SSPW Mental Health E-Learning

Students who do not manage their anger, and are aggressive in school are at risk of exclusionary discipline and not graduating. An approach which helps these children and youth learn skills to get along better in school is a proactive approach to a common school problem. The first set of modules provide an overview of the evidence based practice of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Interventions.

Introductory and Overview Modules

• Understanding the Social-Cognitive Distortions and Deficits of Students Experiencing Anger and Aggression
• Treatment of Anger and Reactive Aggression
• Gender Differences in the Expression of Anger
• Critical Cognitive Behavior Therapy Insights and Building Generalization

Think First: An Evidence-Based Group Intervention for High School Students Experiencing Anger and Aggression

• Think First Introduction: Screening, Identification, and Progress Monitoring
• Think First: Group Structure and Initial Sessions: Introductions, Choices and Consequences
• Think First: Hassle Log and Anger Reducers
• Think First: Anger Triggers and Attribution Retraining
• Think First: Self-Instruction and Consequential Thinking
• Think First: Social Problem Solving

Anger Coping: An Evidence-Based Group Intervention for Upper Elementary and Middle School Students Experiencing Anger and Aggression

• Anger Coping: Screening, Identification and Progress Monitoring
• Anger Coping: Group Management and First Sessions
• Anger Coping: Middle Sessions
• Anger Coping: Teaching and Practice Problem Solving

You are invited to view role plays featuring the emotional regulation planning process. Each age group is featured. Families are included in creating the plan, and can assist in reinforcing positive emotional regulation strategies at home, at school, and in the community. The plans evolve as the child/youth matures and grows.

RIH/DPI Emotional Regulation Planning - YouTube Playlist

1. RIH/DPI Emotional Regulation Planning Intro

2. RIH/DPI Emotional Regulation Planning - Early Childhood

3. RIH/DPI Emotional Regulation Planning - Elementary

4. RIH/DPI Emotional Regulation Planning - Middle & High School

Evidence-based training resources to help support school staff and school mental health providers recognize the needs of students from diverse cultural backgrounds and offer programs that reduce disparities in services.

• Promoting Excellence for All eCourse
• Understanding Microaggression
• Culturally Responsive Problem Solving: An Evidence Based Approach
• Dr. Markeda Newell: Culturally Responsive Problem Solving Video

Youth Mental Health First Aid is one of Wisconsin DPI’s spotlighted trainings on mental health. Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. Contact the Wisconsin Safe & Healthy Schools Training and Technical Assistance Center for more information about attending or scheduling a Youth Mental Health First Aid Training.

For additional opportunities to develop mental health literacy and reduce stigma, check out the following modules:

• Responding to Youth in Crisis Learning Module
• Positive Parent Engagement Learning Module
• Compassion Fatigue to Resilience Learning Module
• Resilience and Hope
• Wisconsin Educators Talk About Stigma Video and Discussion Guide (page 26)

School Mental Health Referral Pathways

View the School Mental Health Referral Pathways Module Series for more information, tools, and local examples. This module series can be utilized by schools that are at any point in the process of building and improving their mental health referral pathways.

• Module 1: Building School Mental Health Referral Pathways
• Module 2: Improving School Mental Health Referral Pathways
• Module 3: School Mental Health Referral Pathways in Action

The Teacher Care Meeting protocol is a 20-minute brief intervention designed to provide the structure and communication style that will promote a positive meeting with parents/caregivers and a student. It is both strengths-based and collaborative, and designed to enhance student motivation for change.

Teacher Care Meetings Module

In Wisconsin, most counties and tribes have a Coordinated Services Team. A team, consisting of school staff, community services providers, family members, and the student work closely together to develop an individualized care plan that includes intervention, culturally and linguistically relevant services, and progress monitoring in the community, home, and school setting.

CST Module

Social and Emotional Learning: An Overview

• Introduction to Wisconsin Social and Emotional Competencies
• Mental Health and Social and Emotional Learning Resources Overview Webinar & Presentation Slides

Social and Emotional Learning in Wisconsin

Advancing Equity Through Social and Emotional Learning

Equity in education requires a physically and emotionally safe and positive school climate for all students. Building strong social and emotional competencies, for both teachers and students, can play a key role in ensuring education equity.

Leveraging SEL to Promote Equity

Social and Emotional Learning Assessment

The DPI's focus in SEL assessment is not to identify students for placement in remediation groups or other intervention programs. Rather, SEL assessment is most useful when used to identify targeted instructional practices for all students, to progress monitor student- and class-wide SEL skill development, and to analyze and monitor the effectiveness of SEL program implementation.

SEL Webinar: Student SEL Competence Assessment - Clark McKown

Disclaimer: The following webinars are not an endorsement by DPI of these products. While DPI does not endorse any specific programs, it is recommended that you choose an EBP.

• CoVitality
• Holistic Student Assessment (HSA)
• Mosaic™ by ACT®
• Panorama
• SELweb
• Social and Emotional Learning Program Quality Assessment (SEL PQA)
• SSIS™ Social-Emotional Learning Edition (SSIS SEL)
• Thriving Learning Communities™ (TLC)
• Tripod
• Zoo U®

Social and Emotional Learning Conference & Training Opportunities

During the 2019-2020 school year, DPI hosted monthly webinars on SEL topics of interest, below are several SEL Example of Practice webinar recordings.

• Positivity Through Social and Emotional Learning: Adams-Friendship School District
• Early Childhood Social and Emotional Learning: Racine Univied School District
• Choosing an Evidence-Based Curriculum: Oak Creek Franklin Joint School District/ Oshkosh Area School District
• Choosing Competencies for Focus: Mequon-Theinsfield School District
• Using the Department of Public Instruction SEL Competencies: Elkorn School District/ Goodman Community Center
• Integrating SEL with Academics: Elmbrook School District/ Menasha Joint School District

Social and Emotional Learning Curriculum and Alignment Tools

Disclaimer: The following webinars are not an endorsement by DPI of these products. While DPI does not endorse any specific programs, it is recommended that you choose an EBP.

• 7 Mindsets
• Caring School Community
• PATHs
• Positive Action
• Sanford Harmony
• Second Step
• SSIS SEL Classroom-Wide Intervention

Wisconsin Physical Education and Physical Activity

Active Schools: Core 4+ is a set of strategies to increase student physical activity and improve academic learning.

1. Active Students are Better Learners
2. Active Schools: Core 4+ Intro
3. Active Schools: 4 Active PE
4. Active Classrooms
5. Active Recess/Open Gym
6. Before and After School
7. Home and Community

2020 Bullying Prevention Webinars 

• Building a Multi-Tiered System of Support: Foundations for Bully Prevention
• Recognize, Report, and Respond: Conducting a Systematic Bullying Investigation
  • Presentation Slides

LGBTQ+ Youth in Crisis: Best Practices Webinar: LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and other/questioning) students, and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) students, and especially those students who live at the intersection of those identities, experience significant disparities compared to their peers. The latest national and state data show a mental health crisis as a result of a lack of support for these students. This session will include basic LGBTQ+ concepts, data, and best practices.

LGBTQ+ Youth in Crisis Best Practices Webinar Recording