Mt. Diablo Unified School DistrictCoordinated Care Teams

Presented by:James C. Wogan, LCSW

Administrator, School Linked Services(925) 682-8000 ext. 3054

woganj@mdusd.org

www.mdusd.k12.ca.us/careteam

Mt. Diablo Unified School DistrictCoordinated Care Teams

To ensure that every child succeeds, school staff, students, families, and community agencies work together to increase the number of students who arrive each day ready and able

to learn.

Mt. Diablo Unified School DistrictCoordinated Care Teams

The first MDUSD Coordinated Care Team was established in at Mt. Diablo High School in 2002.

Coordinated Care Teams now operate in 35 schools in MDUSD.

Coordinated Care Teams

Coordinated Care Teams are established in 35 MDUSD elementary,

middle and high schools serving students from high- income, middle-

income, and low-income neighborhoods.

An Umbrella of Student Support

Positive Behavior Support System

Building Effective Schools Together (BEST)

Coordinated Care Teams (CCT)

Positive Behavior Team (PBT)

School Attendance Review Teams (SART / SARB)

Student Success Team (SST)

Programs for Positive Development

& Primary Prevention

Programs for Early Intervention:

(responding quickly after problems arise)

Programs for severe and chronic

problems

Framework for Promoting Educational Success: UCLA

Adelman, H. & Taylor, L., UCLA, 2002: www.smph.psych.ucla.edu

Targeted/Intensive

(High-risk students)Individual Interventions

(3-5%)

Selected(At-risk Students)

Classroom & Small Group Strategies

(7-10% of students)

Universal(All Students)

School-wide Systems of Support (85-90% of students)

• Mental Health Services / Social skills training• Hughes Bill: Intensive BSP or FAA and PBIP• Parent training and collaboration, Parent Project • Triage referral, SMART team (wrap), MHC classes,

AB3632, Day Treatment, NPS School, Residential • SARB• Positive Behavior Team

• Counseling / social skills training• Self-management programs, i.e. Loma Vista• Parent training and collaboration• Adult mentors (check-in)• Increased academic support, Triage• 504 / BSP, train staff, monitor implementation

• Coordinated Care Team

• Social skills training• Positive, proactive discipline• Teaching school behavior

expectations• Active supervision and monitoring• Positive reinforcement systems• Firm, fair, and corrective discipline

Mt. Diablo Unified School District

Building Effective Schools Together: B.E.S.T.

Mt. Diablo Unified School District Coordinated Care Team

Coordinated Care Team: Meets Weekly Members: Principal, Vice Principal, Student Services

Coordinator, School Psychologist, Child Welfare & Attendance Liaison, School Nurse, Secretary, social work and psychology

interns, on-site service providers from local agencies; As needed & available: Teachers & referring staff, Spec. Ed. case

managers, After-School Program staff, Foster Youth Services staff, Homeless Outreach Program Staff, Healthy Start Staff

Teacher/ School Staff

Students

Community

Agencies

Youth opportunities and strength-

based activities offered during

and after school.

Student Success Team (SST)

IEP Team / Sec 504 Review / Triage Team

Referral

Student Attendance

Review Board

School-based Community

Agencies

Examples of School-based Programs: After-School Programs, Athletic Programs, Building Effective Schools Together (BEST), Career Integrated Academies w. both college and career preparation, Career Centers, Cultural Competence/Sensitivity Programs, Mentoring/Tutoring, Music/Art Programs, Small Learning Communities, CCCOE, County Mental Health, County Health Dept., Fred Finch Youth Center, Families First, Lincoln Child Center, New Connections, Seneca Center, School Clubs, Regional Occupational Programs (ROP), Teenage Program (TAP), Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Workability, Psychology and Social Work Interns, School/Law Enforcement Partnership, Programs for: Drop-Out Prevention, Nonviolence, Social Skills, Substance Abuse, Tobacco Use, Youth Poetry & other opportunities,

MDUSD Educational

Services, Mobile (WRAP) School

Psychologists, and Positive Behavior Team

MDUSD Dept. of

Alternative Education

Culturally appropriate health, mental health, and family services in

the community

MDUSD Foster Youth Services & Homeless Outreach Program for

Education (HOPE)

School, District, and Community Resources

Families & Extended Families

Community Organizations

Students

Communication with feeder pattern schools & records are reviewed to identify students in need

of support

School Administration

Intervention plans are developed and referrals are made to programs according to the student’s needs, strengths, and interests. Communication reply forms are sent

to the referring party, administrators, & Special Education Case Mgr. Information is tracked in a central disposition list. Parents/Caregivers are

contacted following the meeting. Progress is reviewed monthly.

Teachers

Parents/ Guardian

Referral forms are received & recorded. Parent permission is confirmed.

Referrals are reviewed and an agenda is developed. Agenda includes concerns,

strengths, current services provided, health insurance, name of Spec. Ed. Case Mgr. and

educational & disciplinary information.

Administrator meeting w.

student or family / Case Conference

MDUSD Positive Behavior

Team

Developed by: James Wogan, MFT, LCSW woganj@mdusd.k12.ca.us

Coordinated Care Teams

• Employ a school-wide referral system to address educational, health, mental

health, and other concerns that reduce student achievement.

• Meet weekly to discuss students of concern, develop intervention plans, and review progress.

Coordinated Care Teams

Provide a platform to deliver and coordinate community resources at school.

Partnerships with community agencies and programs are formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with MDUSD.

Coordinated Care Teams

Strength-based programsand activities are combined with

professional services to form “packages of support” for individual

students.

Coordinated Care Teams

• Manage and coordinate all efforts to address student concerns.

• Intervene early after problems arise.

• Track intervention plans.

• Save time and increase effectiveness.

Coordinated Care Teams

Care Teams provide oversight and coordination of intervention plans

for multiple students at each meeting.

Coordinated Care Teams connect students and families with:

1) School-based programs.2) District interventions and programs.3) Community resources.

Coordinated Care Teams

School Administration

Support Services

Teachers / Instruction

CCT Forms • Map of school resources• School-wide referral form (Elementary & Secondary)• CCT Weekly Agenda Template• Referral Reply form• Parent Permission Form• Provider Confidentiality Agreement• CCT Central Disposition List• End of Year Summary Forms• Release of information forms

Coordinated Care Team Members

Principal and Co-administrator(s) Teachers (Special Education & General Ed) School Psychologist School Nurse Child Welfare & Attendance Liaison Registrar / Secretary After-school Program Staff Social Work / Psychology Interns Staff members of county and community-based agencies with whom the District has formed partnerships.

Coordinated Care Teams

Assist to address school-wide and community concerns.

Coordinated Care Teams

Provide the coordination system for multiple components of the

Coordinated School Health Program

(Sponsored by the American Cancer Society).

Coordinated School Health Program (American Cancer Society)

Coordinated Care Teams

Coordinated Care Teams ensure that school-based programs are not used in a fragmented way.

Collaboration

“A process where people come together to identify common interests, define

common problems, and seek solutions that reach beyond what any one of them

could accomplish on their own.” (Author Unknown)

Collaboration levels

Collaboration

Cooperation

Communication

Collaboration

“If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll wind up somewhere else.”

Yogi Berra

Outcomes and Benefits

Benefits To School Sites

• Improved attendance rates.• Reduced disciplinary rates.• Improved educational success. • Support for teachers and administrators. • Alternatives to suspension / expulsion.• Culturally competent service delivery.• Enhanced communication among staff. • Strengthened link between home, school and the community.• Members learn up-to-date information about resources in the community.