Education Pre-Conference
Wednesday, May 17th
9 - 10:30 amWhat is this “MTSS” and How Does It All Fit In?
Maureen Burness, Co-Executive Director, Statewide Special Education Task Force and Retired SELPA Administrator
Mike Lombardo, Director of Interagency Facilitation and PBIS Project Director, Placer County Office of Education, member of the California Student Mental Health Policy Workgroup, currently guiding the development of PBIS in over 250 schools, several alternative education settings and two Juvenile Institutions, and currently coordinates the California Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports Coalition (CPC)
In Education, there is a statewide effort to ensure all school district personnel learn about the concept of a"Multi-Tiered System of Supports" as a systemic way to provide early intervening services for students as soon as a need is identified, whether in academics, behavior, or socio-emotional learning, and at whatever grade or age level. The goal is to transform education to be a more responsive and flexible system so as to provide what is needed to children and students as early as possible. This session will define the elements of MTSS and provide an update on the implementation in California, with a focus on Academics, Positive Behavior Intervention Services, and mental health services. In addition, the session will address how family involvement in the required Local Control and Accountability Plan process can support the inclusion of such early intervening services to address the issue of equity across the system and reduce disproportionality.
10:30 – noonEducational Implications of Continuum of Care Reform
Danielle Mole, Senior Policy Advocate, California Alliance of Child and Family Services
Maureen Burness, Co-Executive Director, Statewide Special Education Task Force and Retired SELPA Administrator
Elizabeth Estes, Elizabeth Estes, Founder, Breaking Barriers
2017 brings the first year of implementation in the Continuum of Care Reform (CCR) for the State of California. This foster care initiative sets out to increase home-based family care placements and limit group home placements to those youth in need of short term, service-rich programs licensed as Short Term Residential Therapeutic Placements (STRTPs). CCR has implications about the educational needs of foster youth and may change the way some STRTPs partner with schools regarding the youth in their care. This session will provide educators with an overview of CCR and discuss some educational implications on youth to ensure that educators fully understand the impact of these changes on their students. Presenters will also focus in on the needs of "high end" youth, such as students with serious mental health concerns or who are commercially sexually exploited.