IMPACT

Invo’s Integrated
Multidisciplinary
Program to Address
Childhood Trauma

Transformative Support for Students with Challenging Behaviors and Mental Health Needs

The IMPACT Model

Invo’s Integrated Multidisciplinary Program to Address Childhood Trauma (IMPACT) is the only treatment framework of its kind. It addresses the emotional and behavioral challenges of students by integrating an understanding of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) into a team approach to clinical mental health treatment.

Central to the IMPACT program are skilled mental health and behavioral professionals who:

Engage students in therapeutic sessions, driven by individually tailored treatment plans, which give students effective coping skills and insight into their emotions.
Collaborate closely with parents, teachers, and school staff to ensure a cohesive, aligned and committed support network.
Provide ongoing training for educators and caregivers to build their capacity to reinforce positive behaviors, implement therapeutic strategies across different settings, and ultimately foster generalization of skills for students in the natural environment.

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Key Differentiators of the IMPACT Program

Integrated Approach
A multidisciplinary approach of clinical mental health treatment that addresses ACEs ensures comprehensive and personalized support for students’ emotional, behavioral and academic needs.

Real-Time Data-Driven Treatment
Our proprietary data platform, Insight, provides real-time data to assess needs, devise and adapt treatment plans, and monitor and report results.

Independently Proven Effectiveness
Students show significant improvements and outcomes, which are independently validated by The Center for Behavior Analysis at Clemson University.

Culture and Engagement Impact
Classroom culture improves through reduction in aggressive behaviors and disruptions, with improvements in classroom functioning and attention.

Upskilling Staff and Families
Our classroom observations, professional learning sessions, and consultations equip educators, clinicians and staff with essential skills to effectively support students. We include families in treatment and training to provide practical tools, skills, and interventions for the home setting.

Building Capacity
A unique model that once designed and implemented, district capacity is built to expand and fully run the program with customized supports.

The IMPACT clinical team is customized to your school based on your needs and goals.

IMPACT is Invo’s groundbreaking Multidisciplinary Program designed to address childhood trauma through a remarkable integrated approach. In response to the urgent need for effective resources, we are partnering with elementary, middle, and high schools nationwide to support teachers and administrators in helping high-needs, at-risk youth. Students facing significant trauma are at a greater risk for adverse outcomes, including higher dropout rates, increased violence, chronic health issues, substance abuse, and even early death.

What sets IMPACT apart is its unique collaboration between experts in both mental health and behavioral science.

The team can range from one clinician to as many as four. The team wraps support around students, educators, staff and leaders – providing direct intervention, consultation, professional learning and planning that is all aligned and truly changes school climate.

By cross-training staff and employing an integrated approach, we treat the whole child, leaving no aspect of their well-being unaddressed. This innovative model is implemented directly on school campuses, eliminating family barriers to treatment and ensuring consistent, accessible support.

Addressing Trauma at the Root

Students supported through Invo’s IMPACT program often carry a high burden of adversity, underscoring the need for intensive, trauma-informed care.

Students entered services with an average Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) score between 2.6 and 3.4, indicating multiple exposures to trauma before reaching middle or high school.

Learn more about ACES

Join Invo Healthcare and our conversation with Keith Cartwright from the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) as we explore the movement away from reactive discipline, utilizing ACES as a method for guiding environments, and how you can create positive learning environments.

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Disproportionately Addressed, Not Just Identified

More than 65% of students receiving IMPACT services in our Southern Nevada region identify as BIPOC. Without IMPACT, these students are disproportionately missing learning time when they are out of class for disciplinary reasons, absent due to challenges attending school, or unengaged in class.

IMPACT fixed disproportionality by getting services to our most vulnerable and often marginalized students.

Data for Decisions

Invo Healthcare’s electronic health record (EHR) platform, Insight, was developed to support school-based mental and behavioral health therapists within the IMPACT program.

Streamline collaboration, integrate trauma history, and view real time data to improve student outcomes.

More Minutes,
More Learning

Every learning minute counts, and now students are showing up ready to learn, with fewer emotional outbursts and more stamina – instructional game changers.

“I’ve seen firsthand the return on investment in IMPACT. From increased instructional time to improved student behavior, this program has changed the trajectory of our school. For us, finding a way to continue this partnership.”

Principal Kimberly B.

Students now manage their emotions and push through challenges instead of shutting down or acting out.

Students now stay in class and complete their work instead of being sent out for discipline or eloping.

Students now demonstrate stronger focus and stamina instead of being distracted or distracting others.

District leaders see teachers and staff using new tools and strategies that effectively manage behavior and keep students engaged

Teachers report improvements in student response to feedback, student acceptance of support & engagement in respectful dialogue.

Teachers report increased confidence in managing classroom behavior

Stronger Teachers,
Less Burnout

Students are reconnecting with teachers, with classmates, with the school community.

“IMPACT has made a significant difference in the lives of our students, particularly those facing economic challenges. By providing accessible, holistic, and culturally responsive support, we can create a school environment where all students thrive.”

Principal Maria S.

Validated by Review

The IMPACT model and the dashboards Insight provides are all research backed, and reinforced through our partnership with Clemson University’s Center for Behavior Analysis, the only R1 research center of its kind.

Students who received
integrated services displayed
significant improvement in
mastering treatment goals
and reported improvement in
all domain areas of the
assessment.

In all domains, both students &
guardians reported progress,
with several domains indicating
well above 100% improvement,
including anxiety symptoms,
coping skills, behavior, and
self-esteem.

The results obtained from the IMPACT program study are significant in many ways and demonstrate gains in coping,
regulation, crisis response, and student connectedness.

The Behavior and Mental Health Crisis in Schools

Responding with IMPACT and Measurable Solutions

From Bad to Worse: Student misbehavior rises further since return of in-person classes

While student misbehavior accelerated over the pandemic, it corresponds with the youth mental health crisis over which experts have been sounding the alarm the past decade.

Disciplinary Referrals

95% decrease in disciplinary referrals with effective programmatic interventions.

Student Behavior Isn’t Getting Any Better, Survey Shows

Student behavior problems have continued to rise over the past three to four years, according to a recent survey by the EdWeek Research Center.

Suspensions

93% Reduction in suspensions for students participating in an IMPACT program in Florida.

Why so many kids are still missing school

…It’s a reflection that the positive conditions of learning that are essential for motivating kids to show up to school have been eroded.

Unexcused Absences

73% Reduction in unexcused absences through our IMPACT program.

Opinion: Teachers and Students are not okay right now. More mental health training would help.

…Equip teachers with tools to identify and respond to students when they most need help and connect them with additional support.