The Southeastern School Behavioral Health Community seeks to
promote academic and personal success by reducing barriers to learning and supporting the social, emotional, and behavioral needs of youth and families in the southeast
What We Do
Since 2010, the Southeastern School Behavioral Health Community (SSBHC) and collaborators have been working to join together school behavioral health (SBH) and Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS) through an Interconnected Systems Framework (ISF; see Barrett, Eber, & Weist, 2013). The SSBHC is focused on advancing research, practice, and policy on effective school behavioral health programs that reflect the mental health system working in schools and joining with multi-tiered systems of support, such as PBIS. The work of the SSBHC was bolstered by a grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) focused on significant involvement of patients (youth and families experiencing emotional/behavioral challenges) and other stakeholders (e.g., clinicians, educators, staff and leaders from child welfare, juvenile justice, disabilities, primary healthcare) in driving improvement and expansion of SBH throughout the Southeast region of the United States. The SSBHC has hosted conferences on advancing effective SBH in 2014 (Columbia, South Carolina), 2015 (Charleston, South Carolina), and 2016-2021 (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina). *Related to the pandemic, the conference was not held in 2020.*
Past Conferences
1st Annual Southeastern School Behavioral Health Conference in Columbia, SC
200 people attended
Keynote Speaker: Joanne Cashman
2015
2nd Annual Southeastern School Behavioral Health Conference in Charleston, SC
250 people attended
Keynote Speaker: Susan Barrett
2016
3rd Annual Southeastern School Behavioral Health Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC
300 people attended
Keynote Speaker: Nancy Lever
2017
4th Annual Southeastern School Behavioral Health Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC
350 people attended
Keynote Speakers: George Sugai and Gloria Reeves
2018
5th Annual Southeastern School Behavioral Health Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC
400 people attended
Keynote Speakers: Sharon Hoover and Kathleen Lane
2019
6th Annual Southeastern School Behavioral Health Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC
450 people attended
Keynote Speakers: Heather George and Denise Wheatley-Rowe
2020
No conference due to COVID
2021
8th Annual Southeastern School Behavioral Health Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC
Hybrid conference- 648 people attended both virtually and live
Keynote Speakers: Lucille Eber, Mike Veny, Elizabeth Mellin, and Michael Lindsey
2022
9th Annual Southeastern School Behavioral Health Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC
Hybrid conference- 815 people attended both virtually (311) and live (504)
Keynote Speakers: Tim Lewis, Brittany Patterson, and Cathy Hurst
2023
10th Annual Southeastern School Behavioral Health Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC
Hybrid conference- 1000 people attended both virtually (300) and live (700)
Keynote Speakers: Kent McIntosh, PhD and Sam Bellamy
2024
11th Annual Southeastern School Behavioral Health Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC
Hybrid conference- nearly 1018 people attended both virtually (188) and live (830)
Keynote Speakers: Brandi Simonsen, PhD, Steven W. Evans, PhD, and Dr. Lisa Herring
Research Forums
SBH Resources
2025 Conference
SAVE THE DATE: April 16 – April 17, 2025 hosted by The South Carolina School Behavioral Health Community
April 16 – April 17, 2025
Sheraton Convention Center Hotel – Myrtle Beach, SC
We look forward to seeing you in 2025!
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