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School Health
Brattleboro
WIC (Brattleboro)
Family and Child Health
Active and Healthy Communities
Worksite Wellness
School Health
Immunizations
Infectious Disease
Community Prevention Programs
Tobacco Prevention
Emergency Preparedness
Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention
Dental Health
We work to improve the health and well-being of school-aged children across Windham County. We support supervisory unions, school districts, community organizations, students and their families by helping with high-impact strategies that make a difference in health.
Local Education Agencies
Windham Southeast Supervisory Union
Windham Southwest Supervisory Union
Windham Central Supervisory Union
Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child
We help schools develop wellness teams to build a culture of good health and wellness using the
Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child
model.
Windham Southwest Supervisory Union and Windham Southeast Supervisory Union have adopted comprehensive Local Wellness Policies. Windham Central Supervisory Union has drafted a comprehensive policy that is under review for adoption.
School Nursing
We assist school nurses so they can better support student and family access to health services. Learn more about
how we work with school nurses
.
Today’s students come to school with more challenges related to health and learning than ever before.
Essential School Health Services
(link is external)
focuses on improving student outcomes, school attendance, the mitigation of challenges such as chronic health conditions, complex medical needs, and other barriers related to social determinants of health, such as poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, food and housing insecurity, and lack of health care.
We all believe that healthy kids make better learners. A document promoting health, wellness, and Vermont Department of Health initiatives was created for posting on school websites or health pages. Parents and other school community members can easily access this information. School nurses in Windham Southeast, Southwest, and Central promote Vermont's periodicity schedule,
Bright Futures
: Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children and Adolescents
from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Their efforts protect and promote student health and academic success.
Access to Care
We help schools support access to medical care and promote medical and dental homes for children and youth. We support school and health care provider relationships and sharing health records. We support efforts to ensure families know recommended times for well-care visits, and what to expect at the visits following
Bright Futures guidelines
.
The four goals of an annual well-care visit are disease detection, disease prevention, health promotion, and anticipatory guidance. All major health insurance companies in Vermont pay for one comprehensive well exam per year.
The
802 Smiles Network of School Dental Health Programs
connects Vermont's various school dental health programs under one umbrella. Its goal is to eliminate oral health disparities and improve oral health for all Vermont children. Learn More:
Dental Health Care in Vermont
Health Care and Screening Guidelines
Health Care for Children & Youth in Vermont
Immunizations - K-12 School Nurses and Administrators
Vermont Health Connect
Youth Risk Behavior Survey
The Health Department and the Vermont Agency of Education sponsor the Vermont
Youth Risk Behavior Survey
. The YRBS was developed by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
to monitor priority health risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death, disease, injury and social problems among middle and high school students. We share this public health data with schools and communities to promote response to decrease risk behaviors.
We encourage schools to use YRBS data to make decisions about how to support student health. One way to do this is the
Getting to Y program
, which is an opportunity for students to take a lead in bringing meaning to their own Youth Risk Behavior Survey data, and to take steps to strengthen their school and community.
All three of our supervisory unions participate in the YRBS and have sent teams of students to Getting to Y program trainings in recent years. Student presentations to their communities have been informative and well received.
Resources for Wellness
We help schools get grants to support proven strategies such as
Farm-to-School
, and
Girls on the Run
. Find out more about
strategies to improve health of Vermont’s school-aged children
.
Food Connects
is our local farm-to-school nonprofit that focuses on programming and wholesale local food distribution.
Safe Routes to Schools
is promoted and some of our schools participate in the program. Girls on the Run has been popular in many of our schools for many years.
Mini-Milers
(for both boys and girls) is promoted in Windham Southwest Supervisory Union.
Medicaid Administrative Claiming
We help local education agencies to meet the objectives of the Medicaid Administrative Claiming agreement.
Learn More
A Guide to Smart Snacks in School
Adolescent Health in Vermont
Asthma & Lung Disease
Child Care and Early Learning
Healthy Fundraisers
Healthy Non-food Rewards
Healthy Schools - Environmental Health
Local School Wellness Policy Action Implementation Tool
Nutrition/Physical Activity Guidance for Schools and Child Care
Prevent Domestic and Sexual Violence
School Wellness Policies
School-age Health Performance Scorecard
Screen Time & Activity
Vermont Youth Groups Tobacco Control Work
3-4-50 Prevent Chronic Disease
Contact Us
Jenny, Public Health Nurse
Phone: 802-251-2107
[email protected]
Last Updated:
February 20, 2024
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Translations for you
School Health
Brattleboro
WIC (Brattleboro)
Family and Child Health
Active and Healthy Communities
Worksite Wellness
School Health
Immunizations
Infectious Disease
Community Prevention Programs
Tobacco Prevention
Emergency Preparedness
Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention
Dental Health
We work to improve the health and well-being of school-aged children across Windham County. We support supervisory unions, school districts, community organizations, students and their families by helping with high-impact strategies that make a difference in health.
Local Education Agencies
Windham Southeast Supervisory Union
Windham Southwest Supervisory Union
Windham Central Supervisory Union
Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child
We help schools develop wellness teams to build a culture of good health and wellness using the
Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child
model.
Windham Southwest Supervisory Union and Windham Southeast Supervisory Union have adopted comprehensive Local Wellness Policies. Windham Central Supervisory Union has drafted a comprehensive policy that is under review for adoption.
School Nursing
We assist school nurses so they can better support student and family access to health services. Learn more about
how we work with school nurses
.
Today’s students come to school with more challenges related to health and learning than ever before.
Essential School Health Services
(link is external)
focuses on improving student outcomes, school attendance, the mitigation of challenges such as chronic health conditions, complex medical needs, and other barriers related to social determinants of health, such as poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, food and housing insecurity, and lack of health care.
We all believe that healthy kids make better learners. A document promoting health, wellness, and Vermont Department of Health initiatives was created for posting on school websites or health pages. Parents and other school community members can easily access this information. School nurses in Windham Southeast, Southwest, and Central promote Vermont's periodicity schedule,
Bright Futures
: Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children and Adolescents
from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Their efforts protect and promote student health and academic success.
Access to Care
We help schools support access to medical care and promote medical and dental homes for children and youth. We support school and health care provider relationships and sharing health records. We support efforts to ensure families know recommended times for well-care visits, and what to expect at the visits following
Bright Futures guidelines
.
The four goals of an annual well-care visit are disease detection, disease prevention, health promotion, and anticipatory guidance. All major health insurance companies in Vermont pay for one comprehensive well exam per year.
The
802 Smiles Network of School Dental Health Programs
connects Vermont's various school dental health programs under one umbrella. Its goal is to eliminate oral health disparities and improve oral health for all Vermont children. Learn More:
Dental Health Care in Vermont
Health Care and Screening Guidelines
Health Care for Children & Youth in Vermont
Immunizations - K-12 School Nurses and Administrators
Vermont Health Connect
Youth Risk Behavior Survey
The Health Department and the Vermont Agency of Education sponsor the Vermont
Youth Risk Behavior Survey
. The YRBS was developed by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
to monitor priority health risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death, disease, injury and social problems among middle and high school students. We share this public health data with schools and communities to promote response to decrease risk behaviors.
We encourage schools to use YRBS data to make decisions about how to support student health. One way to do this is the
Getting to Y program
, which is an opportunity for students to take a lead in bringing meaning to their own Youth Risk Behavior Survey data, and to take steps to strengthen their school and community.
All three of our supervisory unions participate in the YRBS and have sent teams of students to Getting to Y program trainings in recent years. Student presentations to their communities have been informative and well received.
Resources for Wellness
We help schools get grants to support proven strategies such as
Farm-to-School
, and
Girls on the Run
. Find out more about
strategies to improve health of Vermont’s school-aged children
.
Food Connects
is our local farm-to-school nonprofit that focuses on programming and wholesale local food distribution.
Safe Routes to Schools
is promoted and some of our schools participate in the program. Girls on the Run has been popular in many of our schools for many years.
Mini-Milers
(for both boys and girls) is promoted in Windham Southwest Supervisory Union.
Medicaid Administrative Claiming
We help local education agencies to meet the objectives of the Medicaid Administrative Claiming agreement.
Learn More
A Guide to Smart Snacks in School
Adolescent Health in Vermont
Asthma & Lung Disease
Child Care and Early Learning
Healthy Fundraisers
Healthy Non-food Rewards
Healthy Schools - Environmental Health
Local School Wellness Policy Action Implementation Tool
Nutrition/Physical Activity Guidance for Schools and Child Care
Prevent Domestic and Sexual Violence
School Wellness Policies
School-age Health Performance Scorecard
Screen Time & Activity
Vermont Youth Groups Tobacco Control Work
3-4-50 Prevent Chronic Disease
Contact Us
Jenny, Public Health Nurse
Phone: 802-251-2107
[email protected]
Last Updated:
February 20, 2024