A Population Health Perspective on Middle School Success Activities, Programs, and Policies: Proceedings of a Workshop (2021) / Chapter Skim
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4 Multisector Support for the Middle School Experience
4 Multisector Support for the Middle School Experience
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Public Health Department and Lisa Warhuus of the Children and Youth Initiatives at Alameda County Health Care Services Agency, representing the public health sector; Tina Cheng of the Rales Center for the Integration of Health and Education and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, representing the health care sector; Maryam Toloui of O akland Unity Middle School and Evelyn Garcia of Will Rogers Middle School in the Lawndale Elementary School District (LESD) , representing the social work sector; and, finally, Erica Louison of the United Way of the National Capital Area and Ta-biti Gibson of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth (RJOY)
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. 4 This section summarizes information presented by Barbara Ferrer of the County of Los Angeles Public Health Department and Lisa Warhuus of the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency.
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Ferrer mentioned that public health departments could support the education sector in a variety of ways. First, Ferrer stated that community programming can help this age population.
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CHSC primarily builds capacity to promote its goal by acting as a liaison and partnership builder, influencing policy, and funding school health initiatives, which are approaches that link resources for providing safe and effective learning environments. CHSC functions at the district level to maintain uninterrupted health and wellness services for individual schools, even as school administrations change (ACHCSA, 2019)
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Warhuus stated that for the 2018–2019 school year, CHSC registered 14,500 students in the school health center, who made 56,762 total visits. Warhuus noted that "school-based behavioral health is way more about changing adult behavior than it is about youth behavior" and the work in Alameda County includes supporting teachers and administrators in creating environments that support "positive youth experiences." CHSC emphasizes a public health approach to mental health by stressing positive school culture and climate.
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conducted a review of 44 studies focused on school-based health centers and found that the centers had a positive impact on issues such as asthma, delivery of recommended preventive services, some high-risk behaviors (including smoking and substance abuse) , and general academic achievement.
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mindfulness-based stress reduction, violence prevention, and reproductive health education via the school health curriculum. Cheng added that programs for parents and teachers are also under the umbrella of services offered by the center.
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Both parents and teachers, she added, responded well to placing health centers in schools because of convenience and health improvements in their children and students. Social Work Sector8 Maryam Toloui, director of the Holistic Socioemotional Support Unit at Oakland Unity Middle School, and Evelyn Garcia, social worker and field instructor at Will Rogers Middle School in Lawndale, California, shared social work perspectives on middle school health and well-being.
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, a social worker, and counseling interns, that renders services in English and Spanish. The interns are enrolled in local graduate programs and practice under Toloui's supervision.
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Evelyn Garcia described the student support services program at LESD, which was established in 2013 and funded via the Local Control Funding Formula. The set of services contains an onsite social worker at each school, eight community liaisons, one Medi-Cal outreach liaison, and one district social worker.
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Garcia added that professional development topics outside of trauma include implicit bias, responding to challenging behaviors, restorative practices, and self-care. Garcia closed her presentation by stressing the vital role of partner ships and support from leadership and the need for a collaborative approach to meeting the needs of students, families, and schools.
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. 11 This section summarizes information presented by Erica Louison of the United Way of the National Capital Area and Ta-biti Gibson of Edna Brewer Middle School.
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has made in community schools." Louison concluded by reporting that the community sees UWNCA as a leader and expert and invites it to sit in policy councils, steering committees, and school board meetings to help develop and shape policy in the community. Ta-biti Gibson, coordinator of RJOY at Edna Brewer Middle School, opened by stating that RJOY has the largest peer restorative justice leadership team in the country.
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Gibson shared that he took 14 of 94 students to Denver, Colorado, to the Restorative Justice International Conference, where, for the first time, middle school students were presenters on women's equality and transgender rights. He added that the success of the program lies in the fact that the students themselves exercise restorative justice whenever a situation at school calls for it.
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Warhuus shared her experiences in Alameda County of leveraging multiple funding streams when possible, including the Our Kids Our Families Program, which has nonprofit mental health care providers who bill Medicaid. These providers are paired with social workers and other mental health professionals who do not bill Medicaid to ensure that any student has access to mental health services regardless of Medicaid status.
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Gibson reflected on his experiences with his students conducting restorative justice circles. He said it was important for teachers and adults to let students use the skills they have gained.
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