Laguna Beach Unified School District

Board Presentation Building District-wide Social Emotional Supports

January 12, 2016

Presentation Goals:

Interact with our Guidance team Discuss the role of our Guidance teams Learn what we are doing to address the

changing student needs Learn about our current supports at Tier 1, 2

and 3 Learn about our Guidance Plans Academic Personal/Social Development Career

Important Role of our Site level Guidance Teams in Addressing the Social

Emotional Needs of our students •Directly promote student academic, social or emotional success; critical role in Tier 2 & 3 interventions •Possess knowledge, skills, and experience to help students develop skills for school and life success, college and career readiness •Establish caring adult-student connections to address academic challenges, trauma and attachment barriers •Encourage and motivate students, nurture intrinsic motivation, positive peer connections and pro-social behavior through modeling, experiential learning, reflective questioning and feedback

Why change our current practices?

20% of American Children will be diagnosed with Mental illness in a given year

Ages 3 - 17 Anxiety Disorders Attention Disorders Disruptive Behavior Disorders Mood Disorders Depression PDD/Autism Spectrum TIC Disorders Ages 12 – 17 Eating Disorders Illicit Drug use disorder Alcohol Use Disorder Cigarette/e-cig. dependence

What do our students worry about?

Elementary School Bullying Domestic Abuser Divorce Natural Disasters Guns & Violence

Middle School Parent Embarrassment Not having friends Being too different Appearance

High School Fitting in Peer Pressure Workload

What are we doing about addressing the needs of our changing students?

Examining our current supports and shifting our thinking to a more prescriptive model

Identifying the gaps in our current services Communicating the current needs Designing supports to address the needs Addressing our priority areas in a meaningful way

Existing Supports

Tier 3

Tier 2

Tier 1

High School 2015/16 School Year

Tier 1 Counseling classroom visits Parent nights for each grade level Individual meetings

Individual four year plan with each freshman Individual junior conference including parent individual college planning meetings for seniors

Tier 2 Individual academic counseling for every student earning a D or F at each 6 week grading

period 296 students at the 6 week progress report 268 students at the 12 week progress report Recommendations to support classes as needed

One-on-one personal 6-8 week counseling sessions SST meetings Monitoring of Credit Recovery progress Tier 3 84 students currently on an IEP’s 73 students currently on a 504- 8 new initial plans since Sep 2015

Middle School 2015/16 School Year

Tier 1 Upstanders Clubs United in Kindness PALs, ASB, Leadership Activities and Charitable Events Botvins 6th Grade Counseling Workshops 5th Grade Parent /Student Orientation/Elementary Classroom Visits

Tier 2 Individual Counseling Core Academy and Academic Support Boys and Girls Club Game Room at Lunch Consultation/Collaboration with Community Teams

Tier 3 Brief Intervention, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Check in/Check out Individual Counseling IEP’s : Currently for 79 students 504’s: Currently for 31 students

Elementary 2015/16 School Year....

Tier 1 SEL class lessons (16 classrooms receiving 22 weekly lessons)

Tier 2 88 new referrals for school-based counseling 32 session over 11 classrooms of solution-focused lessons 86 students received 8 sessions of small group counseling 26 students in session 1 of Friendship Club 38 students in session 1 of Fitness Club 3 parent education workshops

Tier 3 24 students participated in 1:1 counseling (more than 3 sessions) 36 students receive intensive behavioral supervision by School Psychologists

Elementary: A taste of what we want to do.... More small groups

Anxiety Divorce Social problem-solving

More parent education Tier 1 weekly lessons for 2nd & 3rd grades Tracking system for brief counseling Strength-based universal screener promoting resiliency Use of positive psychology to shape school culture Increase college-readiness skills

Looking at Tier 1 Interventions Do SEL Curriculums Improves Academic & Social Outcomes? 23% increase in positive social skills 9% improvement in attitudes about

self, others, and school 9% improvement in pro-social behavior 9% reduction in problem behaviors 10% reduction in emotional distress 11% increase in standardized

achievement test scores (math and reading)

Source: Durlak, J.A., Weissberg, R.P., Taylor, R.D., & Dymnicki, A.B. (submitted for publication). The effects of school-based social and emotional learning: A meta-analytic review.

Guidance Plans The development of ASCA National Standards for Students

required an examination of theory, research and practice to ensure that all aspects of school counseling were considered. The standards have provided an opportunity to better define the role of school counseling support in the American education system and establish similar goals, expectations, support systems and experiences for all students across the country. National Standards offer an opportunity for school counselors, school administrators, faculty, parents, businesses, and community to engage in conversations about expectations for students’ academic success and the role of the school counseling programs in enhancing students learning.

Next Steps

Finalize our Guidance Plans at each level Identify priorities with site administrators Examine current resources Look at Student Assistance Program models Bring information back to the Board by June Implement Guidance Plans Develop a system for both student and

parent use that communicates supports available and how to access them