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DC School Behavioral Health Community of Practice
The D.C. School Behavioral Health Community of Practice (CoP) was launched in September 2019 to support the expansion of comprehensive school behavioral health supports in all D.C. public and public charter schools. The DC CoP engages school professionals, community leaders, and clinicians from community based organizations (CBOs) who jointly conduct school-based activities and services that promote healthy development and wellbeing for all students and their families.
Facilitator
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools (CHHCS) guides the planning and facilitation of learning sessions focused on building participating stakeholders knowledge, skills, and competencies in this Community of Practice. CHHCS also provides technical assistance to schools and CBOs as well as access to resources through an easily accessible database. This database is available to school staff, teachers, clinicians, families, and the DC Community to view resources related to this initiative. These partnerships and knowledge-building opportunities will help school leaders, administrators, community-based organizations, and service providers, to effectively implement best practices within a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) framework that includes preventative, early intervention, and targeted support for all students. This effort will also incorporate a young-adult partnership work group to help elevate the voice and leadership of young people in the delivery of mental health support to them and their families.
The D.C. CoP is supported by the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools (CHHCS) at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University, the Department of Behavioral Health (DBH), the District of Columbia Public Schools, the District of Columbia Public Charter Schools, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), and CRP, Inc.