Students with Involved Families and Teachers (SWIFT)
School-focused behavioral health for middle school students and their families
Individualized support for students
Improved school outcomes
Improved behavior and mental health
SWIFT Provides Help for Middle School Students Facing Challenges at School
Is your middle schooler having a hard time at school? This might look like difficulty paying attention, experiencing bullying, worrying, difficulty sleeping, challenges with friendships, failing grades, or not completing homework.
Less Stress, More School Success!
SWIFT supports families with effective home-school communication, school advocacy, and routines at home.
SWIFT helps middle school students build skills to manage emotions, complete assignments, and foster healthy friendships.
SWIFT Program Supervisors have backgrounds in Special Education and work with teachers and families for students’ school success.
Students Will Build Skills for School Success!
SWIFT helps build essential behaviors and skills for school success by engaging students, their parents, and their teachers in treatment that is personalized and fun.
Quote from school administrator:
- “I am thrilled to have our students in the SWIFT program.”
- “Parents receive tools to help their children inside and outside the home.”
Quote from school administrator:
- “SWIFT helps students stabilize and get connected to school.”
- “If you have an opportunity to work with SWIFT, do it!”
Quotes from parents:
- “This is a great program. I love how age-specific it is.”
- “Thank you for the time and the help you have given to me and my child.”
SWIFT Uses Evidence-Based Approaches
The SWIFT Team is warm and engaging. We focus on identifying your goals and tailor the program to fit your family’s needs.
Parents meet weekly with a Parent Coach to address the student’s home- and school-related needs. Parents will receive:
- 1:1 parent support related to routines, clear expectations, limit setting, and stress management
- Support advocating with the school (e.g., IEP/504 meetings)
Students practice skills for home and school settings (e.g., managing emotions, following classroom expectations, study skills, friendship skills). Youth in SWIFT will improve/increase:
- Focus and attention
- Emotion regulation
- Social skills/Friendship skills
- Confidence and self-advocacy
- Organizing schoolwork
- Problem solving skills
- Conflict management skills
Teachers are an important part of a student’s SWIFT team. The Program Supervisor talks with the student’s teacher as needed to coordinate interventions and support across home and school settings. Interested teachers will receive:
- 1:1 teacher support related to home-school communication and collaboration, behavior management, and identification of student strengths and needs
If you are interested in learning more about SWIFT, please email us at swift@oslc.org.
Frequently Asked Questions
Contact UsEmail us at swift@oslc.org and someone will contact you to answer any questions and discuss next steps.
Costs for SWIFT services are covered through Medicaid billing (Oregon Health Plan).
SWIFT specializes in treating middle school students with mood and most types of anxiety disorders. Our program is not able to serve youth with specific conditions such as Eating Disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or Psychosis. Further, our programs is not able to provide psychoeducational evaluations or neurodevelopmental evaluations for conditions such as Autism Spectrum Disorder.
SWIFT does not provide medication services. However, counselors can work with students and families to access those services in the community.