School-based health staff in Seattle Public Schools (SPS) are invited to join professional development sessions hosted by the SPS Community Partnerships team. The following training are hosted during February and March 2020. Registration for all 2019-20 school year workshops is open through the end of this school year. I Don’t Know Why She Swallowed a…
Where: Federal Way High School, 30611 16th Ave S, Federal Way, WA 98003. When: Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 2:30pm – 8pm (No appointment needed!) Who can get vaccinated: Open to all King County K-12 students, up to age 18 (Please note, we are unable to vaccinate anyone aged 19 or older.) Cost: Free. There is…
Crossposted from the School-Based Health Alliance Thursday, January 23,2020 – 2:00pm ET Register Now! The Monitoring the Future Survey (2019) revealed that rates of youth electronic cigarette use had doubled in the prior 2 years. Communities have seen severe medical complications with the use of this new nicotine delivery system. As youth developed dependence to…
Join your fellow SBHC Clinic Coordinators at Café Presse (1117 12th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122) on Monday, December 30 from 2-4pm. Kudos to Janni Sun, Clinic Coordinator for International Community Health Services’ Seattle World School SBHC for planning the first ever Clinic Coordinator social! This informal get-together offers time and space for Clinic Coordinators to…
Youth Engagement 101: Engagement Strategies Hear from Students at Green Hill Juvenile Rehabilitation School How They Are Training the Adults they Work With How are the youth you know getting engaged? What strategies could you offer to encourage them to own their learning and take the next step toward their own development? Greg Williamson, Director…
Crossposted from Seattle Public Schools Health Services December 2019 Newsletter. Our priority is to make sure schools are safe learning environments for all. On December 16, [2019 SPS joins] other local school districts who have taken bold action to send out exclusion letters to those still out of compliance. Exclusion is set for January 8,…
In an effort to highlight new and creative ways school-based health staff are engaging youth in conversations around health and well-being, we are starting a series called It Starts with You(th). Kaiser Permanente Thriving Schools has partnered with Seattle Children’s Theatre (SCT) to produce Ghosted, a “new educational theatre production [that brings] the mental health…
