Region 12, Safe and Healthy Schools Training Dates
January 27, 9am-4pm, session 249367
Building Resilience: Growing a Systemic Campus SEL Program - Session4 (Continuous Improvement)
February 11, 11am-1pm, session 246299
9th ESC Region 12 Counselor Appreciation Luncheon and Counselors of the Year
February 15, 9am-11am, session 248319 (virtual)
Safe and Healthy Schools Series plus Office Hours
Topic TBD.
February 16, 12pm-1pm, session 269234 (virtual)
School Board Human Trafficking
February 17, 9am-12pm, session 269245
AS+K?: ASK About Suicide Prevention Training
February 22, 9am-4pm, session 269255
Behavior Threat Assessment
Online, On-Demand Courses
- Human Trafficking for Superintendents, session #252332
- Human Trafficking for School Boards, session #252323
- SB 11: The Omnibus School Safety Bill Canvas Course, session # 252334
- CBITS & SSET, session #257779
*Watch our live calendar at https://tinyurl.com/23d8cp2r
Training available to schedule on-site:
- Behavior Threat Assessment (to train your Threat Assessment/Safe and Supportive Schools Team)
- Behavior Threat Assessment TableTops (for your Threat Assessment/Safe and Supportive Schools Team to take an in-depth look at how your team operates and work through a case)
- Digital Responsibility & Social Media Safety (to train your students)
- True Colors (offered for students and staff as a team-building/self-awareness opportunity)
- AS+K Suicide Prevention (to train staff)
- Youth Mental Health First Aid (to train staff)
- Trauma-Sensitive Schools (to train staff)
*Contact us for pricing and to schedule.
WORTHY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND WORK
1. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services presents their Prevention and Early Intervention Newsletter
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/TXDFPS/bulletins/3066307
2. Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC) presents the 2nd MHTTC Grief Sensitive Virtual Learning Institute
https://mailchi.mp/mhttcnetwork.org/mhttc-gsvli-registertoday?e=fbff4e3158
3. Cross Systems Trauma-Informed Care (CSTIC) Initiative presents their January 2022 Newsletter
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iC8Kj1tSJxSniyllTEzvSZegQtb5AlR7/view?usp=sharing
4. MHTTC presents their January 2022 Newsletter
https://mailchi.mp/mhttcnetwork.org/mhttc-pathways-january2022?e=fbff4e3158
5. As the field continues to prepare for the upcoming rollout of 988 in July 2022, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)—as national leads of the 988 rollout and implementation—recently launched a new 988 webpage on the SAMHSA website. This page provides some general background information and answers to some frequently asked questions (FAQs) about 988 and includes a new FAQs document. Please feel free to share this webpage and FAQs document with others on your team.
6. The National Center for School Safety presents their Trauma-Informed Resilience-Oriented Schools (TIROS) Toolkit Update
They have added a new section on Introducing Trauma and Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented Schools to their TIROS Toolkit. In this section, you’ll learn key terms and strategies to help embed a trauma-informed, resilience-oriented approach throughout your school community. More sections coming soon!
7. The National Center for School Safety has a Podcast Series on What it Means to be a School Leader, focusing on trauma, and crises.
Episode 1: Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented Leadership
Episode 2: Rapid-Cycle Adaptive Leadership
Episode 3: Leading through Crises
https://www.nc2s.org/resource/podcast-episode-trauma-informed-resilience-oriented-leadership/
Nurses Corner
From the TxSSC...
- SBLE TCOLE 4064 - March 2-3, 2022 (https://txssc.txstate.edu/events/sble-trainings/tcole-4064#in-person)
2. The Digital Threat Assessment training was developed to address the need to keep pace with the ever-evolving technology challenges that face our students currently. Real-life case examples will be used from subject matter expert work across North America. A significant portion of the day will be spent conducting hands-on searching exercises through the most current social media sites and applications.
https://txssc.txstate.edu/events/dta-trainings/
3. The Texas School Safety Center, in collaboration with the I Love U Guys Foundation, is hosting Standard Response Protocol/Standard Reunification Method Train-the-Trainer trainings. The SRP and SRM are proven enhancements to school safety planning. Also included is a segment on Incident Command and how it relates to crisis management for educators.
https://txssc.txstate.edu/events/srp-trainings/
4. The Texas School Safety Center (TxSSC) is partnering with the Trauma and Grief Center at The Hackett Center for Mental Health to offer Beyond Burnout: Exploring the Cost of Caring Lunch and Learn virtual events.
During the past 18 months and even prior to the pandemic, educators, administrators, and school safety professionals have had the strenuous task of caring for students and staff, in addition to caring for their own families and themselves. Utilizing a light-hearted, engaging approach, this presentation explores the ways in which our work impacts us as helping professionals. Participants will be given tools to decrease the risk for compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, secondary traumatic stress, and burn-out.
The discussion will then focus on enhancing compassion satisfaction and resilience through individualized strategies. This presentation seeks to re-frame the way we think about "self-care” and will include a live Q&A with the Director of School and Community Engagement for The Trauma and Grief Center at The Hackett Center for Mental Health.
Dates and Times
The lunch and learn virtual events will take place from 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Central Time.
- February 4, 2022
- February 25, 2022
- March 25, 2022
- April 29, 2022
- May 13, 2022
Register at https://txssc.txstate.edu/events/beyond-burnout/
5. Say What! Mini-Grant Kits
Say What! Mini-Grant Kits are the perfect free resource to assist youth groups in 6th-12th grade with their youth tobacco and vaping prevention efforts in the school and community setting. Here’s a look at the kits being offered this spring. Register your youth group today to request one.
Mental Health & Wellness Kit
For decades, the tobacco industry has marketed its products as a great way to relieve stress and increase mental well-being, but the fact is nicotine makes those feelings of stress, anxiety, and depression worse! This kit focuses on sharing the truth about how dangerous vaping and other nicotine products are to our mental health, and how youth can receive free, confidential help to quit.
Request this kit to see the positive difference you can make in your peers and community members!
Tobacco Litter Kit
Tobacco products aren’t only dangerous for people, but the environment and wildlife, too. Tobacco products like cigarette butts, vapes, and dip cans are some of the most littered items that are poisoning our planet. This kit features a vape waste bin for schools or community centers to store collected vapes for safe disposal as well as a tobacco litter log to track the cleanups your group hosts, what was collected, and how much. Your group can use that information to speak with local business owners or decision-makers to promote tobacco and vape-free establishments.
Request this kit today to help make your school and/or community a safer, cleaner place for everyone.
6. Texas Tobacco-Free Conference
The Say What! Conference offers a variety of opportunities for all youth groups working on tobacco-free policies, tobacco prevention-related issues, and other projects that may be occurring in the school or community.
Both youth and adult participants will be able to attend a variety of breakout sessions from Say What! Teen Ambassadors, Say What! youth groups, and experts from diverse fields discussing a range of youth tobacco prevention and enforcement topics.
Group sponsors and other adult participants will be able to attend specialized sessions that focus on youth-adult partnerships, positive youth development, and burnout prevention.
Dates: Tuesday, July 26th – Friday, July 29th
Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Austin, Austin, Texas
Scholarship applications to attend the conference for free are available for 6th – 12th-grade school and community-based youth groups. Scholarships cover the costs associated with conference registration, lodging and all meals and snacks, access to hotel amenities, parking, a conference t-shirt, and materials.
Learn more about conference, registration, and conference scholarships by clicking here. The deadline to submit a scholarship application is April 15th. Registration for the conference closes on May 31st.
7. Say What! Texas Tobacco-Free Action Summits are Back and In Person!
Say What! Summits are free, one-day trainings designed for youth groups in 6th – 12th grade who are passionate about helping create healthy, tobacco, nicotine, and vape-free lives and communities. Summits are led by the Say What! Teen Ambassadors and provide youth groups an opportunity to network and connect with other like-minded youth, develop teen leadership skills, and perfect their youth advocacy skills.
This summit season will focus on youth vaping prevention and feature expert guest speakers discussing the dangers of tobacco and vape litter on the environment, why tobacco is a social justice issue, and how youth and adults can help create equality, the tobacco industry’s dirty strategies when targeting youth and various communities, and how youth groups can become advocates for youth tobacco prevention.
Youth and adult participants can expect:
- E-Cigarette and vaping prevention education.
- School or community project planning to help combat youth vaping.
- An opportunity to receive 2.5 community service hours.
- Breakfast, lunch, a commemorative summit t-shirt, and a lanyard.
- An opportunity to earn scholarships to attend the annual Say What! Texas Tobacco-Free Conference.
- Saturday, March 5th, Lufkin, TX – Pitser Garrison Convention Center
- Saturday, March 26th, South Padre Island, TX – Beach Resort
- Saturday, April 2nd, El Paso, TX – El Paso Zoo
- Saturday, April 23rd, Fort Worth, TX – Fort Worth Zoo
- Saturday, May 14th, Kemah, TX – Kemah Boardwalk
Click here to learn more about the summits and how to register.
State & Nat'l Conferences
March 1-3
https://texassuicideprevention.org/
2. Registration is open for the 2022 Texas School Safety Conference!
Themed Keeping School Safety a Priority: A Collaborative Approach
Registration
Early: $350 – Ends May 27, 2022
Late: $400 – Begins May 28, 2022
Conference Dates:
June 19 - 23, 2022
Location:
San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter
https://txssc.txstate.edu/events/tss-conf/
3. THE 9TH ANNUAL TASRO SAFE SCHOOLS CONFERENCE
When: June 27, 2022 08:00, CDT
Where: Hilton Palacio del Rio, 200 South Alamo Street, San Antonio, TX 78205-3213
1/18/22 The More You Know
1/7/22 The More You Know
11/29/21 The More You Know
Upcoming State Safe and Healthy School Deadlines
Public Schools should conduct a safety audit of facilities from September 2020 through August 2023.
Charter Schools should conduct a safety audit from September 2019 through August 2022.
2. District Audit Reports
At the culmination of the Safety Audit process, schools are required to submit a District Audit Report to the Texas School Safety Center.
The Public School expected deadline is August 2023.
The Charter School expected deadline is August 2022.
3. Threat Assessment/SSSP
Collection period September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022 is due in November 2022 by Qualtrics survey. TEA will send a Qualtrics survey to Superintendents to collect data.
Take a look at the data to be collected in November 2021 (https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/sssp-data-collection-survey.pdf).
Required training for ALL SSSP Team Members, virtually or in-person through TxSSC or your ESC.
Recommended Digital Threat Assessment training for SSSP Team members through TxSSC and is offered virtually.
4. Emergency Operation Plans and Annexes
Can be requested at any time by TxSSC.
HB 3597 now allows TxSSC to request that schools submit safety-related MOUs and Mutual Aid Agreements.
ESC Region 12 MTSS Newsletter 2.3
Welcome to 2022! I hope you're ready for a fresh start to the new year. Issue 2.3 (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EvN32DEnAFz-hEUAF9QNTX3gOHd8_JZu/view) of the ESC Region 12 MTSS Newsletter is full of information to aid you in your MTSS journey. You may access all previous issues (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Y3gFfgAmEHBbLQMpZdoT7_EIhN-2ebTn). Please let me know if there is anything I can do to assist your campus/district with MTSS.
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Crystal Robinson, M.Ed.
Education Specialist
RTI, MTSS, 504
254-297-1217
State Initiative Website
District Resources
Title IV, Part A FAQs
Title IV FAQs
Title IV Program Guide
TEA Federal Program Compliance Website
Contact us!
Suzanna Avalos, School Nurse Grant Coordinator
Michelle Butler, Nurse Education Specialist
David Baker, ESC 12 Clinical Mental Health LiaisonJeni Janek, Education Specialist III/Coordinator
Heather Wheeler, Education Specialist
Email: hwheeler@esc12.net
Website: esc12.net
Location: ESC Region 12, West Loop 340, Waco, TX, USA
Phone: 254-297-1166
Twitter: @R12SafeHealthy