The Ohio Department of Education (ODE), Office for Exceptional Children (OEC) is committed to improving the climate of Ohio schools; reducing harassment, intimidation, and bullying (HIB); and ensuring that our schools remain safe. Together with our committed partners, the Center for School Based Mental Health Programs (CSBMHP) and the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (MHAS), we are committed to transforming our systems of school- and community-based support for all students, regardless of their racial, cultural or disability status.
We will enhance our multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) to promote personal, social, behavioral and academic success by utilizing the PBIS materials and consultative resources from the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Technical Assistance Center for Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS). We intend to widely expand multi-tiered systems of behavioral support and align those intervention efforts with the academic side of the 3-tiered pyramid to develop cohesive, team-based systems of supports for students. Additionally, working with our numerous partners, we seek to develop a coordinated system of safe schools and prototypes for interfacing community-based supports with our schools.
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