82nd Annual ASHA School Health Conference

All the strategies, activities, and services offered by, in, or in association with schools that are designed to promote students' physical, emotional, and social development make up a school's health program.

When a school works with students, thei...

All the strategies, activities, and services offered by, in, or in association with schools that are designed to promote students' physical, emotional, and social development make up a school's health program.

When a school works with students, their families, and their community to provide these strategies, activities, and services in a coordinated, planned way, then the term coordinated school health program applies. Ideally a coordinated school health program would include several, if not all, of the following:

* a healthful environment,
* nursing and other health services that students need to stay in school,
* nutritious and appealing school meals,
* opportunities for physical activity that include physical education,
* health education that covers a range of developmentally appropriate topics taught by knowledgeable teachers,
* programs that promote the health of school faculty and staff, and
* counseling, psychological and social services that promote healthy social and emotional development and remove barriers to students' learning.

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