Submission 2020

The SHAPE System is hosted by the National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. The NCSMH is committed to enhancing understanding and supporting implementation of comprehensive school mental health policies and programs that are innovative, effective, and culturally and linguistically competent across the developmental spectrum (from preschool through post-secondary), and three tiers of mental health programming (promotion, prevention, intervention). The mission of the NCSMH is too strengthen policies and programs in school mental health to improve learning and promote success for America's youth.

CSMH and the MHTTCs will be storing resources in the folders at the link below:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1765JpbvR51HvqieD_jlxrrB2V5oTHSGv

Getting Started

It Takes A Team: Who are the stakeholders in your district that should be part of the social, emotional health conversation?

This Is A Process: Pulling data, completing the assessment and problem solving results can not be accomplished in one after school meeting.

Using The Data: Let the data be the rational for future work. How will your district use your behavior support grant to improve social, emotional health for students in your schools?

Take A Look: Click on the image to visit the SHAPE web site.



The SHAPE System is a free, private, web-based portal that offers a virtual work space for your school mental health team to document, track, and advance your quality and sustainability improvement goals as well as assess trauma responsiveness.

Identifying Your Problem With Precision

What Data?

  • LEA Self Assessment
  • Discipline Data
    • ODR
    • Suspension
    • Attendance
    • Homebound/Abbreviated day
  • Academic
  • Staff Survey
  • Graduation Rate
  • Disproportionality



Pitfalls To Avoid

Identify your districts "Orange Boxes" while developing your precise problem statement

  • Define a solution before defining the problem
  • Build solutions from broadly defined, or fuzzy problem statements
  • Fail to use data to confirm/define problem
  • Agree on a solution without building a plan for how to implement or evaluate the solution
  • Agree on a solution but never assess if the solution was implemented
  • Serial problem solving without decisions


For additional insight into using your districts data to craft a precise problem statement review these slides.

This precise problem statement

    • Must be observable and measurable
    • Will drive the goals and objectives of your behavior support grant
    • Will be reviewed during the self assessment process
PPS Root Cause

Support from the Field

This year pilots are working collaborative with stakeholders to build sustainable systems and practices for improved behavioral health. We have asked them to share their work and journey with us so we can improve the grant as this transition continues.

PRC-29 Pilot.pdf


PRC 29 Funding


RCS Winter Behavior Support Meeting SHAPE Pilot Presentation (1).pdf


SHAPE