A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

INITIATIVE: TURNING OUR

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•Tameka M. Hines, DNP Candidate
•NU 715
•Jacksonville State University
BCS Organization Priorities

 Pillar 1: Student Success 

-All children are prepared for productive citizenship, college, career, and life. Our graduation rate increases
as students in all schools meet or exceed proficiency in grade level reading, math, and other subjects
required for graduation.
-Students are co-creators of personalized academic and life goals whose voices are heard in the learning
process as they develop strategies for perseverance and problem-solving.

Pillar 2: Team Excellence

-Instructional leadership at the district and school levels is stable and of high quality.
-We recruit, engage, develop and retain high-quality employees in all categories. 

Pillar 3: Stakeholder Trust

-Through increased communication efforts and channels, parents, families and community members are
better informed, more engaged and have an increased impact on decision making.
-Our schools and district employees have positive perceptions of services and communication across the
district.

Pillar 4: Effective Systems and Planning

-We maintain or increase student enrollment.
-We look forward with a multi-year financial and facilities plan that encompasses enrollment, revenue, facility
condition and need. 
Vision For To Improve Child Health by Implementing Evidence-
Based Health Programs that support the Whole
Practice Child. Aligning with  the Four District Pillars.
 Steering the Visions
 Who will Lead the Quality Improvement Effort? Quality Improvement Committee.    

 Who Serves on the Quality Improvement Team: Student Support Services.

 Child Health
 Social and Emotional Learning
 504 Coordinator
 Special Education Director
 Counseling Director
 Student Success Director
 Principal Representative
 Teacher Representative

 What are the duties and Responsibilities Of the Quality Improvement Committee? 

     To Implement a Robust School-Based Mental Health Program.

 What Meeting Structure Did You Use? A decentralized Interdisciplinary Team. 

 How often will you meet? Where will you meet? When will you meet? Will you have a Special Retreat? 

     The team held predetermined meetings Biweekly at Our Departmental conference Room. 

ISSUE DEFINED: Lack
of SBMH Resources
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 The Child Mind Institute (2015) reports that

half of all mental illness occurs before the
age of 14, and 75 percent by the age of 24
—highlighting the urgent need to create
systemic approaches to the problem.
Among youth, the prevalence of mental
health and addiction (MHA) disorders is
roughly 20%, yet youth are challenged to
access evidence-based services in a timely
fashion. 
 Of the 277 Total Patients Visiting BCS
School-based Health Clinic, 56.3% of the
Visits were for Behavioral Health Therapy. 
BCS Referral Policy
  No Cost to the organization to Implement SBMC.
 District savings $365,000 annually to replace JBS
Mental Health contract.
 How change will impact student outcomes? value-
based purchasing, patient satisfaction, public
reported data? coordination of care, alignment
Resource of financial incentives with outcomes, electronic
documentation e-prescribing and joint team
Allocations accountability. 
 How will we generate performance data? Performance
evaluation tools and clearly defined clinical
advancement criteria.
 The SBMHC is responsible for maintaining The
triple Aim.  Quality assurances measures to support
this functions.
 Performance Measurement

ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT PERFORMANCE AND TOOLS: EMPLOYEE AND STUDENT APPRAISALS,

PROGRESS THROUGH THE COLLECTION, ANALYTICS PRODUCTIVITY RECORDS, STUDENT/PARENT
AND REPORTING OF DATA TO THE QUALITY FEEDBACK.
IMPROVEMENT TEAM.
 COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION

This policy will be communicated to the appropriate BCS school

personnel via the following channels: PD,  & Written Form

The policy will be distributed to the BCS board of education,

Communication Superintendent, Nursing staff, and Department of Nursing

Committees for dissemination to their specific department
staff.

Updates and revisions will be communicated via Nursing Staff,

School Counselors, Teachers and District publications.

This policy will be placed in the Policy and Procedure Manual on

the BCS Intranet site.
 Education
How will you track and evaluate What skills and knowledge do you
progress? want them to develop?
 Accessing the Number of Staff  How to Identify behavior
Referrals.
changes?
 Accessing Disciplinary Report.Click to add text  When a Student Referral is indicated?
 Referral Process.
 Expected Student Outcomes.
 Patient Surveys
Evaluation Procedures Staff Surveys

Data analyzed

 Displayed in Charts & Graphs

Data interpretation
 References

 Children's Mental Disorders. (2020, March 30). Retrieved July 02, 2020, from
https://www.cdc.gov/childrensmentalhealth/symptoms.html  
 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020). Data and Statistics on Children's Mental
          Health. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/childrensmentalhealth/data.html 
 Institute, M. (n.d.). What's the tie between mental health and juvenile justice? Retrieved from
             https://childmind.org/2015-childrens-mental-health-report/ 
 Lambie, G. W. glenn. lambie@ucf. ed., Solomon, C., Joe, J. R., Kelchner, V. P., & Perleoni, M.
            K. (2019). School-Based Mental Health Counseling Intervention with Students
in Title I
            Elementary Schools. Children & Schools, 41(3), 161–168. https://doi-org.lib-
            proxy.jsu.edu/10.1093/cs/cdz011