Rebecca King, Coordinator
WVDE-Office of Healthy Schools
What is Wellness?
• Includes the Whole Child;
• the Family; and
• Social, Emotional and
Physical health.
Readiness to Learn
Top 5 Medical Diagnoses/Procedures
2010/11 School Nurse Needs Assessment
Medical Diagnoses
In-School Specialized
Health Care Procedures
Asthma
Inhalers for Asthma
Behavioral Disorders
Emergency Medications
Anaphylactic Reaction
Long-Term Medications
Obesity
Special Diets per Federal Form
Mental Disorders (Depression,
Bipolar, Schizophrenic, Suicidal)
Seizure Management
Close 5th places…..
Ear, Nose and Throat/
Migraine or Severe
Headache/Seizures
Diabetes Type II
2010/11
Student Medical Diagnoses
Diabetes Type I
16145
Seizures
18000
16000
11491
14000
Anaphylactic
Reaction
12000
10000
4213
8000
6000
4000
2000
0
238
852
2147
Behavioral
Disorders/ADD/
ADHD/OCD/Anx
iety
Asthma
What Do We Know?
It takes a village with multiple skills
and resources to make a successful
difference in the life of a child!
CDC-Coordinated School Health
Services
Environment
Instruction
Coordinated School Health Model
Health
Education
Physical
Education
Instruction
Mental/Behavioral
( School Counseling
and SBHC/BHS
outreach)
Health
Nutrition
(School Nursing
and SBHCs)
(School Meals
Program)
Services
Family and
Community
Involvement
Healthy
School
Environment
Staff
Wellness
Environment
Services
Environment
Instruction
Coordinated School Health Model
How can Schools
Make a Difference?
• Working with the Medical and Dental Home of each
student for school entry requirements such as
HealthCheck comprehensive examination and
immunizations
• Encouraging students and families to schedule annual
well child and biannual dental visits (Example: PreK
Child Accomplishment Summary)
• Bringing the families and communities to schools (FullService Schools Approach including School-Based
Health Center Services)
• Keeping the appropriate school health, medical and
dental providers in the loop, IEP Team meetings, SAT,
sensory impairment concerns, etc.
(add HealthCheck Diagram here)
What is a HealthCheck?
Who is eligible?
Children birth through 20 years of age who have an active
Medicaid, CHIP and PEIA card.
Services Provided
Initial and periodic health check-ups completed by a
medical provider including, but not limited to, the
following:
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physical examination
dental, hearing and vision testing
immunizations
laboratory testing, including blood lead
developmental assessment
medical history
referral for further diagnostic and treatment services.
WHY a HealthCheck????
• Establishes a MEDICAL HOME for each
student.
• Enable an annual comprehensive physical.
• Establishes a seamless health record from
the student/parent to the medical
provider and school.
• Forces collaborative between a child’s
most significant growth factors the
school, parents and the medical home.
Benefits, Cost and Coverage…
• Benefits:
– Establish a medical home
– Partnerships
• Cost:
– Usually no cost since this is a preventative
care visit if any cost then MINIMAL copay
with some private insurances.
– WVDHHR has volunteered to assist with
co-pay if needed per family request.
Benefits, Cost and Coverage…
• Coverage:
– In 2008/09, out of 15,000 kindergarteners
Healthchecks ONLY 30 were truly
uninsured requiring cost coverage per
WVCHIP Administrative funds.
– In 2009/10, out of approximately 24,000
PreK and Kindergarten students only 17
were truly uninsured requiring cost
coverage per WVCHIP Administrative funds.
– -In 2010/11 there were no request for
uninsured.
2011/12
RESA-Regional School Wellness
Focus Areas
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Physical Activity (Let’s Move)
Nutrition
Health Education Assessment
FitnessGram
Mental Health
Suicide
Bullying
School-Based Health Centers
Teen Pregnancy
Tobacco
Diabetes
Coordinated School-Public
Health is a Team Work
approach through Partnerships
which enable schools to meet
the wellness needs of students
and families
Rebecca King
rjking@access.k12.wv.us
(304)558-8830