Flood Disaster Response for Schools in the ESU 2 Service Area - Educational Service Unit 2 is a regional service center in east central Nebraska. The agency serves the counties of Burt, Cuming, Dodge, and Saunders with student enrollments of 12,000.
Goal 1.0 Improve district crisis preparedness with plans that include physical safety & mental health support.
Objective 1.1 By end of year one of the project, schools will attend ten days of crisis plan training.
Objective 1.2 Upon completion of live and video conference workshops, 75% of crisis planning workshop participants will demonstrate increased knowledge about crisis preparedness, childhood trauma, and evidence-based interventions as measured by pre/post workshop surveys.
Goal 2.0 Increase schools’ capacity to build trauma-informed infrastructures/systems that meet their needs and based on SAMHSA’s six principles of a trauma-informed approach.
Objective 2.1 By end of the project, 400 school district personnel will demonstrate increased knowledge of trauma-informed care and evidence-based interventions as measured by pre/post workshop surveys following three days of workshops.
Objective 2.2 By end of the project, 400 school district personnel will demonstrate increased knowledge of Mental Health First Aid strategies as measured by pre/post workshop surveys
Goal 3.0 Increase schools’ capacity to support students with evidence-based strategies to treat trauma.
Objective 3.1 By end of the project, 15 school district and/or ESU 2 personnel will become certified CBITS facilitators following three days of certification training and observations
Objective 3.2 By end of the project, 15 school district and/or ESU 2 personnel will become certified Bounce Back facilitators following three days of certification training and observations
Objective 3.3 By end of the project, 30 school district and/or ESU 2 personnel will become certified SSET facilitators following two days of certification training and observations
Goal 4.0 Access to therapy for students, staff, & families affected by trauma caused by the 2019 flooding.
Objective 4.1 By the end of the first month of the project, the advisory group will create referral procedures to match student, staff, and family needs with appropriate supports.
Objective 4.2 By the end of the project, 1,700 hours of individual and/or group therapy sessions delivered
