The Bureau of Children’s Behavioral Health Services and the Department of Education work together to ensure that schools are caring and supportive places that maximize learning as well as social, emotional and behavioral development. SBBH will bring together schools, county mental health programs, and community resources to develop a continuum of services that enable children to have their educational and mental health needs met within their school districts.
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Pennsylvania Network for Student Assistance Services (PNSAS) OMHSAS collaborates with the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) and Department of Education (PDE) to oversee Pennsylvania’s Student Assistance Program (SAP) efforts through the Pennsylvania Network for Student Assistance Services (PNSAS). SAP is a team process used to mobilize school resources to remove barriers to learning. SAP is designed to identify academic, social, attendance, substance use, mental health, and other concerns which pose a barrier to student success. The primary goal of SAP is to help students overcome these barriers so that they may achieve, advance, and remain in school. For additional resources and information about SAP, visit the PNSAS website.
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Pennsylvania School-Wide Positive Behavior Support The Pennsylvania Positive Behavior Support Network (PAPBS Network), through training and technical assistance, supports schools and their family and community partners to create and sustain comprehensive, school-based behavioral health support systems in order to promote the academic, social and emotional well-being of all Pennsylvania’s students.
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National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavior and Intervention Supports Funded by the Office of Special Education Programs in the US Department of Education, the National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavior and Intervention Supports was established to address the behavioral and discipline systems needed for successful learning and social development of students. The Center provides capacity-building information and technical support about behavioral systems to assist states.