Project SEEKS SES
Administrative Services
Supporting Expansion and Enhancement of K-12 School-Based Social, Emotional Supports (SEEKS SES) is a wide-ranging initiative that supports school districts in addressing social and emotional health and looks to bolster a local pipeline of professionals to supporting fields.
Project SEEKS SES is funded through the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) and managed by the AIU. The project supports the participating districts in addressing trauma, behavior and mental health issues that have been exacerbated in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Project SEEKS SES
- Cornell
- Duquesne City
- East Allegheny
- Highlands
- McKeesport
- Penn Hills
- Steel Valley
- Sto-Rox
- West Mifflin
- Woodland Hills
- Chatham University
- Duquesne University
- University of Pittsburgh
- The University of Pittsburgh holds "Power of Hope" workshop
- The University of Pittsburgh promotes staff wellness & outdoor learning with forest bathing workshop
- The Office of Child Development pushes countywide SEL initiative through picture books
- The Office of Child Development helps spread SEL through educator community of practice
- Building a Social-emotional Learning Ecosystem
- University of Pittsburgh takes teaching students to SXSW EDU
- University of Pittsburgh SEL community of practice brings together large group at the AIU
- The University of Pittsburgh holds culminating SEL community of practice at the AIU
- Forum for Western Pennsylvania Superintendents convenes around SEL
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Including, but not limited to:
- Allies for Children
- Hillman Family Foundations
- Pressley Ridge
- Community Care Behavioral Health
- Allegheny Health Network
- Office of Behavioral Health Allegheny County
- Allegheny County Department of Human Services
- Office of Child Development at the University of Pittsburgh
- Allegheny County Department of Children’s Initiatives
- UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
- UPMC Children’s Hospital
- WQED
- The Jewish Healthcare Foundation
- Project SEEKS SES holds monthly community of practice meetings that focus on a shared topic of interest between school districts, higher education, and community partners. Below are links to the meetings that have occurred thus far.
- Elevate Education and Executive Training Functioning
- Peer Jury: A Model for a School-Based Court Diversion Program at Quaker Valley School District
- Chatham University on SEL and Teen Mental Health
- Steel Valley School District and Children's Hospital on chronic absenteeism
- Sto-Rox School District and Lee Davis on violence intervention
- Penn Hills School District and Pressley Ridge on the YESS team
- Duquesne City School District and the Office of Child Development on wellness methods
- Highlands School District on Handle with Care
- Cornell School District on wellness spaces
- Chatham University on YMHFA and tMHFA
- West Mifflin School District and the University of Pittsburgh on West Mifflin's fitness rooms
For Project SEEKS SES stories and highlights, follow along here on the blog.
- Pittsburgh-area school districts to receive extra funding to address COVID-related trauma with students
- New programs in place to address students' COVID-related trauma in Pittsburgh-area schools
- $10 million going to help kids with emotional after-effects of COVID-19 pandemic
- Pittsburgh-area school districts use grant money to help with social and emotional support
- Mobile Rams Van aims to support social, emotional health of Highlands students
- New program at McKeesport Area School District focuses on making connections and addressing violence
Our Virtual Vendor Fair features organizations and service providers that focus on social emotional learning, mental health supports, and more. Inclusion does not imply endorsement from SEEKS or the Allegheny Intermediate Unit.
Contact Us
Shannon Fagan, Project SEEKS SES Coordinator
412-909-7448