Many of the following resources and technical assistance documents are available at no cost through the Student Services/Prevention and Wellness Team, and many can be downloaded from this web site.
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Some resources are available in hard copy only and can be obtained by:
1:1 Nursing Services for Students with Special Health Care Needs (2011) Available online and in hard copy.
Administration of Medicatons to Pupils (2012) Available online only.
Alternatives to Expulsion: Case Studies of Wisconsin School Districts (2009) Available online and in hard copy.
Answers to Frequently Asked Compulsory School Attendance Questions (2009) Available online and in hard copy.
Answers to Frequently Asked School Discipline Questions (2009) Available online and in hard copy.
Bloodborne Pathogens: Exposure Control Plan for Wisconsin Public Schools
This document will assist school districts in development and implementation of a local exposure control plan to prevent and minimize school employee and student exposure to bloodborne pathogens. (2009) Available online and in hard copy.
Building Skills for Health Literacy: Human Sexuality
This document is designed to assist middle and high school health teachers in creating units of instruction that teach and assess for the skills of the health education standards as they relate to human sexuality. (2007) Available in hard copy only.
Building Skills for Health Literacy: Nutrition
This document is will assist you in developing or refining your units of instruction on nutrition K-12 in your school district. The template helps you design a skill-focused, standards-based unit that will help you meet your school needs. (2009) Available in hard copy only.
Building Skills for Health Literacy: Tobacco
This document is designed to assist in developing or refining units of instruction on tobacco K-12. The template helps you design a skill-focused, standards-based unit to meet the needs in the school district. (2008) Available in hard copy only.
Confidential Services Available to Youth in Wisconsin
This document describes the circumstances in which youth may access confidential services independently, according to Wisconsin law. (2008) Available online and in hard copy.
Delegation, The Nurse Practice Act, and School Nursing in Wisconsin
Provides an overview of the Wisconsin Nurse Practice Act and delegation as it relates to nursing practice in the school setting. (2009) Available online and in hard copy.
Educational Services for Children Placed in Foster Care
The purpose of this publication is to help facilitate cooperation between the child welfare and public school systems by 1) summarizing the legal responsibilities of each system to serve children living in foster care, and 2) sharing practices and resources that can help to improve how these two systems serve youth living in foster care. (2010) Available online and in hard copy.
Emergency Nursing Services in Wisconsin Schools
School districts are required to implement the 20 education standards. Standard G or emergency nursing services standards describes school district responsibilities for providing nursing services in the school setting. (2009) Available online and in hard copy.
Health Literacy Performance Assessments 2007-2008 Edition - CD
Included on this CD are the Performance Assessments for: Alcohol & Other Drug Use Prevention; Bullying Prevention; Character Education; Community Health; Consumer Health; Dating Violence Prevention;
Driver Impairment; Environmental Health; Food Safety;
HIV/AIDS Prevention; Issues in Mental Health: Mental Illness Awareness; Mental & Emotional Health; Nutrition & Dietary Behavior; Personal Health; Physical Activity Promotion; Sexuality & Family Living;
Suicide Prevention; Suicide Prevention Grades 6-8; Suicide Prevention Grades 8-10; Tobacco Use Prevention; Unintentional & Intentional Injury Prevention. (2007) Available in hard copy only. Limit of 1.
Homebound Instruction: Questions & Answers for Families
These documents provide guidance to school districts, parents, and guardians regarding homebound instruction for regular education children unable to attend school due to health reasons. (2010) Available online and in hard copy.
Homebound Instruction: Questions & Answers for School Districts
These documents provide guidance to school districts, parents, and guardians regarding homebound instruction for regular education children unable to attend school due to health reasons. (2010) Available online and in hard copy.
Homebound Instruction Form - Physician's Statement
School districts may use this form to obtain documentation from a physician for the need for homebound instruction. Available online only
Human Growth & Development: A Resource Packet to Assist School Districts in Program Development, Implementation, and Assessment
This resource packet is designed to help local school districts develop, review, or address issues related to their Human Growth & Development (HGD) program. The packet explores such issues as state statutes, research on teen sexual issues and behavior, samples of locally developed HGD materials, and evaluation tools. (4th Edition, 2006, with 2010 updates) Available online and in hard copy.
Instruction and Services for School Age Parents
This document addresses the most frequently asked questions regarding the necessary and recommended instruction and services for school age parents. (2008) Available online and in hard copy.
Learning Modules on Social Norms: Using the 2011 Wisconsin YRBS Results
This packet of instructional strategies will assist educators with putting together a state-of-the-art unit of instruction concerning youth health risk behaviors. (2011) Available online and in hard copy.
Mentoring the Pupil Services Initial Educators
This guide reflects the requirements for pupil services licensing found in the State of Wisconsin administrative rule PI 34 and includes recommended practices for mentoring pupil services professionals, including school counselors, nurses, psychologists, and social workers. PI 34 requires all initial educators to have a mentor who has been trained in the Wisconsin Standards appropriate to the license category. Even though pupil services staff are well prepared by strong professional training and experiences, new professionals face many challenges in launching their practices in the school setting. The information and suggested activities offered in this guide may be beneficial to both the initial educator and the mentor as their work together progresses. (2010) Available online.
My Child's Been Expelled...Now What?
A brochure providing information for parents of expelled students. Also available in Spanish (2008) Available online and in hard copy.
Photocopying Birth Certificates for School Admission Available online only.
The Power of Teaching: Characteristics of Effective Classroom Instruction on Health and Safety Issues
This publication represents an effort to tap into the rich knowledge and expertise of practitioners along with prevention education research to define a common set of prevention characteristics that cut across a variety of youth risk behavior curricula. This document can assist schools in developing instructional programs and activities that are grounded in research and best practice. (2004) Available online and in hard copy.
Reporting Requirements for Sexually Active Adolescents: Suggested Procedures for Educators
This summary, developed in cooperation with the former Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), is intended to help school districts, in collaboration with their county child protective services (CPS) and law enforcement agencies, develop policies and procedures to address situations where a school staff member becomes aware that a student is sexually active. (2011) Available online only.
Resources for School Tobacco Programs 2007: A Selected List
This descriptive list of resources and programs is designed to help Wisconsin school-communities select materials that will assist them in implementing effective programs and policies to help reduce tobacco use among youth. Available online only.
School HIV/AIDS Policy Tool Kit
The purpose of the tool kit is to provide school districts with the necessary resources, including policy guidance and sample policies, to assess, develop, and implement policies and procedures related to HIV/AIDS. (2003) Available online and in hard copy.
School Social Work Practice Guide
This practice guide is designed to help improve the professional practice of Wisconsin School Social Workers. Resources related to school social work practice have been created, adapted, collected and made available electronically. Additional resources are added as they become available. (2011) Available online only.
School's Role in Preventing
Child Abuse and Neglect
This publication is designed to help educators better understand their legal responsibilities to report suspected child abuse and neglect, and to assist them in understanding the child protective services initial assessment process. In addition, provisions in the law for schools and counties to share confidential information are included to help promote better working relationships between the two respective systems. (2012) Available online and in hard copy.
Sharing Information Across Systems
This resource is designed to help local school districts and their community partners develop local policies, procedures, and agreements regarding how they will share information across systems (i.e. law enforcement, the courts and juvenile justice, social services, and health). (2012) Available online and in hard copy.
Student Records and Confidentiality
This resource is designed to help local school districts and their community partners develop local policies, procedures, and agreements regarding how they will share information across systems (i.e. law enforcement, the courts and juvenile justice, social services, and health). (2012) Available online and in hard copy.
Wisconsin School Health Profiles Report (2009) Available online only.
Wisconsin Success Stories, Tobacco Free Youth (2005)
Available online and in hard copy.
Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey Executive Summary (2011)
Available online only.
For questions about this information, contact Laurie B. Salzman (608) 267-9117
Last updated on 4/20/2012 12:05:39 PM
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