In this issue:
This position works as a member of an inter-departmental team. This position provides leadership to develop, refine and evaluate a Washington State MTSS framework. This position supports efforts within the agency to leverage MTSS as a critical strategy for improving both academic and non-academic outcomes for all students. This position also serves as an internal expert on matters related to building the capacity to support MTSS implementation at each level of the education system (state, regional, and local). This position reports to the Executive Director of OSPl's Center for the Improvement of Student Learning (CISL).
Link to Full Job Description
Learning depends on the social, emotional, physical, and mental health of students. The systems that come together to support young people’s learning and development include schools, community organizations, health care providers, businesses, out-of-school service providers, and municipal and state agencies. But these systems are at times siloed in how they serve youth. Integrated student support offers a compelling solution to addressing the strengths and needs of the whole child...
Full Article
Preschoolers are being expelled at an alarming rate and little is known about protective factors. One factor may be the relationship between parents and teachers. Using surveys and interviews, the present study explores teachers’ perceptions of parents and center support as they relate to teachers’ requests to have a child removed from their classroom, an action related to expulsion. Teachers who have more negative perceptions of parents and perceive less center support working with parents were more likely to have requested a removal of a child in the past year. Qualitative comparisons yield differential themes around attribution of child behavior to parents and styles of engagement with parents between teachers who have requested a removal and those who have not...
Full Study
Middle school is a risky period, marked by increased peer victimization, and the onset of several mental disorders, including suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs). Parental involvement is critical to students’ well-being; however, few studies have examined the role of parental involvement among middle school students or its effect on their mental health. This study examined the effects of perceived parental involvement and victimization on adolescents’ mental health difficulties (MHDs) and STBs. We also investigated whether these effects varied across demographic groups, and whether perceived parental involvement buffers the relationship between victimization and students’ mental health outcomes...
Full Study |
