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