Comprehensive School Wellness Program
Healthy students are better learners. Schools play a critical role in promoting the health and safety of young people and helping them establish lifelong healthy behaviors.
Establishing healthy behaviors during childhood is easier and more effective than trying to change unhealthy behaviors throughout adulthood. When school health policies and practices are put in place, healthy students can grow to achieve a lifetime of good health.
The Comprehensive School Wellness Program at ADE is a team of school health specialists dedicated to supporting schools across the state in creating healthy learning environments utilizing the collaborative Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model.
Miranda Graves |
Project Manager / Principal Investigator |
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(Bio coming soon)
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Constance Washington |
Comprehensive School Wellness Specialist |
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Constance is a native of the Grand Canyon State and is passionate about collaborations that impact change in our school communities. She helps facilitate the Arizona School Health and Wellness Coalition, which is dedicated to creating equity in school health. |
Elizabeth Holmes |
School Health Specialist (AZ Health Zone) |
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(Bio coming soon)
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Zach Stover |
School Health and Wellness Specialist |
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Zach has been working in School Health since he moved from his home state of Nebraska to Arizona three years ago. He has a passion for impacting the health of people and communities. Zach coodinates the teams strategies surrounding School Health Services. |
The Comprehensive School Wellness team works with school leaders to support the health and wellness needs of their staff, students and community. They partner with state agencies and local organizations to implement strategies that promote a healthy learning enviornment.
Download the Catalog of Services to explore what our team can offer you!
- Catalog of Services Coming Soon!
The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model is the CDC’s framework for addressing health in schools. The WSCC model is student-centered and emphasizes the role of the community in supporting the school, the connections between health and academic achievement and the importance of evidence-based school policies and practices.
Our team provides technical assistance, trainings, and professional development on the WSCC's models 10 components:
- Physical education and physical activity.
- Nutrition environment and services.
- Health education.
- Social and emotional school climate.
- Physical environment.
- Health services.
- Counseling, psychological and social services.
- Employee wellness.
- Community involvement.
- Family engagement.
Integrating Across the WSCC Framework (print outs)
School Nurse Organization of Arizona (SNOA)
The Comprehensive School Wellness Team partners with the School Nurse Organization of Arizona (SNOA) to offer technical assistance, resources, and professional development opportunities to school nurses across Arizona.
SNOA hosts an annual conference to provide school nurses the opportunity to access the latest research-based education to further advance upon their skills. The conference serves as a fun and engaging professional development event that ensures Arizona students receive safe and quality school health services. Click the SNOA logo to check out photos of past conferences!
Upcoming Events
- SNOA 33rd Annual School Health Conference: June 7 - 8th; Register HERE (scholarships available)
School Health Services
School health staff are tasked to help students with preventive care such as flu shots and vision and hearing screening, as well as acute and emergency care. Many schools do not have a school nurse and rely on school staff and administration to coordinate school health services through the role of a Health Aid or Tech.
For students with chronic health conditions (asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, food allergies, poor oral health), school health staff and other health care providers play a large role in the daily management of their conditions. They are responsible for coordinating care by communicating with the student’s family and health care providers so they can stay healthy and ready to learn. Click the resources below to navigate across the four methods used to support students through school health services.
Acute and Emergency Care Care Coordination
Chronic Disease Management Family Engagement
The Comprehensive School Wellness Program established the Arizona School Health and Wellness Coalition. The Coalition is a collaboration of key school health stakeholders, state and local organizations, community members, parents and individuals whose primary goal is to assist schools in creating healthy school enviornments and communities.The Arizona School Health and Wellness Coalition provides a leadership platform that promotes the multi-disciplinary approach to school health outlined by the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model. Contact the coalition to attend an upcoming events and get involved today!
Contact:
Email: [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/2020HealthologyAZ/
This program is funded by the “Improving Student Health and Academic Achievement through Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Management of Chronic Conditions in Schools" grant offered through the Centers for Diseae Control and Prevention's (CDC) Healthy Schools Branch.
Every school has a unique set of needs. To better serve schools, our team of school health specialist are here to help school leaders and staff incorporate components of the WSCC model as they see fit.
Complete the online Technical Assistance Request form and a member of our team will contact you!
Have a question? Call or Email our team directly to get an answer today.