Unplugged & Engaged: Cell Phone Policy Implementation Toolkit
Implementing a bell-to-bell, phone-free school environment involves more than establishing a policy. Clear communication with staff, students, and families is essential to helping school communities understand the purpose of the policy and what to expect.
Unplugged & Engaged is a toolkit designed to support K–12 schools as they implement local cell phone policies. It includes ready-to-use communication resources, including letters and presentation slides for staff, students, and families, that schools and districts can adapt to meet their needs.
The toolkit focuses on communicating expectations and supporting implementation. It is not intended to guide policy development. Schools should adapt the resources to align with their local policies, district procedures, and current state requirements.
Behavioral Health Dictionaries
These behavioral health dictionaries aim to establish a shared understanding and common language related to behavioral health terms/concepts, services, interventions, and supports in Massachusetts. Please reach out to us at @email if you have feedback or suggestions about additional definitions to include.
Hospital to School Transition Protocol
This four-page document is to be filled out upon student transition from hospitalization. Stakeholders needed to collaboratively complete this document include the school-based multidisciplinary team, hospital staff, community-based behavioral health providers, student, and family/guardians.
School-Mobile Crisis Intervention (MCI) Collaboration Toolkit
This toolkit introduces the development of Mobile Crisis Intervention (MCI) services in the state of Massachusetts through the Community Behavioral Health Centers (CBHCs). This document seeks to to empower educators to partner with families and communities around issues such as major themes found in our focus group analysis of MCI and school collaboration and the utilization of services in the school setting.
Partnership Agreement for School-based Telebehavioral Health Services
This is a template for a partnership agreement for school-based telebehavioral health (TBH) services between a school district and a third-party agency.
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