Coordinating
Council • PBS Leadership
Team • Dropout Prevention Advisory
Group • Mental Health
Advisory Council
The
Alliance office is closed for the holiday as of December 21,
then permanently closed as of December 31, 2007.
The work of the Alliance will be continued by the
Department of Education.
Contact Barbara Ohlund for information
regarding any of the Alliance projects.
She can be reached at 515-681-2310, or barbara.ohlund@iowa.gov
About the Iowa Behavioral Alliance
The
Iowa Behavioral Alliance is a collaborative effort among the following:
• Drake University
• Iowa
State University
— Iowa
4-H Youth Development of the University Extension
— faculty from special education and early childhood
education
— Research
Institute for Studies in Education
• Iowa
Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health.
A Coordinating
Council consisting of these partners and other collaborators meet
regularly to provide guidance and direction for the entire program. The
Alliance vision
is for Iowa's children to be healthy and socially competent and to succeed
in school
and to graduate from school prepared for productive adulthood.
There
are three components of the Iowa Behavioral Alliance:
• positive behavior support
• children's mental health initiative
• dropout prevention
Advisory groups for these three specific areas meet as need to provide
direction.
The state PBS Leadership Team meets monthly,
the Mental Health Advisory Council
meets as needed, the Dropout Prevention Advisory
Group also meets as needed.
The
work of the Alliance is funded through a five-year grant from the
Iowa Department of
Education. Work of the Alliance is supported through additional expertise
from sources
such as the Center
for Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports at the University
of Oregon.
Coordinating
Council • PBS
Leadership Team • Dropout Prevention
Advisory Group • Mental
Health Advisory Council
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