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Epinephrine Auto Injector Shortage
(8/14/18) Are you having trouble finding epinephrine auto-injectors FARE wants to know?
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US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approves Jornay PM for ADHD
8/14/18 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Jornay PM (Ironshore Pharmaceuticals), a novel formulation of methylphenidate that is taken in the evening instead of first thing in the morning to provide early-morning control of symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
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Are Students Juuling in Your Classroom?
8/8/18 JUULing and other forms of vaping have become extremely popular among teenagers. These devices contain a lot of nicotine and can disrupt a classroom, and students’ learning, in serious ways.
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Migration, Separation, and Trauma What Educators Should Know
7/29/18 Harvard Graduate School of Education-Connecting Research to Practice
Provides insights on What educators should know about the often-painful experiences of newly arriving children — and how to help. -
Updated AAP Guidelines for Hypertension in Children and Youth Under 19
7/24/18 Updated hypertension guidelines issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in 2017 lowered the threshold for a diagnosis of high blood pressure in those under 19 years of age, and that means 795,000 more children are now classified as having the condition than before.
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More Children and Teens Dying from Injuries-CDC Report
7/23/18 Injury deaths for youth aged 10 to 19 have increased by 12 percent between 2013 and 2016, according to a new National Vital Statistics Report from the CDC. During the same time, non-injury deaths remained the same.
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New NACDD Resources to Strengthen Implementation of the WSCC Model
The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) has released new resources such as PPTs and state models to assist schools in supporting student learning and health through the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model.
