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agencies. Faculty will outline the planning and implementation process for this unique method of cross-system, school
and student support programming with the goal of preparing participants to implement similar approaches in their
communities and states.
This approach emerged from a review of evidence-based practices related to school success in high-need communities.
Child-serving agencies were engaged in a unique collaboration to pilot a model of school and student support. In the
New York City pilot program, the model Promise Zones was implemented under the structure and leadership of the
city’s Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) team, a prevention support model that enables educators to
adopt school-wide systems which improve behavioral outcomes and build positive school climate. PBIS is a three-tiered,
behavioral process supporting implementation of classroom-based group and individualized interventions
Specific topics to be covered include:
• The planning and implementation process with a focus on challenges and lessons learned
• Key data collection points required for tracking success (process and outcome measures)
• Policy and procedure development, including communication protocols
• Role and responsibility definition required between collaborating entities (schools, community providers, PBIS, etc.)
• Report on client outcomes (office discipline referrals, school attendance, Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths
data) and process measures
The session will include interactive small group exercises designed to assist with planning or replicating similar school
programming. The faculty team for the session will offer the perspectives of child and family clinicians and
administrators with extensive experience in planning and providing a wide array of mental health and family advocacy
services to at-risk children, adolescents, and their families residing in high-need communities.
MODERATOR/PRESENTER: Jessica Fear, M.A., L.M.F.T., Director of Children’s Services, Community Mental
Health Services, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, New York, NY
Devon Bandison, M.P.A., Program Director, Community Mental Health Services, Visiting Nurse Service of New York,
New York, NY
RESOURCE PERSONS: Neil Pessin, Ph.D., Vice President, Community Mental Health Services, Visiting Nurse
Service of New York, New York, NY
David Lindy, M.D, Clinical Director/Chief Psychiatrist, Community Mental Health Services, Visiting Nurse Service of
New York, New York, NY
WORKSHOP #7 1:30 PM THURSDAY • 10:30 AM SATURDAY • TALLAHASSEE 1-2
Wraparound in the Faith Community: The Open Table Model
OBJECTIVES—Participants will learn:
1. The challenges of youth and young adults aging out of foster care
2. Strategies for developing long-term supports and relationships to sustain young adults
3. Key components of engaging, equipping, and supporting the faith community in providing highly individualized care
4. How “Open Table,” a grassroots movement, intersects with high-fidelity wraparound
This Workshop will focus on an innovative strategy that bridges research and practice in a community collaborative
effort to produce sustainable outcomes for youth aging out of foster care with a high return on investment. Faculty will
highlight the Open Table model that mobilizes the faith community by tapping into resources of individual
congregations to support these youth. The approach involves creating long-term, personal relationships with young
adults who have aged out of foster care. These relationships have proven to be powerful in transforming not only the
individual served, but the attitudes and the sense of empowerment of the Open Table volunteers.
Open Table is a faith-based model with five years of research, development, and expansion experience. The approach
has the potential to change the fate of youth aging out of foster care who, based on recent studies, will likely find
themselves in poverty with little or no support. The model shares the core values of high-fidelity wraparound and
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