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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
7:30 am
Exhibit Hall Opens/Continental Breakfast provided in Exhibit Hall/Registration Opens
8:30 - 10:15 am
OPENING CEREMONIES AND KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Opening Remarks by Yolanda Cordova, Director, Office of School & Adolescent Health, New Mexico Department of Health, Welcome by Mayor Martin Chavez
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: There is Life After Tests ... And Before
with Patrick Cooper PhD, Chief Executive Officer of the Early Childhood and Family Learning Foundation in New Orleans, LA.
 When Pat Cooper took over as superintendent of Mississippi's impoverished McComb School District, students were acting up, dropping out and failing to realize anything close to their full academic potentials, Cooper helped turn things around, and he did so by focusing on student health. As keynote speaker at this year's conference Dr. Cooper will describe how McComb students flourished when the district implemented the Coordinated School Health, Wellness and Safety Model. Hear what happened when this school district began addressing the needs of the whole child and worked toward the larger system change for the district and community.
10:15 - 11:00 am
BREAK/Visit Exhibit Hall
11:00 - 12:15 pm
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
1. Brain Education for Wellness: Creating a Healthy, Happy, and Peaceful Life
 Brain Education (BE) for Wellness is an experiential program designed for all ages to promote health, happiness and peacefulness. What controls your life? Your brain! BE aims to develop one’s creative efficacy, through innovative training that focuses on the brain itself. Experience some of the program’s physical, emotional, and cognitive exercises, postures, breathing techniques, guided imagery, and games that stimulate the healthy, dynamic, and productive functioning of the body and brain. These exercises, for adults and youth, directly affect your stress response system and are designed to improve sensory awareness, motor control, balance, emotional regulation, attention, and imagination. Come address your wellness; it’s time to take care of yourself by using your brain!
Presenters: Annie Chin Taylor, MEd, BEST Instructor, International Brain Education Association; Ryan Taylor, Student, Brain Education Kid!, Madison Middle School
2. Just4Teens: Effective Drug Education
Ineffective fear-based strategies, zero tolerance policies, and “Just Say No!” slogans have been the rule in schools and prevention programs for youth for too long. Drug Policy Alliance New Mexico has produced an innovative drug education video and discussion guide that features the voices of youth, along with adult users and prevention specialists. The video focuses on open, honest and respectful discussion with youth about drugs and drug use. This interactive workshop utilizes the video and discussion guide as teaching tools and is co-led by one of the youth featured in the video.
Presenters: Jeanne Block, RN, Methamphetamine Project Coordinator, Drug Policy Alliance New Mexico; Britteny Maestas, student
3. Step by Step to a Successful Peer to Peer Helping Program
You want to know why peer-to-peer programs are so hot? They work! Put the power of youth to work in peer helping programs and watch them make a difference creating a more caring, accepting, and healthy school community. Suicide ideation, alcohol/tobacco/drugs, drop-out, youth violence – you name it, you’ve got it, and trained youth can skillfully intervene before the adults even know there’s a problem. This workshop, based on the Natural Helpers model endorsed by the state, uses the expertise of seasoned peer-helpers and peer-helping program sponsors to cover the bases from “how to start” to “how to evaluate.” The fun part comes when the youth lead you through some of the most effective training activities. The goose-bumps happen when the youth answer your questions about how the program has changed their lives and the lives of those they have helped. Leave with a mini-manual and the support of the experts- both youth and adults-who can help you get started.
Presenters: JoAnn Sartorius, LISW, Consultant, Trainer for the New Mexico Department of Health, Office of School & Adolescent Health; Shirley Villegas, SAMSHA Grant Coordinator for Pojoaque and youth Natural Helpers from Pojoaque High School
4. Creating School Safety through Trauma Informed Behavioral Health Services
This presentation seeks to present how trauma and trauma informed services can posi tively affect a school environment by decreasing negative student behavior,
increasing student's engagement in the learning process and improving
student's social and emotional health. Be empowered by the knowledge, understanding and skills of the core components of trauma-informed services in schools and leave with action steps to implement these services.
Presenters: Susan Nelsen, MSW, LISW, Region 2 School Mental Health Advocate; Anna Nelson, LISW, Behavioral Health Manager, NM Department of Health, Office of School & Adolescent Health
5. Danger in Our Schools
This presentation gives participants an overview of school-related violence from psychological and law enforcement perspectives. It is an interactive conversation meant for you to gain increased comfort in talking about a difficult subject and a better understanding of both what are the risks and who is at risk in your school communities.
Presenter: Troy Rodgers,
PsyD, Forensic Psychologist/Agency Director, Forensic Behavioral Health Associates (FBHA)
6. Child Abuse: Promoting Awareness, Creating Change
Statistics are staggering, the details of abuse often- times revealing years of secrecy. This session explores effects of abuse and its impact on children, youth and adults, as well as the impact of change; focusing on ways to promote awareness as well as ways to create change in your community.
Presenter: Melissa Gomez, MS, Prevention Program Coordinator, La Piñon Sexual Assault Recovery Center of Southern New Mexico.
7. Depression Screening: To Screen or To Assess, That is the Question
This workshop explores practical ways to integrate depression screening into school-based health/mental health care of students. After reviewing the epidemiology of depression, we’ll discuss the evidence-based practice of brief depression screening, the difference between shorter screening tools versus longer assessment instruments, and overcoming obstacles to depression screening. Also, we’ll consider other school venues in which screening implementation can identify students at risk for depression and suicide.
Presenter: Dan Rifkin, MD,Consulting Psychiatrist, Envision NM/OSAH/UNM & FCCH SBHCs
8. No Tooth Left Behind…Integrating Oral Health into School Health
Although preventable, tooth decay is the most common chronic disease of childhood. In New Mexico, a statewide oral health survey of 3rd graders revealed 65% have experienced dental disease and less than 50% have dental sealants. This session provides an overview of the pathology of dental caries/cavities and an overview of the oral health status of the state’s school children. In addition, evidence-based prevention strategies for the prevention of dental disease and the incorporation of oral health into coordinated school health are addressed. The session also supplies guidelines every school health professional needs for making an informed decision to partner with an oral health program providing services in school settings and in developing partnerships with dental homes.
Presenter: Lynn Bethel, RDH, MPH, Director, Office of Oral Health, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
9. Balance: Exercise Your Mind, Body and Spirit
The Las Vegas Community Fun and Fitness program presentation is a collaboration of our school programs working together to serve the whole child. This interactive session explores strategies of incorporating physical fitness and health into the classroom, activities to increase physical activity into the school year and alternative ways to increase fitness levels of students in the community. Participate in burnout prevention and emotional wellness strategies and techniques that can be used with both children and adults in your community.
Presenters: Gary A. Luna LISW, LCSW, Resource Specialist, WLV Family and Youth Resource; Elaine K. Martinez-Gonzalez, MA, Director, 21st Century Community Learning Centers;and from WLV Fun and Fitness, PE/ Health Specialists Meredith Gilpin, BA, Adrian Gonzales, BA, and Ryan Kueffer, BA
10. The Whole Child and Coordinated School Health ... The Expansion Model in New Orleans!
Dr. Pat Cooper understands the critical link between the health and welfare of a child and learning. As director of the Early Childhood and Family Learning Foundation in New Orleans, Cooper works to create community centers that serve as a one-stop health, social service, and educational assistance in the city's most economically depressed and crime-ridden neighborhoods. These centers provide universal, quality early child care programs, and quality coordinated school health programs. Find out about this innovate program and how it can be replicated in our communities.
Presenter: Patrick Cooper, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of the Early Childhood and Family Learning Foundation in New Orleans, LA.
11. Naa Tsi iliid Hozho (Beauty Rainbow): Bridging Services for Native Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (GBT)
This workshop is designed to help providers understand the challenges faced by the Native GBT population. Hear historical and current knowledge of the Native GBT person within/from the Navajo culture and learn about materials and culturally appropriate interventions that have been successfully adapted and implemented. Interactive activities are included to help providers become aware of possible negative approaches to working with the Native GBT population and provide tools for better working practices with this unique community.
Presenters: Marco Arviso, HIV Prevention Services Manager, Navajo AIDS Network, Inc.; Lonnie Barraza, HIV Program Administrator, School and Family Support Bureau NM Public Education Department; Stella Martin, Health Education Specialist, Navajo AIDS Network, Inc.
12. No More Bake Sales - Creative Funding Strategies for Difficult Times
In this fun, interactive workshop, you learn all the basics and more about how to get the resources you need for that project or program you want to develop and get funded. While focusing primarily on traditional sources such as grants, non-traditional sources of revenue and other funding strategies are also covered. Fund-raising is not as hard as you may think. Through lecture and discussion, begin to develop ideas that you can easily turn into support for your project or program.
Presenter: Howard Spiegelman, Executive Director, New Mexico Alliance for School-Based Health Care
12:15 - 1:30 pm
LUNCH/Visit Exhibit Hall
1:30 - 2:45 pm
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
13. Talking Talons: Reconnecting Youth to Nature and Their Communities
This workshop engages participants in an immersion experience into the transformational process that the Talking Talons Youth Leadership (TTYL) program facilitates in youth. Activities that increase communication & public speaking skills use live, non-releasable wildlife to promote self-esteem and positive attitudes toward science. This workshop showcases how youth bonding to animals reconnects youth to nature, fostering civic responsibility/engagement and catalyzes growth of resiliency and protective factors.
Presenters: Carrie Hicks, Program Student, Roosevelt Middle School; Carmen Sorge, PhD, Independent Program Evaluator, Leiden Consulting LLC; Laurie S. Wearne, BS, Program Director, Talking Talons Youth Leadership
14. In Our Backyard and Beyond: Understanding the Faces and Facts of HIV/AIDS
The HIV/AIDS Peer Educator Group at The United World College (UWC-USA) has developed an interactive, theatrical presentation intended to raise awareness around issues associated with HIV and AIDS and is designed specifically for students attending middle and high schools. Using various theatrical techniques (including songs, skits and audience participation) the presentation provides information on: HIV/AIDS testing (including local resources/support); demystifying myths about HIV/AIDS; the progression of HIV/AIDS; practicing safe sex/drug use and minimizing contraction of STDs; and living with HIV/AIDS in New Mexico.
Presenters: Tim Crofton, MA, BFA, BEd, Theatre Arts Instructor, United World College (UWC-USA) and students
15. Innovations in Teen Dating Violence Prevention
Explore new trends in surveillance, peer to peer prevention and school policies to meaningfully impact the rate of Teen Dating Violence (TDV) in New Mexico. The presentation is designed to engage participants in exploring their competencies around TDV awareness and prevention and challenges each participant to take this knowledge to implementation. Receive tools to identify TDV early and ways to increase school safety through implementing school-wide peer to peer and adult awareness campaigns and school policy to prevent TDV and sexual assaults among students. Leave motivated to return to your community with a plan for change.
Presenter: Anna Nelson, LISW, Behavioral Health Manager, NM Department of Health, Office of School & Adolescent Health
16. Trauma First Aide - Professionals Working with Youth
This workshop teaches helping professionals to recognize and treat symptoms of acute traumatic stress and to stabilize the nervous system in overwhelming, high arousal, and urgent situations. Children in New Mexico are increasingly exhibiting behaviors and symptoms clearly indicative of trauma including escalating rates of violence, suicide, alcohol and drug use, sexual and physical abuse, low performance and poor attendance. Through this multimedia, experiential skills-based workshop, explore the role of the nervous system in trauma, identify the human response to trauma, and learn non-therapeutic trauma intervention stabilization skills.
Presenters: Pamela Burnham, PhD, LISW, SEP; Geneie Everette, PhD, RN, SEP, Director, Trauma First Aide Associates
17. Threat Incident Management: Collaborate to Reduce School Violence
Learn how to set up school-based multidisciplinary threat incident management (TIM) teams and how to coordinate the school efforts with law enforcement and other community agencies to help prevent and reduce school violence. Find out about a specialized training for school staff and law enforcement, Crisis Intervention Team training, which is effective in deescalating mentally ill students in crisis. Participate in an exercise involving a simulated referral to a TIM team and share with one another how to deal with such referrals including developing a plan of action to include community involvement.
Presenters: William H. Greaves, MSW, LISW, School Social Worker; Joseph R. Flippo, PhD, School Psychologist; Jean Lisiak, MA, LISW, ACSW, School Social Worker
18. Recognition, Response, Referral: Tackling the Impact Domestic Violence On Our Children
Upwards of 10 million children witness domestic violence every year and many of these children go to school every day carrying “family secrets.” This program provides school professionals the tools they need to effectively address domestic violence and its negative effects on child/victim witnesses. Using the 3 R’s; Recognition, Response, Referral you can learn to detect and respond effectively to children who’ve been affected by domestic violence. The New Mexico produced video “Our Children Are Watching” serves as the cornerstone for group discussion.
Presenter: Perry D.Lawson, MS, Domestic Violence Program Community Educator/Trainer, Center of Protective Environment
19. Youth as a Resource in Suicide Intervention
What can youth do? How can you help a friend who is depressed or thinking about suicide? Learn the four step process to intervening and where to get help. This interactive workshop prepares youth to address the subject of suicide and other issues their friends may face, how to problem solve and where to go for help.
Presenter: Cherry Sublett, MEd,Training and Education Coordinator, NM Suicide Intervention Project
20. An Evidence Based Approach to the Sports Physical...or The Cattle Herd in the Gym is Inadequate
Approximately 30 million children and teens participate in organized sports in the US. Every state, except one, requires a pre-participation sports examination (PSE) before the season begins. The primary goal of the PSE is to maximize safe participation. School Based Health Centers are positioned to provide the PSE as well as the comprehensive annual exam which includes anticipatory guidance and a psycho-social risk assessment. This workshop identifies the requirements for the history and physical for school athletes, including what medical conditions exclude or require treatment for participation. It includes a discussion of the cardiac and musculo-skeletal exam, the well-child exam and the NM pre-participation exam. Participants will have the opportunity to practice the knee and ankle exam.
Presenters: Yvonne Ellington,
MPA, BS, AB, PA-C, UNM-SBHC Program; Paula LeSueur, MN, CFNP
21. A Six Step Approach Towards a Healthier School Environment
In this presentation, participants are guided through the Six Step Process the Alliance for a Healthier Generation uses to assist schools in creating a healthier school environment. Learn specifically about the history of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, the goals of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation and the Six Step Process which systematically help schools create healthier school environments that promote physical activity and healthy eating among students and staff.
Presenter: Julie Garcia, MA Ed, Relationship Manager, Alliance for a Healthier Generation
22. Youth Gardens: Helping Students Bloom Physically, Emotionally and Academically
Youth gardens are fantastic educational settings for students of all ages! Learn how to initiate, fund and maintain a sustainable youth gardening program. This workshop demonstrates how youth gardening programs positively impact children’s eating habits, emotional wellbeing, social skills, academic achievement, and community pride. Learn about a successful youth gardening program in an Albuquerque Public School special education program. Receive lesson plans for incorporating youth voice in the garden planning process, and performing a soil analysis and experience a hands-on lesson to help kick-start a gardening program even if you have not yet found space to plant!
Presenters: Whitney Kane, LMSW, School Social Worker,Grant Middle School, Behavior Intervention Program; Nissa Patterson, MPH, Program Manager, New Mexico Alliance for School-Based Health Care
23. Project TRUST: “Are We Trying to Help Our Native Youth Navigate a System that Doesn't Work? Or Do We Need to Transform the System?”
Many American Indian youth have a deep mistrust of behavioral health services and providers. To promote the mental health and well-being of Native youth, it is imperative to understand the historical context and to foster transformation on multiple levels. This presentation provides an overview of Project TRUST, a partnership of service providers, community members, youth, university faculty and staff and numerous organizations that have been working to build a culture of trust. Hear a summary of their literature review findings, as well as perspectives from their community advisory process, and participate in a discussion of the policy, treatment and research recommendations which emerged.
Presenters: Jessica Goodkind, Assistant Professor, UNM Dept. of Pediatrics, CHPDP; Janie Lee Hall, RN, School Health Advocate, NM DOH, Public Health Division, Region 1; Susie John, MD, MPH, Medical Officer, Northern Navajo Teen Life Center; Kimberly Ross-Toledo, Director, McKinley Community Coalition for Healthy & Resilient Youth
24. The Inner Necessities of Transformative Health Practitioners
Do you think of yourself as a transformative health practitioner? Is your job to maintain the status quo or is it to create a future distinct from the past? School nurses, counselors, social workers, and health officials need to create transformative change, not maintain the status quo or support incremental change. Change in the outer world starts with change in the inner world, with having the courageous conversations you need to have. Come to this workshop to begin those conversations!
Presenter: David Markwardt, MSOD, MFA,Teamwork in Action Director, Santa Fe Community College
2:45 - 3:15 pm
BREAK/Visit Exhibit Hall
3:15 - 4:30 pm
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
25. Natural Helpers: Collaborating to Prevent Youth Suicide
Want to learn how the Natural Helpers Peer to Peer Model program works at preventing youth suicide? Join high school students from four very diverse areas of the state as they come together to educate participants on youth suicide prevention, including warning signs, myths and facts, and how to help from a youth's point of view. This interactive workshop also shows how students from different areas of the state can collaborate to save youth lives and work together even when they are not together every day … a great learning experience on collaboration for adults.
Presenters: Shirley Villegas, Program Coordinator, Pojoaque High School; and student representatives from PVHS, Gadsen High School, Carlsbad and Gallup High School
26. What's the Real Deal about Pregnancy and STD Prevention?
The South Valley Peers In Action is a project working in the community and in schools with young people to address community issues like reproductive health, prevention of teen pregnancy, STDs, and violence prevention. Youth from these groups facilitate sessions which simulate actual presentations incorporating experiential activities and interactive discussion, which conference participants can use in their own communities.
Presenters: Jasmin Hendrickson, BA, Rose Medina-Rogers, LBSW, LSSW, School Social Worker, South Valley Academy and from South Valley Peers in Action, Peer Health Educators Alejandra Carmona, Brenda Enriquez and Nimsy Melendez
27. In Our Backyard and Beyond: Understanding the Faces and Facts of HIV/AIDS
The HIV/AIDS Peer Educator Group at The United World College (UWC-USA) has developed an interactive, theatrical presentation intended to raise awareness around issues associated with HIV and AIDS and is designed specifically for students attending middle and high schools. Using various theatrical techniques (including songs, skits and audience participation) the presentation provides information on: HIV/AIDS testing (including local resources/support); demystifying myths about HIV/AIDS; the progression of HIV/AIDS; practicing safe sex/drug use and minimizing contraction of STDs; and living with HIV/AIDS in New Mexico. (REPEATED SESSION)
Presenters: Tim Crofton, MA, BFA, BEd, Theatre Arts Instructor, United World College (UWC-USA) and students
28. Trauma is a Right Brain Wound
Current research in psychiatry, developmental psychology and neuroscience now reveals that the primary impact of trauma is on the right hemisphere of the brain. This workshop reviews the research and explores the importance of moving away from left brain-focused treatment and education towards right brain interventions and academic strategies. By building upon relational, emotional, non-verbal and experiential interactions with students, we will strengthen our ability to help them transform their trauma-based behaviors and barriers to learning into meaningful, productive living.
Presenter: Penny Holland, MA, LPCC, Clinical Counselor, School on Wheels
29. Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment with Adolescents in School Settings
Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment (SBIRT) provides early identification and intervention with adolescents engaging in risky alcohol and/or drug use. New Mexico is the only state that has adapted the SBIRT model for use with adolescents, and thus far SBIRT has been integrated into 11 School Based Health Centers. Learn how the SBIRT model has been implemented in New Mexico schools, an introduction to the evidence-based approaches used and how they have been adapted for use with adolescents in the school environment. You will also have the opportunity to practice brief intervention.
Presenters: Lori Goetz, MA, Behavioral Health Consultant , Sangre de Cristo Community Health Partnership; Nancy Miquelon, MA, LPCC, Clinical Mental Health Counselor,
Sangre de Cristo Community Health Partnership;Ana Moseley, LISW, ACSW, Clinical Director, Sangre de Cristo Community Health Partnership; Letha S. Olmos, LISW, Independent Clinical Social Worker,Sangre de Cristo Community Health Partnership; Dr. Thomas Peterson, Associate Clinical Director and Regional Clinical Supervisor, Sangre de Cristo Community Health Partnership / NM SBIRT; April D. Stamper, LMSW, Behavioral Health Consultant, Sangre de Cristo Community Health Partnership
30. Psychosis: Early Warning Signs and the Importance of Early Intervention
In this session school professionals, who are often the first adults youth go to for help, are introduced to the knowledge and skills needed for early identification of psychotic disorders which could include schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression. Additionally, participants will learn about the Early Assessment and Resource Linkage for Youth (EARLY) Program, a treatment and research initiative providing early identification and treatment for families and young people who are at high risk of developing a psychotic disorder.
Presenters: Steven Adelsheim, MD, Psychiatrist, University of New Mexico; Margaret Migliorati, MA, LPCC, DTR, NCC, Mind Research Network
31. “ It was just a joke..." - Kids, Friendship Ethics, and Cyberbullying in the Age of the Internet
When we hear the term "Internet safety", we usually think of danger from adult predators. However, as kids spend more time on the net for educational, social, and entertainment purposes, they are more likely to be exposed to a unique form of bullying by peers that was unknown to their parents. The use of electronic devices to cause hurt or embarrassment, called "cyberbullying", has become increasingly common in recent years, blurring the boundary between school and home life, and often profoundly impacting both families and school communities. This workshop helps both school personnel and parents to identify electronic aggression, to take steps to reduce the likelihood of its occurring, and to deal effectively with it if it does happen.
Presenter: Emily D. Moore, PhD, Psychologist/Consultant, Social Empowerment Programs of New Mexico, LLC
32. Contraceptive Tool Bag
The high rate of (usually unintended) teen pregnancy in New Mexico is well-documented as are the consequent negative impacts. Lack of medically-accurate information (even misinformation) about teen sexuality and contraception contribute to this serious social problem. In recent years, medical research has shown that contraception and reproductive care for the teen should be simplified and more of the focus should be on long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) rather than solely the birth control pill. This presentation reviews the most current evidence-based information about promoting teen sexual health and effective contraception.
Presenter: Diana Koster, MD, Medical Director, Planned Parenthood of New Mexico
33. Bug Busting: Treatment of Head Lice
Learn about the treatment of head lice using The Bug Buster Kit which consists of special combs and instructions on how to detect and eradicate head lice with normal shampoos and conditioners. The kit can be reused by a whole family for a year or more, is ideal for detection and eradication of head lice without using pesticides, and it can be used to check the effectiveness of any head lice treatment. This process has also been able to destigmatize having lice and enables families of all socioeconomic classes to participate in a whole-school approach. Results of the New Mexico pilot study for treatment of head lice will also be presented.
Presenter: Janet Mason, RN, School Health Advocate, NM DOH, OSAH, Public Health Region 1&3
34. Engage New SBHC Champions - Hold an Open House
Learn how to stage an “open house” to advocate for your health program or school-based health center. This workshop utilizes a toolkit to help you to identify your target audience, plan the logistics, invite the media, evaluate the event’s success, and plan follow-up activities. Hear from colleagues who have organized successful open houses, share ideas with other attendees, and get a jumpstart on plans for your own open house.
Presenters: Debbie Birkhauser, EdS, MA, Deputy Director, NM Alliance for SBHC; Beth Hamilton-Ignacio, BS, Coordinator, Cuba School-Based Health Center; Nancy Passikoff, RN, School Nurse and SBHC Coordinator, Des Moines Schools
35. Strengthen the Heartbeat of Your Community
Today, heart disease affects the majority of Native American people and is the number one killer of our generations. “Honoring the Gift of Heart Health,” a Native-based curriculum that teaches about living a heart healthy lifestyle, is centered on traditional Native American beliefs in honoring oneself and our surroundings. In this workshop, four curriculum components related to positive heart healthy habits are explored: Learn Ways to Lower Your Cholesterol; Watch Your Weight-Be Good to Your Heart; Lower Your Blood Pressure and Positive Attitudes towards Healthy Living. Leave with the ability to begin teaching and working with the “Honoring the Gift of Heart Health” curriculum.
Presenter: Christina Chavez, BS-Health Education, Native American Cultural Health Initiatives Director, American Heart Association
36. Empowering Your School Health Advisory Council (SHAC)
Are you confused about what a SHAC is and what it can do? Or are you looking for ways to make your SHAC more effective? Then join us for an interactive workshop discussing the nuts and bolts of SHACs. Every school district in NM is supposed to have a representative district level SHAC as part of the wellness policy requirement. Meeting this requirement doesn’t have to be daunting. This workshop explores practical strategies and tools to help you develop and maintain a successful SHAC, including engaging members, planning, and taking action to improve wellness programs, policy, and practices.
Presenters: Chris O'Donnell, Manager, UNM School Based Health Center Program; Jennie McCary, RD, Wellness Coordinator, Albuquerque Public Schools
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