School Health Services Mission Statement and Program Description
The School Health Services Department works collaboratively with the educators, administrators, support staff, students and families of School District 271 to remove or modify barriers to learning that are caused by health-related issues. We focus on promoting an optimal level of wellness for the students and staff so that their learning and teaching abilities are maximized. Specific programs that School Health Services provides to students, families and staff are:
- Health screenings and referrals: vision, scoliosis, blood pressure.
- Immunization compliance review.
- Epidemiology (disease outbreak) monitoring/control/prevention.
- Health education: body substance isolation, hand washing, maturation, alcohol (binge drinking) prevention, diabetes support group, asthma education.
- Weekly visits to each school including individual student and/or staff visits and consultations as requested by students and/or staff.
- Membership on each school's multidisciplinary team when student or school issues have a health-related component.
- Distributors of health supplies to schools.
- Coordination and supervision of health services for "high risk" students while at school.
- Resource for information on health-related issues and health-related services available in the community.
- Resource for financial assistance/health insurance information for families with health-related issues and needs.