SBDI Overview
- SBDI Information Sheet (Updated January 2025)
- SBDI Overview Videos
Related Resources
SBDI Toolkit and Resources
- School Based Diversion Initiative Toolkit (Sept 2013)
- MOAs between Schools and Mobile Crisis Intervention Services
- CHDI's Comprehensive School Mental Health web pages: School Health Assessment and Performance Evaluation (SHAPE) System 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.
- SBDI Family Engagement Toolkit for Schools: A supplemental toolkit to support your school or district's current family engagement strategies and help make collaborating with families more effective, productive, and sustainable.
School Responder Model (SRM) Resources
- School Responder Model Virtual Toolbox (National Center for Youth Opportunity and Justice, 2022)
- 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)
Family Well-being Resource One-Pagers
These resources are designed for school staff to share with families and caregivers at SBDI schools and can be used to support all children and families, regardless of behavioral health needs.
- Tips for Building Healthy Media Habits for Your Child (English) (Español)
- Tips for Talking to Your Child About the Dangers of Substance Use and Vaping (English)
- Tips for Talking to Your Child About Their Mental Health (English) (Español)
- Tips for Using Restorative Practices with Your Child (English) (Español)
- Youth Behavioral Health Resources and Contact Information (English) (Español)
Related Publications
- Issue Brief 82: Supporting Student Wellness and Success: Use of ESSER Funds for Building a Comprehensive School Mental Health System (November 2021)
- Issue Brief 92: A Restorative Approach to School Discipline (June 2025)
- Peer Reviewed: Implementation of a School-Based Diversion Initiative to Advance Restorative Discipline (April 2026)
Media Coverage of SBDI
"Connecticut schools respond to behavioral issues with a restorative approach." (VIDEO). Fox 61 CT, 1/9/25
"Why some Connecticut schools are turning away from discipline with behavioral issues." CT Insider, 12/26/24
"Strained juvenile justice systems get relief from mobile behavioral health programs." Route Fifty, 9/11/23