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Healthy Schools Campaign, 2019
Chronic absence, defined most commonly as missing 10 percent or more of school for any reason (including excused and unexcused absences and suspensions), is a cross-cutting metric that is both a warning sign and predictor of education and health outcomes. California has recognized the power of chronic absence as a tool for better understanding…
Descriptors: Attendance, School Districts, Funding Formulas, Academic Achievement
Kaufmann, Katherine; Brookhiser, Laura; Seeman, Bradley – Bridgespan Group, 2018
In mid-2016, two years after 12 leading funders had launched an ambitious early childhood development collaborative, the group still had not settled on any investments. Noting the lack of progress, the group's principal convener, asked the group, "Should we stop meeting?" Posing this question helped prompt the collaborative to alter…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Preschool Teachers, Caregivers, Pediatrics
Eber, Lucille; Barrett, Susan; Scheel, Nicholas; Flammini, Ami; Pohlman, Katie – Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, 2020
As educators have become increasingly aware of the impact of trauma on the school success of children and youth, they have been investing in professional development about how to address childhood trauma in schools. However, evaluation to support evidence of impact are lacking. This Guide describes how to integrate trauma-informed approaches into…
Descriptors: Trauma, Positive Behavior Supports, Intervention, Social Development
West Virginia Department of Education, 2017
The West Virginia Department of Education places the highest priority on the health and wellness of our state's youth. These Guidelines represent researched findings and recommendations to provide guidance to be used in developing local policies, procedures and plans that focus on research-based best practices while respecting confidentiality and…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Allergy, Educational Policy, School Health Services
McConaughy, Stephanie H.; Whitcomb, Sara A. – Guilford Press, 2021
Widely recognized as an authoritative resource, this book has been revised and updated with the latest research and techniques, including new material on telehealth services. Guidelines are provided for conducting thorough, developmentally informed interviews with K-12 students--and their parents and teachers--for multimethod assessment and…
Descriptors: Videoconferencing, Health Services, Intervention, Kindergarten
Estes, Elizabeth; Davis, Jeff; Shilton, Adrienne; Stoner-Mertz, Christine; Funk, Michael; Eisenberg, Lisa; Weller, Teneh; Knecht, Richard S.; Kelley, Veronica; Kain, Lara; Peck, Jennifer; Rosario, Aleah; Lombardo, Michael; Kimner, Hayin; Jacobs, Melissa; Dickey, Amanda; Epstein, Ken; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Alcala, Lupita; Caparas, Ruthie; Coley, Aressa; Justus, Marianne; Willis, Jason; Larsen, Karen – WestEd, 2022
This field guide is a first step by a collaborative of California child-serving education, health, and social service experts and leaders to further California's current efforts toward one effective, integrated, comprehensive, school-based child-serving system. The guide includes guidance for both local education agencies (LEAs) and state leaders,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Guides, School Districts, Public Officials
Gallardo, Veronica Maria; Reyna, Sylvia; Ledesma, Lupe; Isais-Garcia, Armando; González, Carlos – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2020
This guidance is designed as a companion resource to the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction's (OSPI's) "Continuous Learning 2020" (ED606046) publication, issued April 2020, which states: "Continuous learning" means establishing and maintaining connections with students and families to provide learning materials and…
Descriptors: Immigrants, School Closing, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
National Inst. of Dental Research (NIH), Bethesda, MD. – 1977
This guidebook was developed to assist citizens in initiating programs to prevent tooth decay in young children through the use of fluoridation. It contains outlines for determining the needs of the school and community for fluoride in drinking water, and presents the various steps and activities that are necessary for developing and implementing…
Descriptors: Child Care, Community Health Services, Dental Health, Guides
Waszak, Cynthia; Neidell, Shara – 1991
Since 1986, the Center for Population Options (CPO)/Support Center for School-Based Clinics (SBCs) has conducted an annual survey. Over time the SBC has become a prototype for other adolescent health service models. Perhaps the oldest is the school-linked clinic (SLC), a free-standing adolescent health clinic. Located away from the school campus,…
Descriptors: Clinics, Contraception, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Fales, Ann W.; Leppert, Alice M. – 1974
The complex issue of health care delivery is of continuing concern among health care volunteers. Trends in health services that affect the volunteer include those resulting from government or funding policy; changes in the structure of the health professions; increasing consumer interest in health care; and the growing demand for health care…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Delivery Systems, Health Personnel, Health Services
Montana State Dept. of Public Instruction, Helena. – 1992
Comprehensive health enhancement programs (CHEPs) are a curricular area required by new Montana accreditation standards. The curriculum combines the disciplines of health and physical education into an integrated, holistic, health-oriented program. A CHEP incorporates an expanded concept of health services--healthy school environment, employee…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Secondary Education, Fundamental Concepts
Hill, Patricia J. – 1974
This document details the California State Code's provisions concerning eye examinations for children in public schools. It explains how the examinations should beconducted and recorded, how teachers can observe children for vision problems, how to report vision problems to parents and recommend secure medical assistance, and what obligations the…
Descriptors: Records (Forms), School Health Services, State Legislation, Vision Tests
Allbritten, Dorothy J. – 1990
This manual is intended for administrators and professional caregivers who wish to provide comprehensive health care to children with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection, the cause of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Chapter 1, an overview, examines the societal and economic issues that affect care and treatment of children…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Caregivers, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs
Petrow, Steven, Ed.; And Others – 1990
This book was written to provide public health leaders, community organizers, policymakers, community-based agency directors, and health educators with the most accurate information available on developing prevention strategies to reduce the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in communities throughout the United States. In the late 1980s…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Community Health Services, Community Role, Health Promotion
DuVander, Sandra – 1981
This guide covers program components and models for the provision of health and health related services to refugees. The document identifies the necessary components in a health services continuum and outlines a range of health care approaches for refugees that are reflective of successful programs in the United States. This pamphlet is intended…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Health Programs, Health Services, Immigrants
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