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Health and Wellness

Health and Wellness programs and strategies for communities are designed to promote healthy living and give information about how to combat health risks in a community. From obesity to diabetes to mental health issues, communities are implementing a variety of programs at the family, school and community level to educate and treat a variety of conditions. A well-informed community is a healthy community.

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Recess Checkup
December 03, 2018
One of Playworks’ most popular tools to-date is the Recess Checkup, a short 3-5 minute online quiz designed to help educators identify strengths and surface areas for improvement on their playground. 
Source: Playworks
Focus Areas: Health and Wellness
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Recess Lab
December 03, 2018

With more than 20 years of experience working with elementary schools, Playworks launched Recess lab to support principals, teachers and other school staff to rediscover the power of play.  Schools with a healthy culture of play see fewer fights, fewer injuries, and fewer trips to the principal’s office - and students com back to class ready to learn.

Source: Playworks
Focus Areas: Health and WellnessThriving
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Creating Healthy Indoor Air Quality in Schools
November 26, 2018
Promote a healthy learning environment at your school to reduce absenteeism, improve test scores and enhance student and staff productivity.
Focus Areas: Health and Wellness
The National Assocation of Community Health Centers
Podcast: Health Centers & Schools Uniting for Young Students’ Success
November 09, 2018
Many health centers across the country are building partnerships with schools to expand access to quality care and address the powerful social, environmental, and economic conditions that unjustly influence health outcomes of low-income children and adolescents in their communities.
Source: The National Assocation of Community Health Centers
Focus Areas: Health and Wellness
Creating Policies to Support Healthy School
Creating Policies to Support Healthy Schools: Policymaker, Educator, and Student Perspectives
October 23, 2018
Initiatives focused on improving aspects of students’ well-being in schools—such as addressing childhood obesity, preventing bullying, and restricting schools’ use of exclusionary discipline—are gaining momentum. However, such efforts are often implemented in silos, without recognition of their interconnections. To advance the common goal of improving social, health, and academic outcomes for all students, coordinated efforts that integrate multiple components of healthy school environments are needed.
Source: Child Trends
Focus Areas: Social and Emotional LearningHealth and Wellness
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When Youth Feel Unsafe: Brief Insights on the Cognitive and Academic Effects of Exposure to Violence
February 22, 2018
This Point of View brief from the Center for Promise provides research insights on a particularly timely topic - violence in America's schools - that is impacting young people in America. Learn more about this topic by reading this brief
Source: Center for Promise
Focus Areas: Health and Wellness
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January 02, 2019

Embracing a Different Approach: How Some St. Louis School Districts are Connecting Health, Education
A recent situation involving a first-grade student in the University City School District prompted teachers and administrators to consider an unconventional approach. Rather than immediately focus on any instruction or behavior in the classroom, the district sought to provide the student and his family with basic needs – a trip to the doctor, food and toiletry items.
Health and Wellness
Children Running

November 14, 2018

New Report Identifies Policy Opportunities to Build Healthier Schools
One major challenge to achieving a higher baseline of student health across U.S. schools? According to advocates, it’s that federal and state policymakers respond to particular moments of public crisis by passing narrow and targeted measures rather than considering the whole child.
Health and Wellness
Suicide Prevention Day

September 05, 2018

This Suicide Prevention Day, Young People Lead the Charge
From creating apps to organizing support groups to making resources more widely available, here’s how four young advocates are leading efforts to improve mental health for their generation.
Social and Emotional Learning Health and Wellness
#DesignChallenge

August 23, 2018

From Prevention to Pleasure: The Next Frontier for Sex Ed?
Historically, sex education has focused on STI and pregnancy prevention. Now, advocates say that to create a safer, healthier, and more affirmative culture for young people, we need sex ed to focus on pleasure, too.
Social and Emotional Learning Health and Wellness
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