 00:00:39.140 and resources from the National Implementation Research Network to really help school districts implement and scale up their supports. 00:00:39.460 --> 00:00:45.120 So we're going to train them on a skill and then they're going to talk about a situation that they could actually apply it in 00:00:45.660 --> 00:00:49.020 and we're going to support them in actually applying it in that situation. 00:00:49.300 --> 00:00:51.920 We provide training on student support related topics 00:00:52.040 --> 00:00:57.700 such as trauma-informed classrooms, social emotional learning, staff mental health and wellness, and much more. 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:02.380 Educator wellness is obviously a huge priority. 00:01:02.720 --> 00:01:05.000 Again, if we value children we need to cherish adults. 00:01:05.440 --> 00:01:09.580 The educator in the room is the caregiver for that child six hours per day, right? 00:01:09.660 --> 00:01:15.020 So we need to make sure they are doing their best and feeling their best and they have everything they need right there. 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:21.400 I know that's a big ask, but we're building systems and programs to do that, right, and individualize that. 00:01:21.500 --> 00:01:32.440 Also with our Youth Mental Health First Aid, that is training that we provide for our educators, like giving them that education so they can be able to see 00:01:32.440 --> 00:01:38.420 the needs of the students and also recognizing what are some of the resources that we have, like who do they refer them to? 00:01:38.860 --> 00:01:41.880 Is it doctors? Is it psychiatrists? Is it counselors? 00:01:43.140 --> 00:01:48.560 Like what is the process of recognizing those level of services that we have? 00:01:48.700 --> 00:01:58.200 We focus heavily in just training the Youth Mental Health First Aid so that they can be able to know how to support the youth in a proper way 00:01:58.200 --> 00:02:04.740 and also recognizing that times have changed now and the youth's reality is the youth's reality 00:02:04.740 --> 00:02:08.880 and how do we best support from where the student is standing. 00:02:09.620 --> 00:02:17.140 So I'm privileged to be able to go into schools and provide trainings around certain social emotional curriculums that are evidence-based or endorsed by 00:02:17.140 --> 00:02:20.420 Washington State and that are really powerful in our schools. 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:25.900 When I'm thinking about the MTSS way of being also, I'm thinking about those Tier 1 levels. 00:02:26.060 --> 00:02:28.060 What are you doing here to support that in your classroom? 00:02:28.320 --> 00:02:29.020 How can I help that? 00:02:29.640 --> 00:02:35.060 And also if this is falling into a Tier 3 type more intensive need for services. 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:40.420 A few of the supports that we provide to districts and school staff on an ongoing basis are: 00:02:40.420 --> 00:02:43.180 suicide prevention and postvention training and planning, 00:02:43.940 --> 00:02:46.920 updating behavioral health and discipline related policies and procedures, 00:02:47.700 --> 00:02:52.960 state-required training for school ESA staff such as counselors, social workers, nurses and psychologists. 00:02:53.260 --> 00:02:58.480 Also, our school counselor and social worker monthly meetings for ongoing professional development. 00:02:58.680 --> 00:03:00.500 We focus on Question, Persuade and Refer, 00:03:00.500 --> 00:03:09.740 which is a suicide prevention presentation that we not only want to have educators be aware of but also the community. 00:03:09.740 --> 00:03:16.360 Like how do parents and community members recognize suicide and what are those signs and symptoms that are happening 00:03:16.360 --> 00:03:19.320 so they can be able to best support their youth. 00:03:19.640 --> 00:03:27.440 Also, looking at the whole child how do we best support them in the process of the prevention piece of it 00:03:27.440 --> 00:03:35.820 and also recognizing once if the student or the person did die by suicide how do we support that postvention process? 00:03:35.920 --> 00:03:37.440 How do we cope with that? What do we do? 00:03:38.040 --> 00:03:41.840 So giving families the resources to be able to recover. 00:03:42.620 --> 00:03:49.620 So as far as supporting school counselors, we have monthly workshops or PLCs 00:03:49.800 --> 00:03:55.440 and we address issues of concern that a lot of them gave their input in last spring 00:03:55.440 --> 00:04:02.440 about different topics that they wanted some more learning around so all school counselors in the region are invited to those. 00:04:02.780 --> 00:04:10.620 We're going to provide a kind of School Counseling 101 support for that group of counselors and I think there's 10, if not more, 00:04:11.380 --> 00:04:16.500 so that they can get more one-on-one support with not only myself but one another. 00:04:16.880 --> 00:04:22.820 Also through the BEST program, which has been focused on teachers in the past 00:04:22.820 --> 00:04:28.800 but they're now focusing on school counselors and other ESAs with that support as well. 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:32.640 And I'm also working just individually with counselors that are brand new, 00:04:33.900 --> 00:04:43.720 maybe don't have their certificates yet and helping them with supports to move forward and make sure that they get what they need to stay. 00:04:43.900 --> 00:04:49.660 That's something that I'm really excited about just personally is helping grow people in our communities. 00:04:50.460 --> 00:04:53.900 When we offer all of this training and support within our own communities, 00:04:53.900 --> 00:04:57.640 we're able to let people access education and let people access 00:04:57.640 --> 00:05:02.340 the supervision and support that they need to actually develop as professionals in their communities. 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:05.700 Anytime districts need to just process and be a thought partner 00:05:05.700 --> 00:05:11.280 and to look at their system and to get feedback on it or other ideas or suggestions, we provide that support as well. 00:05:11.960 --> 00:05:15.660 Along with capacity assessments and other measures to measure implementation, 00:05:15.660 --> 00:05:19.320 including needs assessments and work around that also. 00:05:19.400 --> 00:05:24.920 Also includes work around school improvement goals and how are we supporting that work through a Multi-Tiered System of Support. 00:05:25.360 --> 00:05:31.140 Again to support all kids and building systems that make us more efficient and more effective in the way in which we serve.