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Transcript of American Cancer Society
Coordinated School Health: The Strategic
Connection to Improve Student Health and
Academic Achievement
“[Children]….who face violence, hunger, substance abuse, unintended pregnancy,
and despair cannot possibly focus on academic excellence. There is no
curriculum brilliant enough to compensate for a hungry stomach or a distracted mind.”
American
Cancer Society
Why Youth?• Health risk behaviors are established in
childhood and adolescence
• It’s easier to prevent the adoption of health risk behaviors than to change established behaviors
• Chronic disease health risks are already common among young people
• Many health risks associated with adults were established in childhood
An Opportunity:Every school
day in Nebraska, 300,000+ students
attend more than 249
public school districts
“Schools are places where needs must be accommodated,
remediated, and met—both health and academic. We must
focus on the Whole Child!”
Dr. Gene Carter
ASCD
Coordinated School Health
Family &CommunityPartnerships
PhysicalEducation
School Health
Services
Nutrition Services
Counseling, Psychological & Social Services
HealthEducation
Employee Wellness
HealthySchool
Environment
8 Components
Coordinated School Health is a STRATEGY
to improve
health and academic
achievement
Coordinated School
Health is a FRAMEWOR
K to organize existing
programs and
services
Source: Talking About Health Is Academic, 1990
Coordinated School Health Is:
A process to integrate planned, sequential & school-affiliated strategies, activities, & services designed to promote the optimal physical, emotional & educational development of students.
CSH begins with a comprehensive planning process & continues to the implementation of a sustainable infrastructure
CSH is multidisciplinary & accountable to the community
NDE Coordinated School Health Policy
• Each school district/school develop, adopt, and implement a comprehensive plan for coordinated school health based on the CDC/DASH model
• Each school district establish a School Health Council and each school building establish a School Health Team that meets four times per year
• Each district/school designate a School Health Coordinator to assist with implementing and evaluating coordinated school health efforts
Coordinated School Health
The Framework
Great Ways to School Health:
3 or 4 Are Super Starters!
1. School Environment
2. Health Education
3. School Meals and Nutrition
4. Physical Education
5. Health Services
6. Counseling, Psychological, and Mental Health Services
7. Staff Wellness
8. Parent/Community Partnerships
http://nelovesps.org/story/the-whole-child/
To learn effectively, children must:■ Feel comfortable and
supported ■ Attend a safe, proper
functioning school ■ Have minimal distractions■ Have health-enhancing environments■ Reinforce health messages
Healthy School Environment
1
“With every interaction in a school, we are either
building a community or destroying it.”
Jim ComerYale School Of Medicine
Health Education2
• Classroom instruction that:• addresses the physical,
mental, emotional, and social dimensions of health
• develops health knowledge, attitudes, and skills
• Is standards- based• is tailored to each age level• Is based on best practices
• GOAL = motivate and assist students to maintain and improve their health, prevent disease, and reduce health-related risk behaviors.
School Meals and Nutrition
3 The Reality: Students often eat
one or two meals a day at school
• Integrate nutritious, affordable, and appealing meals, snacks, etc.
• Teach standards-based nutrition education
• Teach skill-based nutrition education
• Provide an environment that promotes healthy eating behaviors for all children
PhysicalEducation4
Curriculum instruction that:• Is standards-based• Is planned, sequential, age
appropriate• Promotes lifelong physical
activity and fitness• GOAL = develop basic
movement skills, sports skills, and physical fitness as well as to enhance mental, social, and emotional abilities
- Growing kids require a regular health
“maintenance” program (immunizations, dental checkups,
physicals, & eye exams) - Preventive services,
education, emergency care, referral & management of
acute andchronic health conditions
- GOAL = promote the health of students,
identify & prevent health problems and injuries,
& ensure care for students
Health Services5
Counseling, Psychological, and Mental Health Services
6 Designed to:■ prevent and address
problems■ facilitate positive learning and healthy behavior ■ enhance healthy development
■ enhance social- emotional learning
- Educators and school staff are important
role models - Successful schools
have healthy, highly
motivated staff with low rates of employee absenteeism
Staff Wellness
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Benefits: ■ A closer working relationship between parents and schools ■ Parents, businesses, community groups, and schools can form powerful coalitions to address health needs of students
Parent/CommunityPartnerships8
Coordinated School Health
The Process
CSH: The Process• Understand the
Evidence/Research Link Between Health & Learning
• Create a School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) and School Health Teams
• Make Decisions Based on Data• Conduct School Health Index
(SHI) (Assessment)
• Plan For Action• Utilize Evidence-based
Practices• Conduct Evaluation• Provide for Sustainability• Create Policy and
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CSH: The Process
Coordinated School Health
Best PracticesCentered on the
needs of students:• Increases
connectedness• Develops life skills
and competence• Identifies and
builds upon youth assets
Builds on a TEAM effort:• Coordination between
councils and teams• Partnerships• Involvement of
students/families and communities
• Links to school improvement plans, school-based site management
Coordinated School Health
Best PracticesData-driven:• Builds on accurate
data• Utilizes sound
science• Aims to eliminate
gaps and duplication of services and programming
Step-by-Step:• Assess health
needs• Prioritize• Plan for action• Implement• Monitor, evaluate
and refine
Lessons Learned About CSH• Every school does it
differently. CSH is a framework, not a recipe.
• Changing a system takes time.
• Implementing CSH is a process, not an event.
• Changing a system takes time.
• Implementing CSH is a process, not an event.
Coordinated School Health Results
Increased test scores on standardized tests
Decrease in suspensions & detentions
Reduction in expulsions from school
Reduction in drop-out rates Reduction in number of students assigned to SPED classes
Decrease in teen pregnancy rates Decrease in juvenile crime arrests out of school
Increased graduation rates
Coordinated School Health in Action
McComb School District, MSIssues: • High teen pregnancy • Low graduation rate • Low test scores• High special education rate• High juvenile arrest rates• High suspension, expulsions, and
delinquency rates
Coordinated School Health In Action
Dr. Pat Cooper, McComb, MississippiResults:
StandardizedBefore CSH After CSH Test bySubject (Grades 3-6)
Reading 32% 46%Lang. Arts 32% 47%Mathematics 28% 48%
Coordinated School Health In Action
Dr. Pat Cooper, McComb, MississippiResults: • 3% of teens in Teen Parent Program has a
repeat pregnancy before the age of 20, (compared to 23.5% for MS & 21% for the US)
• 66% decrease in juvenile crime arrests out of school
• 42% decrease in suspensions and detentions• 33% reduction in expulsions • Graduation rates increased from 77% in
1996-1997 to 95% in 2005 (10% higher than the state average)
Coordinated School Health In Action
Dr. David Jones, Eisenhower Schools, CAResults: 18% free or reduced lunch 38% 19.79% minority students 37% Assessment scores (percent at standard)
• 40% Reading 72%• 23% Math 53%• 43% Writing 68%
■ No students of color passed the state math assessmentMinority student performance is much more similar to overall school population.34
Start ‘em early . . .
Keep ‘em goin’. . .
For the end result!
improves academic performance, graduation rates, & standardized test scores
improves social outcomes by decreasing suspensions, detentions, & expulsions from school
improves students’ knowledge, behaviors, attitudes & skills in health
Coordinated School Health
Coordinated School Health =
Healthy kids = better learners!
Not one more thing to do but another way to do your thing!
Now It Is Your Turn
Now and When you return home:• Look for gaps in your School Wellness
Policy• Think of policy ideas that you can readily
infuse into your School Wellness Policy• Be bold and dream big• Communicate with students,
staff, community• Celebrate Your Successes!https://www.gonoodle.com/brain-breaks/happy