SBDI Overview
- SBDI Information Sheet (Updated January 2025)
- Infographic: Celebrating 10 Years of SBDI (August 2019)
- SBDI Overview Videos
Related Resources
SBDI Toolkit and Resources
- School Based Diversion Initiative Toolkit (Sept 2013)
- SBDI Resource Sheet (Jan 2017)
- Video for MOA with Schools and Mobile Crisis Intervention Services
- Mobile Crisis-School District Memorandum of Agreement
- CHDI's Comprehensive School Mental Health web pages: School Health Assessment and Performance Evaluation (SHAPE) System, Professional development resource sheets, and Trauma Care in Schools: CBITS and Bounce Back
- Trauma ScreenTIME Schools Course: Free online course developed by CHDI to train school staff how to screen children for trauma, what to do with screening results, and how to develop a screening process.
School Responder Model (SRM) Resources
- Building A School Responder Model website (NMHJJ and TAC)
- "Virtual Toolbox" for schools and communities interested in implementing a School Responder Model (NCYOJ).
- Trauma and the School Responder
- Model: Tip Sheet Series for Educators (CHDI & NCYOJ, June 2021)
- Strengthening School-Family-Community Partnerships Through the School Responder Model, research-to-practice brief (CHDI & NCYOJ, November 2021)
- Children’s Behavioral Health and Implementation of the School Responder Model provides guidance on implementing a School Responder Model as part of a Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (CHDI & NCYOJ, December 2020)
- School Responder Model Podcast Series (NCYOJ, December 2017)
- Infographic on SRM implementation in four states—Connecticut, Ohio, Nevada, and Wisconsin (2019)
Related Publications
- Issue Brief 82: Supporting Student Wellness and Success: Use of ESSER Funds for Building a Comprehensive and Equitable School Mental Health System (November 2021)
- Issue Brief 80: Improving Student and Staff Well-Being During COVID-19 and Beyond: Connecting Social Emotional Learning with Anti-Racism and Equity (February 2021)
- Issue Brief 77: School Discipline during COVID-19: Inclusive and Supportive Strategies for Schools as the Re-open (October 2020)
- Issue Brief 67: Mobile Crisis Intervention Services Plays Important Role in State's Behavioral Health System for Children: Highlights from the SFY 2018 Annual Report (March 2019)
- Emergency Department Use by Connecticut Children and Youth with Behavioral Health Conditions: Improving Care and Promoting Alternatives (November 2018)
- Issue Brief 65: Mobile Crisis Services: An Effective Approach for Reducing Emergency Department Utilization (October 2018)
- IMPACT Report: Healthy Students and Thriving Schools: A Comprehensive Approach for Addressing Students' Trauma and Mental Health Needs (September 2018)
- Issue Brief 57: From Suspension to Support in the Early Grades (September 2017)
- Issue Brief 55: Addressing Students' Mental Health Needs (July 2017)
- Issue Brief 48: Caring for Children in the Midst of Behavioral Health Crisis (July 2016)
- Issue Brief 44: Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) (February 2016)
- Issue Brief 43: Improving Trauma-Focused Services for Youth Involved in the Juvenile Justice System (December 2015)
- Issue Brief 28: Improving School Discipline Practices and Reducing School-Based Arrests in CT (Jan 2014)
- Improving Outcomes for Children in Schools: Expanded School Mental Health (Aug 2013)
- Issue Brief 19: Best Practices in School MH (Feb 2013)
- Issue Brief 9: Preventing Student Arrests in Schools: The Connecticut School-Based Diversion Initiative (Dec 2011)
Related Information
- Governor Malloy's Press Release on SBDI (Jan 2017)
- CHDI Hosts Forum at State Capitol on School-Based Arrests (January 2015)