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Full-time school nurses in short supply
3/19/19 Nina Fekaris, the president of the National Association of School Nurses, said the job isn’t what much of the public imagines.
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Release of New CDC Vital Signs Report on March 18, 2019
3/15/19 Release of New CDC Vital Signs Report on HIV Transmission Along the Continuum of Care. Ways you can participate and raise awareness.
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“School Immunization Requirements Webinar”
3/13/19 New York State Department of Health presents:
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Tobacco Product Use By Youth Is Rising According To The CDC
3/12/19 E-cigarette use increased from 11.7% to 20.8% among high school students and from 3.3% to 4.9% among middle school students from 2017 to 2018.
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Celebrate National Nutrition Month Across the USDA Nutrition Resources
3/4/19 The USDA has nutrition resources that you can use to educate students and parents. These resources may be shared, downloaded, and printed.
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Translating Strategies into Actions to Improve Care Coordination for Students with Chronic Health Conditions
3/2/19 The National Association of School Nurses White Paper: Translating Strategies into Actions to Improve Care Coordination for Students with Chronic Health Conditions is the outcome of an April 2018 NASN Round-table in Atlanta.
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Reaching For Objects While Driving May Raise Teen Crash Risk Nearly Sevenfold
3/1/19 Teenagers who reach for objects, such as food or makeup, while driving increase their risk of crashing nearly seven times, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health.
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News Literacy Project Gets 5 Million Dollar Grant To Expand Resources
2/25/19 According to a survey of almost 6,000 U.S. students, conducted by the Knight Foundation and the Association of College and Research Libraries, navigating the news has become extremely difficult. For administrators looking for ways to bring these lessons to schools, the News Literacy Project, and its online component Checkology can help.
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Physio-Control Recalls LIFEPAK15 Monitor/Defibrillator Due to Risk of Device "Lockup" (Freezing)
2/24/19 The FDA has identified this as a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall. Use of these devices may cause serious injuries or death
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U.S. Department of Education Acts on School Safety Report Recommendation to Improve Understanding of Student Privacy Law
2/21/19 The U.S. Department of Education today released a comprehensive set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) on schools’ and districts’ responsibilities under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) in the context of school safety.
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New CDC Healthy Youth Website Design
2/20/19 CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health announces that the Healthy Youth website has a new look.
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CDC- School Health Services
2/7/19 The CDC school health services page has information that may be helpful to schools. School health services staff can help all students with preventive care such as flu shots and vision and hearing screening, as well as acute and emergency care.
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CDC Healthy Schools
2/5/19 It’s National Children’s Dental Health Month! Learn about how to address oral health in schools and about school-based sealant programs.
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FDA Alert;Specific Units of the LIFEPAK® 15 Monitor/Defibrillator-Voluntary Recall
2//2/19 Stryker announced today that the company is launching a voluntary recall of specific units of the LIFEPAK 15 Monitor/Defibrillators due to an issue that may cause the device to lock up after a defibrillation shock is delivered.
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Physically Active Students Have Better Grades
2/1/19 Schools, health agencies, parents, and communities share a common goal of supporting the link between healthy eating, physical activity, and improved academic achievement of children and adolescents
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NYSCSH Releases New Learning Management System (LMS)
1/30/19 To provide improved delivery of professional development, NYSCSH has implemented a Learning Management System (LMS). The LMS allows you to create your own personal learning page where you can choose courses based on your interests, track and measure your learning and obtain certificates of completion. All certificates provide 1 hour of professional development and/or CTLE.
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U.S, Department of Education Resources for Combating Substance Abuse in Schools
1/21/19 In recent years there have been significant increases in alcohol, drug and substance abuse across the country. This abuse has significantly impacted K-12 school-age students as well as those pursuing postsecondary education. To help combat substance abuse in schools, the Department of Education has developed webinars designed for State-, district- and building-level administrators, teachers and specialized instructional support personnel interested in supporting students and families impacted by the opioid crisis.
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Are Your Students (Or YOU) Getting Enough Sleep?
1/20/19 Students (and adults) who get enough sleep at night perform better in school. That might sound like common sense, yet more than 71 percent of students are sleep deprived by an average of 1.7 hours a night. Read more to learn about how they and YOU, can get the sleep needed.
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Webinar Examines School Nutrition and Wellness Policies-Hosted By Action for Healthy Kids
1/18/19 Learn how schools around the country have fared with their school nutrition and wellness initiatives by participating in the Action for Healthy Kids webinar, “Students to Superintendents: Key Stakeholders’ Qualitative Perspectives and Experiences with Local School Wellness Policies,” on 1/23 at 3 p.m.
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GLSEN:Supporting Safe and Healthy Schools for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Students
1/17 Supporting Safe and Healthy Schools for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Students provides insight into the work of school-based mental health professionals’ – counselors, psychologists, and social workers – to support LGBTQ youth, as well as barriers they face to supporting them.
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New NASBE Resource Released on Student Safety and Wellness
1/15/19 The new issue of National Association of State School Boards State Education Standard explores the web of issues that intersect student safety and wellness, including students’ physical, mental, social, and emotional health and the quality of their learning environment.
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National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week is January 22–27, 2019
1/11/19 CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) is teaming up with the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism by encouraging education agencies and youth-serving organizations to participate in National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week (NDAFW) 2019. NDAFW focuses on connecting students with science-based facts about drugs and alcohol.
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New APP Article: Health and Mental Health Needs of Children in US Military Families
1/10/19 Children in US military families share common experiences and unique challenges, including parental deployment and frequent relocation. This clinical report provides a background to military culture and offers practical guidance to assist civilian and military pediatricians caring for military children.
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2019 Monitoring the Future Report Released
1/9/19 Key findings from the survey include those on vaping and nicotine indicate that National adolescent drug trends in 2018 indicated that the vaping increase was the largest year to year increase ever recorded in the U.S. for 10th and 12th grade students.
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Public Comment Period On Proposed New York State's ESSA plan Open Until 1/25/19
1/7/19 NYSED is inviting public comment on two topics: the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and Annual Professional Performance Reviews (APPR). The public comment period on proposed regulations to implement New York State's ESSA plan will run through January 25. The public comment period on APPR gives stakeholders the opportunity to provide input on the proposed extension of the transition period for APPR through the 2019-20 school year. The extension would continue the moratorium delinking student assessments from teacher and principal evaluations. The public comment period on APPR will end February 25.
