2007 Alternative Education Summer Institute
June 24-27, 2007 - Columbus
Speakers and
Presentation Materials
Speakers and Presentation
Materials
The PowerPoint and
handouts are for personal use only and are not to be used for
re-presentation by anyone.
Bridging the
Gap Between Students' 'Home' School and Alternative School Placements:
Principles and Practices to Make the Alternative School Stay Successful.
. . and Temporary"
Howard Knoff,
Ph.D., Director, Project ACHIEVE
This presentation outlines some critical principles and practices that help maximize the success of
students' time in alternative school placements, and that facilitate
students' smooth and seamless returns back to their original ("home")
schools. Based on the premise that the student's "home" school
maintains the responsibility for students (and their return), even while
they are attending an alternative school, the discussion will addressed:
(a) Educational Treatment Teams and effective Treatment Plans;
(b) functional assessment and strategic intervention; (c) academic and
behavioral integration and programming; (d) small school environments
and relationship-building needs; (e) staff training, supervision, and
support; (f) student accountability, skill development, and consistency;
and (g) administrative oversight, and policy and practice alignment.
Knoff – Bridging the Gap Between Students’
“Home” School and Alternative School Placements
Building
Bridges that Connect Yearning with Learning
Lori Lamb,
Arkansas Department of Education
Teachers enter education with a
purpose in mind to "make the world a better place". In the midst of
becoming seasoned by society changes, that vision often becomes altered
and the demands of expectations become overwhelming. This session will
be a brief reflection of the opportunities within teachers' grasp.
A detailed explanation of the building blocks that connect success with
challenging students will be shared.
The Academic
Achievement of Ohio Alternative Education Challenge Grant Students over
Three Years: SFY 2004-2006
Charles R.
Partridge, Center for Learning Excellence, The Ohio State University
This session will analyze
validated State of Ohio Educational Management Information System (EMIS)
data from SFY 2004-2006 for students who participated in Ohio
Alternative Education Challenge Grant programming. Longitudinal
outcomes including students’ attendance, credits earned, student
disciplinary actions, diplomas earned, dropouts avoided, and proficiency
tests scores was presented. Further, the contribution of demographic
factors to student outcomes was analyzed, including student gender,
race/ethnicity, age, disability, economic disadvantagement,homelessness,
and migrant and LEP status.
Framework for Understanding Poverty
Linda
Robinson, aha! Process, Inc.
Do some students laugh when they are
disciplined? Economic realities create ways of thinking and behaving.
The closer one is to merely “surviving”, the less time there is for the
pursuit of learning. Hidden rules of behavior, language registers,
resources, interventions, discipline, and creating relationships are the
major topics discussed in understanding and successfully teaching
children from generational poverty.
Helping
Students Graduate: Strategies and Tools to Prevent School Dropouts
Franklin Schargel,
School Success Network
This session will focus
on 15 research-based, data-driven strategies that reduce the
number of school dropouts. The strategies are a result of a
national study of schools and programs which have been successful in
reducing dropout rates. The strategies have been recognized by the
National Education Goals Panel and the United States Department of
Education as the most “effective strategies to help solve our school
dropout problem.” (NEGP Monthly,
August 2001 and www.ed.gov). They should form the basis of dropout
prevention programs for all students.
Accessing
State Resources
Andrea Barker,
Ohio Resource Network, University Cincinnati
Jill Jackson,
Ohio Department of Education
Sarah Wallis,
Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management
State partners will discuss how each
of their organization’s programs and services can be a benefit and/or a
resource to your Alternative Education Program.
Restorative
Justice
Renee Burch,
Ohio Department of Youth Services
This workshop will introduce
participants to the theory and practice of Restorative Justice, which is
a theory of justice that emphasizes repairing the harm caused or
revealed by criminal behavior. It is best accomplished through
cooperative processes
that include all stakeholders, and
may be used for resolving conflict at all levels of seriousness.
Information will be shared about how communities, schools, and
individuals may employ restorative justice processes in order to resolve
conflicts before
they become more serious and lead to
criminal incidents.
The Columbia
University TeenScreen Program: Mental Health Check Ups
Debra
Copeland, Ohio TeenScreen Program Coordinator
Heather Feehan,
The Ohio State University
Participants will receive an overview
of Columbia University’s National TeenScreen Program, Ohio’s TeenScreen
programs, Ohio’s Garrett Lee Grant efforts to support adolescent
screening in Ohio, and The Ohio State Suicide Prevention Foundation.
Participants will also hear a
presentation form a local program coordinator that is implementing Teen
Screen in several of Ohio’s High Schools.
Common Mental
Health Problems of Childhood & Some Ideas About Intervening in the
Classroom.
Dr. Lisa
Cravens-Brown,
The
Ohio State University
This
workshop will explore the general concepts of mental health and
behavioral disturbance in children. Using DSM-IV diagnostic categories
and relevant research literature in this area, the primary diagnoses and
behaviors with which
children present, as well as warning
signs that a child is struggling with mental illness will be discussed.
The signs, symptoms, and prevalent concerns of such children will be
presented, with brief discussion of
theories of etiology. Finally, general intervention principles from the
cognitive-behavioral perspective will be discussed, with emphasis on
some useable strategies for the classroom setting.
Cravens-Brown - Common Mental Health Problems of Childhood &
Some Ideas
About Intervening in the Classroom
Red Flags:
Education to Promote Students’ Mental & Emotional Wellness
Victoria
Doepker, Red Flags Program, Mental Health America of Summit County, Ohio
During this presentation,
participants will learn about the Red Flags Program, a statewide
initiative on mental health awareness and early intervention for
adolescents in Ohio public and non-public middle schools. They will also
learn about practices and
intervention strategies for
implementing this program.
Doepker –
Students and Depression, Red Flags
Schools of
Promise
LaTaunya Dunn,
Richard Googins, Judith Hassel, Sherry Panizo and Dan Stacy, Ohio
Department of Education
The State Superintendent’s Schools of
Promise Program, administered by the Ohio Department of Education,
recognizes school across Ohio that are demonstrating high achievement in
reading and mathematics for all groups of students, despite the fact
that 40 percent or more of these students come from low-income
backgrounds. Students in these schools meet or exceed the state standard
of 75 percent passage in reading or
mathematics, or both. This
recognition program fulfills a recommendation made by the State Board of
Education’s Closing Achievement Gaps Task Force. One of the
recommendations is that ODE should build upon the successes of Ohio
Schools that are closing achievement gaps and generating high
achievement for all students. ODE continues to conduct case studies on
the best practices in these schools to use in school improvement efforts
and technical assistance provided to low-performing schools across the
state. The goal of this session is to show an alignment between
effective practices identified in the Schools of Promise research and
the efforts of the Ohio’s Alternative Education Programs.
Partnership to
Alternative Learning (PAL): Building Relationships, One Student at a
Time!
Angela C.
Flowers, Elizabeth Russo, William Smith,
Euclid City Schools
This workshop will explore various
activities and interventions that are provided within a mid-size urban
school district. PAL has become an innovative program that focuses on
bridging the gap between children, youth, and families by providing
mental health resources, student, and family support, and building
better relationships with businesses and agencies within the community.
A panel of students will share their individual success stories and
highlight the various programs that they are currently involved in and
the community connections that have contributed to their success.
Student Report
Forms…A Valuable New Tool for You.
Stan Heffner,
Associate Superintendent, Center for Curriculum and Assessment, Ohio
Department of Education
This workshop will provide an
overview of grades 3-8 and the Ohio Graduation Test student test score
report forms. A discussion of techniques to analyze data, identify
student needs, and develop implementation plans using the report forms
will follow. The presentation will describe the proposed process of
using the report forms to increase student achievement and close the
learning gaps.
Using
Partnerships for Success (PfS) Tools to Develop Plans for Alternative
Education Programs
David Julian,
Ph.D.,
Center for Learning Excellence, The Ohio State University
This seminar will provide an overview
of the Partnerships for Success (PfS) process as it relates to the
development of plans to support the continued development of Alternative
Education programs. In 2007, site-based teams consisting of the
Alternative Education Program Manager, external evaluation consultant
and representatives of ‘feeder’ schools are required to develop brief
plans that will be included in their midyear
self-assessment. During the seminar,
participants will learn how to conduct a self-assessment and to develop
formal responses to specific areas judged to be appropriate for program
improvement planning. Plans resulting from these activities will
include: program improvements to be implemented; short-term outcomes
associated with program improvements; and relationships of short-term
outcomes to longer-term outcomes such as academic achievement. Finally,
participants in this seminar will learn the basic of developing
“implementation” procedures designed to turn plans into operational
realities.
Awesome
Alternatives Build Knowledge Participation, and Enthusiasm in a Non
Traditional Setting
Lori Lamb,
Arkansas Department of Education
In this workshop activities will be
demonstrated and discussed that lend themselves to multiple age groups.
These activities link the unique connection of decision-making and
appeal to the multiple interests of our alternative students. The
workshop will conclude with information on how to get free materials and
support in your program.
Social and
Emotional Learning for Student Success
Jennifer
Miller, Social and Emotional Learning Program Consultant
This workshop will introduce social
and emotional learning (SEL) and how it is critical to education and a
way for schools to significantly increase student learning. It will
provide basic information about SEL in schools and how it can transform
the school climate, the way that teachers, parents, community partners
and administrators work together, and the way that students learn. The
workshop is designed for both educators and prevention and/or service
providers that partner with schools. It will provide participants with
practical ideas for research-based strategies that schools can use.
Miller – Social and Emotional Learning for
Student Success
Unlocking the
Teenage Brain
Loretta
Novince, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Adolescence is a critical juncture in
health compromising behaviors such as the abuse of alcohol and other
drugs. Learn what the latest neuroscience research tells about the
developing teen brain, why teens make risky decisions, are impulsive,
engage in sensation seeking, experience erratic mood changes, and
sometimes infuriate you with their reactions when you attempt to
communicate with them. Gain insight into why teens are often not
effective decision makers and how teens wire and rewire the circuitry of
their brains. Learn about the implications for communicating with teens
and/or prevention programming.
Not a Single
Drop!
Kathy Paxton,
Center for Learning Excellence, The Ohio State University
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders is
100% preventable, yet it is the leading known cause of mental
retardation. Each year, as many as 40,000 babies are born with a FASD,
costing the nation about $4 billion. It has been estimated, the cost of
FASD to
Ohio taxpayers for providing special
services for education, juvenile justice, medical and mental health
services, foster care and unemployment is nearly $300 million every
year. (Source: Ohio Department of Health) Early diagnosis and treatment
for FASD can help children reach their fullest potential, lessen
secondary disabilities and problems, and help families better understand
and cope.
Why Self-Harm?
Thomas Perrone,
Director, North Point Consulting and Behavioral Health Services
The workshop will focus on self-harm
being a coping skill that individuals utilize to deal with emotional
pain. The workshop will provide information on actions and emotions
before, during and after self-harm episodes. It will address the
self-harm behaviors in the context of trauma related events and the
disorders associated with self-harm. Finally, a model of treatment for
therapist and interventions for school personnel will be
discussed.
Framework for Understanding Poverty
Linda
Robinson, aha! Process, Inc.
This workshop covers the following
topics: the key points in understanding poverty, resources, case
studies, registers of language, discourse patterns, and story structure.
Engaging
Community Partners
Janice Seibel,
James Perge, and William DiMascio, Akron City Schools
The session will focus on how the
Akron Public Schools Alternative Academy has incorporated social service
agencies to assist in removing educational barriers for students. A
comprehensive program has been developed and will be shared that
provides students with a menu of choices that provide critical
information and can also be used by the students to earn elective
credit. Strategies used to enlist the assistance
of community agencies will also be
discussed.
Insights on
Resiliency: Using Family-Based Evidence to Inform Policy and Practice
Rick Shepler,
Ph.D., Center for Innovative Practices
The Ohio Department of Mental Health
sponsored a taskforce of youth and families to lead the development of
Ohio’s resilience-based mental health system. This workshop will share
the recommendations developed by Ohio’s Youth Resiliency workgroup for
the transformation of Ohio’s mental health system for children. The
workgroup determined that resiliency should be an expectation for all
youth and supported the development of policies and services, from
prevention to intervention, that support youth with mental health
challenges and their families. This workshop will discuss the ten
principles developed by the workgroup for a resilient-based mental
health system for children. In addition, evidence from the experiences
of youth will emotional challenges and their families that was used by
the workgroup to develop a youth and family consensus statement on
resiliency will be discussed. The concepts that youth
and families believe in for
implementing a family-driven and youth-guided system of care will also
be detailed. Finally, the twelve key components of resiliency will be
presented, along with a matrix representing the supports that youth and
families need to facilitate resiliency in their lives.
Shepler - Insights on Resiliency: Using Family-Based Evidence to Inform
Policy and Practice
Evaluation
Planning Basics
Jan Upton,
Ph.D.,
Institutional Research Consultants
This workshop will provide an
overview of the basic elements involved in developing an evaluation plan
and budget. All aspects of the evaluation planning process will be
briefly covered, including: linking data collection activities to
project goals, addressing the needs of the stakeholders, and selecting
and working with an evaluator (internal, external, or both). The
presenter designed the Center for Learning Excellence’s
initial evaluation plan, helped
develop the local evaluation planning process, and has been the lead
author of the Annual Challenge Grant Report since 2002. The workshop
will focus on the use of evaluation
planning tools and examples specific to Ohio’s Challenge Grant Program.
Appropriate for site staff with responsibility for evaluation, newer
evaluators, and others who would like to better understand the
evaluation
planning process and how to work
effectively with evaluators.
Upton -
Evaluation Planning Basics
When Parent
Involvement Is Not Positive: What Schools Can Do To Help Parents Support
Their Children’s Education.
Jenny Vargo,
Ohio Department of Education
Hillary Ward,
Northmor School District, Morrow County, Ohio
Parent involvement in their
children’s education has been found to be a critical factor in student
academic achievement. Parents are their children’s first teacher and
role model, and have a direct affect on their children’s learning and
behavior. Extensive
research shows that children are at
risk of developing anti-social behaviors when they are exposed to
antisocial behavior of parents. What do schools do when parents are not
positive role models for their children? Should parent involvement still
be
encouraged? In this workshop
participants will learn how to help parents positively support their
children’s education using simple strategies and effective programs.
Participants will hear how two Ohio schools are effectively engaging
parents through supportive parent involvement techniques.
From Intention
to Attainment: A 360° Approach to Transitioning At-Risk Youth
Marie Ward,
Ph.D., and Pamela G Noeth, Ph.D., Delaware County Educational Service
Center
The issues facing at-risk youth are
well-documented. Therefore, it is important that students make
productive transitions to and from alternative schools to their
respective elementary, middle, and high schools that elicit the “best”
from our children. But best practices may not be enough. The
Delaware-Union County ESC goes beyond “best practices” to give our
children the best chance for success. This session will address a “360°
approach” to the transition process that begins with best practices for
team planning, involves interagency collaboration, and ends with
appropriate data collection and analysis to determine success. Also
shared will be our process, data, and case studies developed during our
history of proven success at the Delaware-Union County ESC in
transitioning at-risk youth. The audience will be able to discuss with
the presenters student needs for successful transitions and how to
develop good intentions for students’ success in attaining successful
transitions.
Drug Update
2006 – Where Have the Years Taken Us?
Officer George
“Pat” Willis,
Lake County Ohio Narcotics Agency
This workshop will provide
information on current Marijuana information and some of the newer, not
so heard of drugs (yet) and their effects. Dextromethorphan, Salvia
Divinorum, Jimsonweed, Tetrahydrozoline . . . have you heard of these?
Do you know what they do? Surely some of these drugs are familiar to
adults, but more of them are known to kids. These drugs have surfaced
and many are becoming more widely available. Come and be the first adult
on your block to have the “real scoop” on what’s available and
influencing our youth.
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