Health & Wellness Resources
Resources and support for educational leaders on student, staff and community health and wellness and self-care.
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May 01, 2019
A Student Asks, ‘Can You Help Me?’Type:Article A superintendent reflects on some events in leadership in education -
April 01, 2019
AASA's Rapid Response in Crisis MomentsType:Article Topics: Health & Wellness, School Safety & CybersecurityThe association’s investment in helping leaders deal with catastrophic moments. -
April 01, 2019
Self-Care in the Aftermath of CrisisTopics: Health & WellnessLearning to deal with ‘the best and the worst of myself’ following a killer tornado in his school system -
March 01, 2019
Collaborative Cleaning: Cost Savings and Classroom SupportType:Article Topics: District & School Operations, Health & WellnessWisconsin schools took an opportunity to improve how they cleaned school classrooms while reducing costs -
March 01, 2019
Medicaid 101 for School SuperintendentsType:Report Topics: Advocacy & Policy, Health & WellnessThis brief explores what Medicaid is, what it covers—in and out of school—and how school districts can leverage Medicaid to enhance school health services. -
February 01, 2019
Grief Over the Holidays: Educators Can Help Students CopeType:Discussion Guide Resources from the National Center for School Crisis & Bereavement on ways to offer support to grieving students. -
February 01, 2019
Understanding Trauma's Impact on LearningType:Article Topics: Health & WellnessA pathway to creating a school culture where every child living through adversity can grow alongside peers -
February 01, 2019
Trauma-Sensitive Practices in Brockton's SchoolsType:Article Three R’s help develop a trauma-sensitive schools -
February 01, 2019
Believe in Fate No LongerType:Article Topics: Health & Wellness, School Safety & CybersecurityA former school district leader, drawing on her family’s recent experience, shares an up-close parental perspective on how educators might more consciously address student depression before it leads to self-harm. -
February 01, 2019
Structural Inefficiencies in the School-Based Medicaid Program Disadvantage Small and Rural Districts and StudentsType:Report Topics: Advocacy & Policy, Health & WellnessEnsuring all children have access to the school and community services necessary to meet their comprehensive health needs is a serious challenge for school leaders and a community imperative. -
February 01, 2019
Unpacking an Invisible Burden: Children’s Mental HealthType:Article Topics: Health & WellnessWe must understand where students come from and how that impacts everything they experience in the classroom -
December 01, 2017
What Would Happen if Schools Lose Their Medicaid Dollars?Type:Infographic Topics: Health & WellnessData gathered from a survey of 500 superintendents and school leaders in 46 states -
September 01, 2017
The Invisible Injury of ConcussionsType:Article Topics: Health & WellnessA neuropsychologists's work identifies a responsibility for educators to protect students from a sports culture that tends to minimize the health consequences of head injuries. -
September 01, 2017
Beyond Safety Protocols: Concussion Management for LearnersType:Article Topics: Health & WellnessSome school systems supplement return-to-play protocols for students with brain injuries with return-to-learn guidelines that call for academic support for recovering students. -
August 01, 2017
Channeling Grief Into KindnessType:Article Topics: Health & WellnessThe loss of a teenage son to suicide leaves a superintendent passionate about raising awareness of mental health issues. -
August 01, 2017
Nursing the Whole ChildType:Article Topics: Health & WellnessIn the schools of Kent, Wash., nursing staff address health obstacles, poverty, hunger and homelessness to give student learning a fighting chance. -
August 01, 2017
Promoting KindnessType:Article Topics: Health & WellnessThe suicide of his teenage son after cyberbullying by a classmate turns a superintendent passionate about raising awareness of mental health issues among students and educators. -
August 01, 2017
Shortchanging Athletics in Our Students' LivesType:Article Topics: Health & WellnessA superintendent contends the most effective tool in dealing with students at risk is after-school activities, yet educators are too quick to disqualify them. -
August 01, 2017
Pennsylvania District Embraces Science-Based Curriculum on Opioid AbuseType:Article Topics: Curriculum & Assessment, Health & WellnessWhen this superintendent saw the ravages that opioids were having on the suburban area outside of Pittsburgh, Pa., he knew the schools had to act to stem the human devastation. -
August 01, 2017
An Opioid Crisis Hits HomeType:Article Topics: Health & WellnessA superintendent in Utah became the public voice and a calming presence after two 8th graders and best friends overdosed on a synthetic drug within days of each other.
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