About
We strengthen Vermont school communities, so they’re better able to work with students at risk of or experiencing social, emotional, and behavioral challenges.
Training
To help schools develop more effective strategies and interventions, the BEST Team facilitates a variety of workshops, in-service training, university coursework, webinars, and an annual Summer Institute.
Upcoming Trainings
Projects
The BEST Project coordinates a number of projects related to social, emotional, and behavioral learning in Vermont. This includes leading work on EarlyMTSS, student mental health, and Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS).
Project AWARE stands for Advancing Wellness And Resiliency in Education. It’s a national project that focuses on connecting school communities and mental health services. In Vermont, Project AWARE is run by the Vermont Agency of Education and the Vermont Department of Mental Health.
Vermont Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (VTPBIS) is a state-wide effort designed to help school teams form a proactive, school-wide, systems approach to improving social and academic competence for all students.
MTSS is a nationally recognized framework of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, that provide evidence-based systems and processes for educators supporting social-emotional development of children and youth. Early MTSS is the framework specifically for supporting very young children, birth through third grade.
