Region 12, Safe and Healthy Schools Training Dates
March 2 to 3, 7am-6pm
TxSSC SBLE TCOLE 4064
Interested schools should register through the TxSSC. https://txssc.txstate.edu/events/sble-trainings/tcole-4064#in-person
March 24 to 3, 9am-4pm, session 246265
Trauma-Sensitive Schools Training for Educators
April 19 to 3, 9am-11am, session 248319
Safe and Healthy Schools Series + Office Hours
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.
Texas Suicide Prevention Symposium 2022- #TxSP22
Free and Virtual!
Agenda:
- March 1: Schools and Youth - thanks to South Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network
- March 2: General Assembly - thanks to Texas Health and Human Services
- March 3: Service Members, Veterans and their Families - thanks to Endeavors
Registration:
WORTHY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND WORK
1. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Prevention and Early Intervention Newsletter
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/TXDFPS/bulletins/309e731
2. National Center for School Safety presents
*Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented Leadership and Crisis Navigation Self-Paced Training In this training, you will learn how school leaders can use a trauma-informed, resilience-oriented approach to navigate school crises. You will grow your understanding of what it means to be a school leader and gain strategies to monitor and adapt during crises while maintaining a trauma-informed, resilience-oriented lens.
https://www.nc2s.org/training/trauma-informed-resilience-oriented-leadership-and-crisis-navigation/
*Self-Paced Lockdown Drills Training
https://www.nc2s.org/training/lockdown-drills/
3. Child Mind Institute presents Resources to Help Our Kids Thrive
4. MAEC offers Managing Mental Wellness: Tools for Yourself, Your Students, and Your classroom
Strategies for teachers to manage their mental health personally and in the context of school
Activities to support students’ social-emotional learning and well-being
Step-by-step tools to respond to students in times of crisis
https://maec.org/managing-mental-wellness/
5. The Dibble Institute presents the Dibble News
https://app.getresponse.com/view.html?x=a62b&m=BBoFvx&mc=Id&s=BEPdGYN&u=Sabv&z=EEmBFEu&
6. DFPS presents a Social Media Toolkit: Healthy Relationships
This February, they are focusing on building healthy relationships!
Safe, stable, and secure relationships are an essential part of a healthy childhood. This social media toolkit can help your program:
- Promote healthy relationships between children and their parents or the adults that care for them.
- Ensure parents/caregivers have the tools they need to have conversations with their children about healthy peer and dating relationships, concepts of bullying, and bystander intervention.
- Share resources to support healthy relationships between parents/caregivers.
These messages and links can be used as-is or they can be customized in any way that works best for your community.
7. Netsmartz announced the release of Cloud Quest-an an interactive online safety adventure! Built as an e-learning module, this activity guides students through each episode of season 1 of Into the Cloud with Clicky by their side acting as trusted adult and teacher to highlight important learning. Each video is accompanied by “Think About It” questions and fun activities like word searches, build-a-letter, picture puzzles and more.
Clicky and the cast of season 1 of Into the Cloud lead students through:
-What to do when dealing with cyberbullies
-How to find trusted adults and helpers
-How to protect online privacy
-How to spot trustworthy information
-What to do if you find something online that makes you sad, scared or confused, and
-What to do if someone acts inappropriate online
Upon completion, students can print out or save a certificate of completion! Check it out
How to Help a Child Cope with Stress - Childhood Stress
STRESS can affect anyone – even a child - who feels overwhelmed. Stress comes from the demands placed on a person and their ability (or perceived ability) to meet them. Childhood stress comes from outside sources (family, friends, school, illness, death of loved ones, divorce and DISASTERS) and from within (pressures they place on themselves).
Signs of Childhood Stress: • Mood swings • Acting out • Changes in sleep patterns • Bedwetting • Stomach aches • Headaches • Nightmares • Separation anxiety • Overreactions to problems • Drastic changes in academic performance • Refusal to participate in activities • Trouble concentrating • Problems completing schoolwork • Withdrawn • Younger children may regress (thumb sucking, hair twirling) • Older children may lie, bully, defy authority
You may not be able to prevent your child from feeling frustrated, sad or angry…
But you can help them prepare to cope with these emotions:
Make time for your child each day.
Give your child lots of hugs and kisses.
Notice your child’s feelings out loud.
Listen to your child – Allow them to talk about what may be causing them stress.
Help your child by discussing potentially stressful situations and helping them prepare for it.
Just be there. Respect them and tell them you’ll be there when they are ready to talk.
Be patient - resist the urge to fix every problem. Help them grow into a good problem-solver.
Avoid talking about your troubles around your child.
Ensure that your child gets proper rest.
Ensure that your child gets proper nutrition – balanced meals and regular eating times.
Ensure that your child gets enough exercise.
Avoid over-scheduling. Help your child manage his or her time and responsibilities.
Ensure that your child has play time and quiet time.
Monitor exposure to news about trauma.
Seek help when problems appear to be serious and/or interfere with daily living. Talk to your child’s doctor or a counselor.
Nurses Corner
2. Strengthening Families in the Wake of COVID-19
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/TXDFPS/bulletins/309abcb
3. National Institute for Health Care Management newsletter
https://mailchi.mp/nihcm.org/nihcm-newsletter-february-22?e=20178d6a9b
4. Winter illnesses, diabetes, and Valentine Day
From the TxSSC...
- SBLE TCOLE 4064 - March 2-3, 2022 (https://txssc.txstate.edu/events/sble-trainings/tcole-4064#in-person)
2. 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.
Dates and Times
The lunch and learn virtual events will take place from 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Central Time.
- February 25, 2022
- March 25, 2022
- April 29, 2022
- May 13, 2022
Register at https://txssc.txstate.edu/events/beyond-burnout/
3. The Current Online Behavioral Trends Lunch and Learn experience will complement the Digital Threat Assessment training and enhance understanding of the ever-changing digital landscape. The session will include a live Q&A with Safer Schools Together (SST) threat analysts. During this live event, participants will learn:
- Updates and changes to all leading social media platforms.
- Key information for school safety and threat assessment teams.
- Case scenarios: recent case files handled by SST threat analysts, trends, language, and new ways that students communicate online.
- Risk enhancing behaviors.
https://txssc.txstate.edu/events/online-behavioral-trends/
4. Check out our SBLE Trainings
State & Nat'l Conferences
March 1-3
https://texassuicideprevention.org/
2. NASRO Advanced SRO
March 16-18
https://www.nasro.org/events/2022/03/16/advanced-sro/waco-tx/
3. Light the Way - End Human Trafficking
2022 Summit
June 14-16
Dallas, Tx
4. 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/
5. 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
5. Campus Safety Conference 2022
6uly 18-20
Fort Worth, TX
1/24/22 The More You Know
1/18/22 The More You Know
1/7/22 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