SCASD Pennsylvania Youth Survey Report

2017Developed By

Jeanne Knouse, Director of Student Service

PAYS Purpose

❖ Provide benchmark for alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD)

❖ Help indicate whether prevention and treatment programs are achieving their intended results

❖ Assesses risk and protective factors

PAYS FAQs❖ How do we know we can trust the results?

❖ Developed, studied and validated in numerous research studies. www.sdrg.org

❖ Validity questions 1,772 valid out of 1,790 (18 invalid surveys)

❖ Is the survey reliable and valid?

❖ Yes. Each risk and protective factor scale has been statistically validated in multiple samples across gender, race and ethnicity and predicts adolescent problem behaviors.

❖ Don’t kids lie on surveys?

❖ Yes but rarely. Research indicates students tend to be honest about behavior and experiences on anonymous, confidential surveys.

❖ Strategies built into the analysis of the survey to screen for dishonest, inconsistent and exaggerated responses.

❖ Are these data representative of our student population?

❖ When 80% or greater participate there is confidence that the data reflects the student population.

PAYS Data Point Reminders

Risk and Protective Factors are scale scoresThe percentage represents the population of youth that are either at greater risk or lower protection than the national cut-point level.

All other scores are percentage use12th grade = 4.2 students per % point10th grade = 3.8 students per % point8th grade = 4.1 students per % point6th grade = 4 students per % point

Grades Students1999-2013 every two years

1999: 6-12 (pilot year)2000-20013 : 6, 8, 10, 12

1,600-2,200

2015 6 ,8, 10, 12 1,850 83% participation rate2017 6, 8, 10 ,12 1,772 75.6% participation rate

PAYS Demographics

PA Youth Survey Protective and Risk Factors 2017

❖ Risk is associated with negative behavioral outcomes. It is better to have lower risk factor scale scores but we look at highest scores for areas of risk

❖ Protective factors are associated with better behavioral outcomes. It is better to have higher protective factor scale scores

Protective Factors ❖ Family Attachment (75% with protection)

❖ Young people who feel that they are a valued part of their family are less likely to engage in substance use and other problem behaviors.

❖ Family Opportunities for Prosocial Involvement (73% with protection)❖ Young people who are exposed to more opportunities to

participate meaningfully in the responsibilities an activities of the family are less likely to engage in drug use and other problem behavior

❖ Family Rewards for Prosocial Involvement (72% with protection)

❖ When parents, siblings, and other family members praise, encourage, and attend to things done well by their child, children are less likely to engage in substance use and problem behaviors.

Risk Factors ❖ Perceived Risk of Drug Use (42% at risk)

❖ Young people who do not perceive drug use to be risky are far more likely to engage in drug use.

❖ Parental Attitude Favorable Toward Antisocial Behavior (35% at risk) ❖ In Families where parents use illegal drugs, are heavy users of

alcohol, or are tolerant of children’s use, children are more likely to become drug abusers during adolescence. The risk is further increased if parents involve children in their own drug (or alcohol) using behavior for example, asking a child to light the parent’s cigarette or get the parent a beer from the refrigerator.

❖ Low Commitment Toward School (32% at risk) ❖ Surveys of high school seniors have shown that the use of drugs is

significantly lower among students who expect to attend college than among those who do not. Factors such as likings school, spending time on homework, and perceiving coursework as relevant are also negatively related to drug use.

SCASD Programs and Services Aimed to Improve Risk and

Protective Factors9th Grade Learning CommunitiesBig Brother Big Sister Child Abuse TrainingCounseling servicesFamily Outreach ServicesLGBTA AllianceHealth CoursesHome School Visitor ServicesMy Mental Health Matters GroupParenting ClassesProfessional Learning CommunitiesRestorative Practices/ConferencesSafety Care TrainingSchool Resource officerSchool Wide Positive Behavior Supports/ROAR

Shorts and Sports ProgramsStraight Talk Task ForceStrengthening FamiliesSuicide Prevention TrainingSummer LibraryTransition ServicesUniversal Screening For Behavior and Emotional NeedsYouth Mental Health First Aid TrainingAfter School Activities & ClubsCommunity Partnerships with: Communities That Care PSU Jana Marie Foundation Youth Service Bureau

High Prevalence/Early Initiation Drugs

❖ First drugs most commonly abused by youth

❖ Social acceptability

❖ normalize idea that drug use is acceptable

❖ “prime” the brain for addiction to other substances

❖ Most common early initiation for State College

❖ Alcohol 35.3% vs. 43.3 State

❖ Marijuana 12.5% vs. 17.7 State

Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs and

Medications ❖ Prescription drugs are the most abused category

of drugs after alcohol, tobacco and marijuana

❖ Prescription is safer than illicit drugs because prescribed by a doctor

❖ Prescription drug most frequently used by SCASD students

❖ Narcotic prescription drugs – 3.1% vs. 5.1% State

❖ Over the counter drugs – 2.9% vs. 3.8% State

SCASD Programs and Services Aimed to Decrease ATOD Use

Act 211 ProgrammingCasingsConference Attendance/Professional Development Counseling CurriculumCounseling Services LGBTA AllianceHealth CoursesInstructional Support TeamIntegrated Mental Health ServicesLittle Lion AmbassadorsMy Mental Health Matters (MMHM)Psychological ServicesSchool Resource Officer School Wide Positive Behavior Support Programs/ROAR Straight Talk ProgramsStudent Assistance Program

Bullying and Internet Safety

❖ Bullying behavior contributes to❖ Lower attendance rates

❖ Lower student achievement

❖ Low self-esteem

❖ Depression

❖ Higher rates of juvenile and adult crime

❖ Bullying in the past 12 months in SCASD 26.9% vs. 28.2% State

❖ Reason: 38.4% = “some other reason”, 39% “I don’t know why”, 30.8% “the way I look”

Breakdown of Perceived Bullying Data

Survey Respondents by

Grade

Total By Number Number Reported being Bullied because Color of Skin

Number Reported Being Bullied because I have a disability

(learning or physical disability)

6th 443 7.6% = 34 Students 2.5% = 11 Students

8th 434 2.9% = 13 Students 6.6% = 29 Students

10th 472 7.8% = 37 Students 3.9% = 18 Students

12th 423 10.4% = 44 Students 6.6% = 28 students

Total 1772 6.9% = 122 Students

34% (122 of 358) of non-white students (if skin color is different so this could be a higher percentage)(39% in 2015)

4.9% = 87 Students

Estimated 49% (10% of 1772 = 177 so 87/177=.49) of Special Education Identified students(76% in 2015)

Social and Emotional Health

❖ Stress, anxiety, loneliness, and frustration are all emotions that can negatively impact student health

❖ SCASD most common depressed thoughts

❖ 26.7% “at times I think I am no good at all”

❖ 23.2% felt sad or depressed MOST days in past 12 months

❖ Overall, 12.4% (16% State) seriously considered attempting suicide

PAYS By Grade LevelGrade Level

Self Harming (cutting scraping burning )

Felt depressed or sad most days

Sometimes I think that life is not worth it

At times I think I am no good at all

All and all I am inclined to think that I am a failure

6- 2013 Did not ask 15.1 6.8 16.1 5.86-2015 3.2 14.8 9.5 18.1 7.86-2017 3.6 17 9.1 20.4 6.48- 2013 Did not ask 18.9 17.8 27.4 11.08-2015 9.2 19.7 15.0 21.2 13.08-2017 10.1 17.8 13.1 20.8 11.410-2013 Did not ask 31.2 23.2 33.0 14.410-2015 10.3 27.4 20.8 30.3 16.410-2017 13.2 25.4 20.6 29.2 17.112-2013 32 28.3 40.7 17.412-2015 9.8 31.1 25.6 37.9 20.312-2017 10.3 34 29.1 38.6 22.8

Blue and Red shows improvement

PAYS By Class

Class of Self Harming (cutting scraping burning )

Felt depressed or sad most days

Sometimes I think that life is not worth it

At times I think I am no good at all

All and all I am inclined to think that I am a failure

20206- 2013

Did not ask 15.1 6.8 16.1 5.8

8-2015 9.2 19.7 15.0 21.2 13.0

10-2017 13.2 25.4 20.6 29.2 17.1

20188- 2013

Did not ask 18.9 17.8 27.4 11.0

10-2015 10.3 27.4 20.8 30.3 16.4

12-2017 10.3 34.1 29.1 38.6 22.8

BESS Survey

❖ The Universal Screening survey consists of 30 self-reporting questions related to students' self-perceived behavioral and emotional strengths and weaknesses.

❖ The questions used in this survey are all directly drawn from the BASC-2 Behavioral and Emotional Screening System

❖ BESS Questions

❖ Who takes the Survey: 6-12 grade students self report

BASC by ClassBESS Date Class of

2019 (11)Class of2020 (10)

Class of2021 (9)

Class of2022 (8)

Class of2023 (7)

Class of2024 (6)

Fall 2015 (9th)R – 4%Y - 9%G - 87%

Spring 2016 (9th)R – 3%Y -10%G - 88%

Fall 2016 (10th)R – 2%Y - 7%G - 92%

(9th)R – 3%Y - 9%G - 88%

Spring 2017 (9th)R – 3%Y - 8%G - 89%

Fall 2017 (11th)R – 2%Y - 8%G - 90%

(10th)R – 2%Y - 8%G - 91%

(9th)R – 4%Y - 9%G - 87%

MNMSR – 4%Y - 7%G - 89%

MNMSR – 2%Y - 8%G - 90%

MNMSR – 2%Y - 8%G - 90%

PFMSR – 3%Y - 7%G - 90%

PFMSR – 4%Y - 9%G - 87%

PFMSR – 1%Y - 4%G - 95%

Spring 2018 (11th)R – 3%Y - 9%G - 88%

(9th)R – 2%Y - 8%G - 89%

SCASD Programs and Services Aimed to Support Positive Mental

Health 9th Grade Learning CommunitiesAct 211 ProgrammingCasingsConference Attendance/Professional Development Counseling ServicesFamily Outreach Services LGBTA AllianceHealth CoursesHEARTS/RIT ProgramsHome School Visitor Instructional Support TeamIntegrated Mental Health ServicesLittle Lion AmbassadorsMy Mental Health Matters ClubProfessional Learning CommunitiesPsychological Services

Restorative Practices/ConferencingSafety Care School Resource Officer School Wide Positive Behavior/ ROARStraight Talk ProgramsStompers Project By Jana Marie FoundationStudent Assistance ProgramSuicide Prevention Training Support Programs/ROAR TIDESTransition Services Universal Screening For Behavior and Emotional NeedsYouth Mental Health First Aid Training After School Activities and Clubs

Protective Factors (higher is better)

Community and Family Risk Factors (lower is better)

School and Individual Risk Factors

School and Individual Risk Factors

Past 30 Day Use of Gateway Drugs

Alcohol – Past 30 Day Use

Prescription Drug Use Lifetime

Marijuana – Past 30 Day Use

Cigarettes – Past 30 Day Use

Programs/Initiatives 2017-2019

❖ Implementing School Wide Positive Behavior Supports District wide

❖ Restorative Practices

❖ Straight Talk Task Force

❖ Implementation of Mindfulness Staff Trainings

❖ Implementation of elementary counseling curriculum resource and increase 2 counselors at elementary level

❖ Universal Screening for Behavior grades 6-12