Examines the components of education and health care reform with particular attention to a reconceptualization of health care services in schools. Within this framework, special services professionals are highlighted as leaders in service coordination and delivery for students, staff, and the community at large. (Author/KW)

Recognizing a fundamental relationship between health and education, the Secretaries of Education and Health and Human Services issued a joint statement on school health in 1994 that underscored the cooperation between departments in efforts to improve child health. After describing the partnership, the article prints the one-page joint statement.…