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Secondary schools ICM Collaborative Inquiry in Surrey Schools

Contact: Diana Jahnsen, School Psychologist or Selma Smith, District Principal 
Topic: Collaborative Inquiry Opportunity – Integrated Case Management and Wraparound Care
Deadline: October 15, 2020

Integrated Case Management (ICM)/Wraparound Care describes a multi-disciplinary approach to supporting children and youth with complex needs.  The case manager is responsible for coordinating and chairing ICM meetings when students are transitioning to:
  • Kindergarten,
  • Another school,
  • Grade 8, or
  • Adulthood.  
ICM meetings should also be held for students who have complex needs and multiple service providers, to examine the student’s strengths/what is going well and the factors interfering with a student’s ability to experience success at school, in order to develop an effective integrated plan.  Ministry of Education guidelines require documentation of at least one ICM per year, for students designated as requiring Intensive Behaviour Intervention.  It may be necessary to have two or more ICMs per year for students who have extremely complex (e.g., medical, mental health, behavioural) needs.

Student Support will be presenting professional learning sessions, comprised of seven monthly morning professional development sessions, that will offer case managers a suite of evidence-informed strategies to ensure effective integrated case management and wraparound care.  These sessions will be delivered in the form of situated collaborative inquiry within a virtual format (Microsoft Teams), with all secondary school teams being given a voice to discuss their ICM successes and challenges, as well as an opportunity to examine and implement these strategies within their contexts, and to learn from each other.

The first professional learning session will take place from 9 am - 11 am beginning on October 19, 2020 with 6 subsequent sessions:  November 23, December 14, January 18, February 22, April TBA, May TBA.   
 

Alternate to Suspension Inquiry- Surrey Schools

Currently working as part of an inquiry team with one secondary school and their feeder schools who are implementing a school wide restorative justice approach with the support a community partner, Turning Point Resolutions.