ESC Region 12 Safe & Healthy School

October 5, 9-4, session #233635

Trauma-Sensitive Schools Training for Educators

October 6, 8:30-4, session #263045

Same-Day Vision & Hearing Screener Class

October 6, 9-1, session #236006

Diabetic Care Provider Training for Unlicensed School Personnel (HB 984 Guidelines)

October 12, 8-9, session #243151

Stop the Bleed

October 12, 9-10, session #243152

Stop the Bleed TOT

October 13, 9-4, session #251581

Parenting and Paternity Awareness (P.A.P.A.) Training

October 18, 6-7, session #259546

School Board Human Trafficking

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
• School Crisis Response & Communication During the Pandemic: Canvas Series, session #251154

*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)
• 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.

PAX Good Behavior Games

• October 4, 2021, 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM, GBG October 4
• October 5, 2021, 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM, GBG October 5
• October 6, 2021, 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM, GBG October 6
• October 12, 2021, 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM, GBG October 12
• October 14, 2021, 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM, GBG October 14
• October 18, 2021, 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM, GBG October 18
• October 21, 2021, 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM, GBG October 21
• October 22, 2021, 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM, GBG October 22
• October 26, 2021, 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM, GBG October 26
• October 27, 2021, 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM, GBG October 27

PAX Partner

• October 4-5, 2021, 8:00 AM to 2:30 PM, Partner October 4-5
• October 13-14, 2021, 8:00 AM to 2:30 PM, Partner October 13-14
• October 18-19, 2021, 8:00 AM to 2:30 PM, Partner October 18-19

PAX Tools Community Educator

• October 6, 2021, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Community October 6
• October 13, 2021, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Community October 13
• October 21, 2021, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Community October 21
• October 28, 2021, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Community October 28

PAX Tools for Human Services

• October 4, 2021, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Human Services October 4
• October 12, 2021, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Human Services October 12
• October 19, 2021, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Human Services October 19
• October 20, 2021, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Human Services October 20
• October 28, 2021, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Human Services October 28

1. RED RIBBON PICK UP DAY: Once you order your wristbands through our Google Form, mark your calendar to send a representative from your campus to pick up your orders on Thursday, October 14th at our Building 3 location for a "drive-through" pick-up line as we were able to do last year. No orders will be filled early, so please do make arrangements and coordinate with your district for multiple orders and pick-up arrangements.

2. The Federal Program Compliance Division at TEA is getting ready to start Phase I of the Random Validation process for 21-22. In Phase I, they will be validating program requirements from Title I-A, Title I-C, Title II and Title IV and Supplement not Supplant Methodology. If a district is chosen for validation, they would only be validated in one of these programs for Phase I. For more information about the Random Validation process, TEA is conducting an overview training on Monday, 9/27 from 9am-11am as part of their Statewide Training Series. Use the link below to register. If you have a conflict and can not attend...no worries, TEA will post the recording of the training and the resources.

https://tea.texas.gov/finance-and-grants/grants/essa-program/statewide-training-series

3. This toolkit offers a range of resources to support a collaborative approach to preventing child maltreatment and promoting positive outcomes for children, youth, and families in Texas communities. It supports community members (whether an individual, an organization, or an existing coalition) who are searching for ways to promote protective factors in children, youth, and families and reduce the need for costly intervention later.

https://www.dfps.state.tx.us/Prevention_and_Early_Intervention/Community_Toolkit/default.asp (On the right side you can look for your county's resources.)

4. MHTTC presents their September 2021 Newsletter

https://mailchi.mp/mhttcnetwork.org/mhttc-pathways-september?e=fbff4e3158

and Culturally Responsiveness and Suicide Prevention

https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Culturally-Responsive-Resources-for-Suicide-Prevention.html?soid=1101289295579&aid=13IC_iJvv8M

5. Texas Health and Human Services has created a Suicide Prevention Awareness poster that can be hung in your schools, shared on social media, or emailed to parents. Check it out!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MvZKpxchbhWhACIJwLE2rb4TR5_yzmR1/view?usp=sharing

6. Safe and Sound Schools present the Sound Off on School Safety Podcast

https://www.safeandsoundschools.org/events/podcast/

7. Texas Say What! is offering several Mini-Grant Kits (https://txsaywhat.com/mini-grant-kits.html)

• Red Ribbon Week Kit
• Recruiting Kit
• Get the Facts on Vaping Kit
• Red Ribbon Week Digital Kit

• In-person vision and hearing screening training sessions are on the website now for sign-ups. See training sessions at the top of the newsletter or search by keyword in escWorks. If you were one of those trained virtually last year for vision and hearing, practicum sessions with Paul Gonzalez from DSHS are also available now, also.

• DSHS is not offering any spinal screening sessions at this time. Watch for updates. RNs can do them without training by using the information on the DSHS website.

• COVID-19 News--TEA has published its newest guidelines: https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/covid/SY-20-21-Public-Health-Guidance.pdf

Please note the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Rule for students who have COVID.

• Here is a great resource from New York State Center for School Health and the section for Sample Health Services Forms and Notifications.

*Most of these documents are in Word or Excel so that they can be downloaded and edited for use.

• From the TEA COVID Response Team: The current K-12 COVID Testing Project (this was schools that did COVID testing AT the school on students, staff, family) will stop being supported by the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) on September 15, 2021. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) will roll out guidance for the 2021-2022 COVID-19 Testing Program in the coming weeks. You may finish using up your kits from TDEM through October 27th when the doctor's standing order expires.

• To get information on the new COVID testing kits and procedures available for schools go HERE. Five different companies are offering services.

1. Don't forget to register for our Region 12 specific TxSSC trainings!

• Advanced School Behavioral Threat Assessment Training – December 14, 2021
  https://txssc.txstate.edu/events/adv-sbta-trainings/
  
• Advanced Digital Threat Assessment Training – December 15, 2021
  https://txssc.txstate.edu/events/adv-dta-trainings/
• SBLE TCOLE 4064 - March 2-3, 2022
  https://txssc.txstate.edu/events/sble-trainings/tcole-4064#in-person
  

2. We are pleased to announce our 2021–2022 trainings. This fiscal year, some trainings will return to an in-person format, and some will remain virtual. We are excited to announce the launch of a new training, Sandy Hook Promise – Start with Hello, along with the continuation of trainings on key school safety topics, including School Behavioral Threat Assessment.

Register today for our Sandy Hook Promise – Start with Hello, School Behavioral Threat Assessment, Digital Threat Assessment, and Standard Response Protocol/Standard Reunification Train-the-Trainer (SRP/SRM) trainings.

Our in-person trainings will be hosted in partnership with Regional Education Service Centers. All virtual trainings will be provided through the Zoom online meeting/webinar platform.

1. Register Now! October 14-15, 2021

The theme of this year’s conference is School Mental Health: Moving Forward Together. Each year, the Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health brings together leaders, practitioners, researchers, and other stakeholders in the school mental health field to share the latest research, best practice, and innovation. The conference emphasizes a shared family-school-community agenda to bring high-quality, evidence-based mental health promotion, prevention, and intervention to students and families as part of a multi-tiered system of support.

2. ACET Fall 2021 Virtual Conference

October 27-29, 2021

Register at www.acetx.org

1. Safety Audits
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, 2020 through August 31, 2021 is due in November 2021 by Qualtrics survey (https://tinyurl.com/27fp2437). TEA will send a Qualtrics survey to Superintendents to collect data.

Take a look at the proposed data to be collected (https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/november-2021-proposed-survey-questions.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.

Welcome back! School has begun and along with it comes this year's first issue of the MTSS Newsletter presented by the ESC Region 12. Issue #2.1 includes updated information about HB 4545 and upcoming professional development opportunities.

ESC Region 12 offers professional development, expert support and guidance in meeting Title IV, Part A state and federal requirements, including student access to a well-rounded education, school conditions for student learning improvements, and the use of technology to improve the academic achievement and digital literacy of all students.

David Baker, ESC 12 Clinical Mental Health Liaison

Michelle Butler, Education Specialist/Nurse

Jeni 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