2005 Alternative Education Summer Institute

Presentation Materials

2005 Summer Institute Program

 

Systems Transformation: Schools & Behavioral Health – Will They Meet the Challenge?

Dr. Michael Hogan, Director

Ohio Department of Mental Health

Systems Transformation Presentation (PDF)

Discipline, Diversity and Behavior Problems: Promoting the Social Development and School Success of At-Risk Youth

Dr. Gwendolyn Cartledge, The Ohio State University

This session focuses on issues of discipline, punishment and school failure for at-risk minority youth. Specifically, the session will address the difference between discipline
and punishment, disciplinary measures for minority students, contributing school factors for discipline problems, and cultural competence. Suggestions are given for producing more positive outcomes for these students.

Discipline, Diversity and Behavior Problems Presentation (PDF)

Discipline, Diversity and Behavior References (PDF)

School-Community Partnerships and School Climate

Dr. Bonnie Hedrick, University of Cincinnati
Dr. Dawn Anderson-Butcher, The Ohio State University
Dr. Mary Lou Rush, The Ohio State University

We know that school is a major center for promoting children’s cognitive, social and emotional development. Students perform better academically in environments where the curriculum is challenging and engaging, where relationships are respectful
and supportive, and where families and communities are actively engaged in supporting students and schools. This workshop will provide resources and tools to help create safe, healthy, supportive learning environments.

School-Community Partnerships Presentation (PDF)

Community Partnerships and Indicators of Success

Jill Hipkins, Wayne County Family and Children First Council

Being committed to child well being is easy. Identifying measures of success and tracking are challenges. The Family & Children First Council (FCFC) in Wayne County has taken the lead. In 2002, Wayne County FCFC issued “What’s Up With
Our Kids: A Community Report on Outcomes and Indicators”. These outcome indicators are organized around Ohio’s six commitments to child well being. Wayne County added a seventh commitment: Families and individuals live in safe and
supportive communities. Data tracking has been constant. During the past three years Community Teams/Coalitions partnered with the FCFC, resulting in a shared set of outcomes indicators that will gauge the impact of our efforts.

What's Up With Our Kids: A Community Report on Outcomes and Indicators

Managing Toward Results: An Overview of the Collaborative Process

Dr. Dave Julian, Partnerships for Success Academy
Charles Partridge, The Ohio State University

Collaboration refers to situations where two or more actors work together to achieve a common goal. There are many opportunities for school and health and human services program personnel to work together to benefit youth. This session will provide a brief overview of several tools designed to facilitate collaborative partnerships and provide context for the “Planning towards Results: Logic Models and Strategic Planning” and “Real Kids, Real Issues, Real Reasons to Work Together” sessions, which follow on Monday and Wednesday respectively. Participants will focus on creating a context for discussing how schools and program providers might partner to provide complimentary services.

Managing Toward Results Presentation (PDF)

Planning Toward Results: Logic Models and Strategic Planning

Dr. Dave Julian, Partnerships for Success Academy
Charles Partridge, The Ohio State University

Consistent with the Partnerships for Success (PfS) mission of building a community’s capacity to respond effectively to child and adolescent problems while promoting positive youth development, this workshop will review considerations relevant to use of the logic model to improve programs. The focus will be on defining program logic, developing measurable outcomes and framing specific evaluation questions so results at the strategy/program/classroom level contribute to longer-term results at the school building/district/community level.

Planning Toward Results Presentation (PDF)

Real Kids, Real Issues, Real Reasons to Work Together

Dr. Dave Julian, Partnerships for Success Academy

Successful community-school partnerships are essential to creating a comprehensive approach to developing healthy communities and addressing the needs of children and families. Such partnerships reduce duplication of services and create cohesive support systems for student learning and positive youth development. This session will present a community level logic model for the purpose of providing a framework for local discussions designed to enhance collaboration toward achievement of shared school and community priorities.

Real Kids, Real Issues Presentation (PDF)

Real Kids, Real Issues Handout (PDF)

Young Children with AD/HD: What We Know and What We Can Do About It

Dr. Kara McGoey, Kent State University

This presentation will review the characteristics and symptoms of young children with AD/HD and discuss best practices in assessment for intervention planning and
guidelines for implementing evidence based interventions in the classroom. Participants will gain knowledge of AD/HD, learn techniques to assess the behavior of a child with AD/HD, and learn guidelines for implementing empirically supported
interventions to manage the behavior of a young child with AD/HD.

Children with AD/HD Presentation (PDF)

Your Most Valuable Resource in Preventing School and Community Violence: STUDENTS!

Dr. Pam Riley, National SAVE Organization

Join the National Association of Students Against Violence Everywhere for an interactive session on how to implement the Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) program in your school or community. The session will focus on various
violence prevention strategies including crime prevention, conflict management and service projects. Whether you are at an elementary school, middle school, high school or community agency, this session will provide you with valuable tools to
make a difference in your school and community.

SAVE Handout (PDF)

Compassion Building: Breaking Through the Pathological Model

Dr. Robert Welker, Wittenberg University

As a central goal of alternative education practice, teachers and schools should foster compassion in youth whose lives have been affected by violence. Yet compared to the research on intentional cruelty, our educational scholarship and practice is frequently weak and misleading. In this session, Bob Welker offers a way to consider compassion in practical ways. A developmental model is explained that can guide teaching and learning and that can help youth be resources to their community.

Compassion Building Presentation (PDF)