We are Ohio's SBCOE
The School-Based Center of Excellence (SBCOE) is your connection to school-based prevention and early intervention technical assistance, support, and resources in Ohio. We help K-12 students, families, and staff improve wellness through evidence-based approaches, fostering positive outcomes.
Core Values
Integrity
Being honest, transparent, and accountable, while adhering to our ethical principles and practices.
Courage
Humbly and bravely using our expertise and resources to advocate for systems improvement.
Agility
Responding proactively, nimbly, and innovatively to student, family, school staff, and community needs.
Inspiration
Encouraging hope, growth, and innovation to foster supportive and healthy environments for all.
Intention
Generating ideas and solutions in a deliberate, data-driven, planful, and thoughtful way.
Compassion
Supporting everyone’s unique mental health and wellness needs with respect, care, and empathy.
Our Mission
To build confidence, competency, and innovation in school-based prevention and early intervention.
Our Vision
All Ohio’s children and the adults who support them are healthy and thriving.
What is prevention?
The goal of prevention for K-12 students and staff is to mitigate the occurrence or progression of mental health and behavioral health conditions.
Prevention strategies are proactive and help avoid these problems from developing, while also helping promote well-being in students and staff, and fostering the creation of an environment that promotes and nurtures growth.
What is early intervention?
Early intervention programs work to identify K-12 students and staff at risk of developing mental health and behavioral health conditions in order to help support them and their needs.
Early intervention programs also help promote well-being and foster a supportive environment.
Why do we care about wellness?
Research shows that disjoined wellness is at the heart of many of the issues K-12s and communities struggle with:
performance
Community opinions and conflicting wellness narratives
Random apps, tools, and services
Disconnected, burnout staff
school-based center of excellence
Evidence-based approach
Right-sized solutions
Workforce development
A wellness roadmap that
improves students’ lives
Customized, focused help that addresses your big picture needs
Scalable, long-term wellness solutions
Evidence-based approach
Community opinions and conflicting wellness narratives
A wellness roadmap that improves students’ lives
Right-sized solutions
Random apps, tools, and services
Customized, focused help that addresses your big picture needs
Workforce development
Disconnected, burnout staff
Scalable, long-term wellness solutions
