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Judi Sipowicz, Director Coordinated School Health Programs
Maine Department of Education
23 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
Tel. 207-624-6696
Fax 207-624-6691

judith.Sipowicz@maine.gov


Sheila Nelson, Director Coordinated School Health Programs
Maine Department of Health and Human Services
11 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
Tel. 207-287-3856
Fax 207-287-9058

sheila.nelson@maine.gov

 

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CSHP Resources & Contacts

Tips and Tools for Coordinated Health Programs in Maine

Action Plans

Evaluating the Action Plan in word

Sample Action Plan Guide with Evaluation in word

Advocacy

8 Components Diagram in word

Advocacy in word

Becoming an Articulate Advocate for Health in word

Benefits of CSHP SHCs in word

Coordinating School Health Programs Gen Tips in word

Best Practices in word

InfoSheet in word

Rationale for Coordinating School Health Programs in word

Talking About Health Is Academic in word

A Coordinated Approach to Promoting Health in Schools

Coordination Sheets

Front Cover

Acknowledgements

Essential Structures

Creating or Strengthening Essential Structures for School Health Programs in word

Establishing Essential Structures (Content) in word

Inventory of Interpersonal Skills in word

Recruiting Members in word

Sample Functions of School Health Leadership Team and School Health Advisory Council Groups in word

School Health Advisory Council Roster in word

School Health Leadership Team Roster in word

Steps for Coordinating School Health Program in word

Twelve Recommendations for Effective Teams in word

Resources

Resource Directory in word

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School Health Coordinator Roles and Responsibilities

Certification Requirements in word

Conditional Certification in word

School Health Coordinator Roles & Functions in word

Speaking of Roles in word

Setting District Priorities

Factors to Consider When Setting Priorities in word

Priorities Tally Form in word

School Health Index

Setting Priorities in word

Why Use the School Health Index in word

Supporting Literature

CSHP Local Brochure (Microsoft Word format may be edited to provide your local contact information)
Click here to download: Local CSHP Brochure

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CSHP Brochure (State)
Click here to download:
State CSHP Brochure PDF

CSHP General Contact List

  • Coordinating School Health Programs (CSHP)
  • CSHP Web Site (www.maineCSHP.com)
  • Trainings
    • Contact individual programs or view the CSHP Calendar page.

  • Funding
    • Contact individual programs or view Funding page on CSHP web site. The Funding page contains links to Bureau of Purchases Request for Proposals page for details on available State funding, as well as internet links to Federal and private foundation funding information.

  • Data
    • Contact individual programs or view Data page on CSHP web site. The Data page contains links to data that are available electronically as well as contacts for non-electronic data reports.

Powerpoint Presentations
PowerPoint 2000 Presentation
PowerPoint 95-97 Presentation

E-Newsletters
You can have the latest information dropped right on your electronic doorstep by subscribing to the following e-mail news sources:

Alliance for Curriculum Reform
The Alliance for Curriculum Reform is a collaborative, non-profit organization that brings together the leaders, insights, and resources of more than twenty national education associations concerned with curriculum and school reform. Of particular use is the "member links" and "events calendar" sections posted under the "ACR Members" section. www.acr.uc.edu/

American Red Cross
Masters of Disaster, a K-8 curriculum on preparing for and dealing with natural disasters, is available at www.redcross.org/curriculum

Assessment Reports
The Council of State School Officers has released the following reports on assessing coordinated school health programs:

  • State Standards and State Assessment: A Guide to Alignment
  • Primary Level Assessment for IASA Title I: A Call for Discussion.

Both reports are available from CCSSO at 202-336-7016 or www.ccsso.org/publications/index.cfm?init=1.

Asthma Resources

  • Allies Against Asthma Resource Bank
    The Resource Bank provides a basic and advanced search engine to locate materials related to asthma education, programs, coalitions, and evaluation. Resource Bank
  • Strategies for Addressing Asthma Within a Coordinated School Health Program
    This document provides suggestions for schools working to improve health and school attendance of children with asthma. The report can also be viewed or downloaded at www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/healthtopics/asthma.
  • The New England Asthma Regional Council
    Nearly one million New Englanders suffer from asthma. We know that asthma is strongly influenced by exposures in the environment, both indoors and outdoors. Recent research suggests asthma, in some cases, is caused by environmental exposures. www.asthmaregionalcouncil.org
  • Updated Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (2002)
    Web site includes the full report that updates the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) Guidelines on selected topics, and additional resources. www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/asthma

Canadian Association for School Health
The Association has posted more than 400 lesson plans and on-line learning activities in sexuality education, available at: www.safehealthyschools.org

Classroom Management and School Discipline: A Tool Kit for Creating Effective Learning Environments
Available from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction at www.dpi.state.wi.us/pubsales

Cover the Uninsured
Cover the Uninsured, a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is a national effort to highlight the fact that too many Americans are living without health insurance and demand solutions from our nation's leaders. Forty-six million Americans are uninsured. More than 9 million of them are children. http://covertheuninsured.org/

Curriculum Resource Center of Maine http://www.crcom.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55&Itemid=61
A wealth of free and/or lendable resources for teachers at all levels. Visit the center at 200 Hogan Road, Bangor ME 04401.

Disaster Preparedness Materials
These web sites, one from Maine Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and one from the American Red Cross have instructions about how individuals, families, schools, and businesses can each improve their preparedness for any type of hazard, from an ice storm to a bioterrorism attack.

Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

Everything You Wanted to Know About HIV/AIDS in the Classroom but Were Afraid to Ask: A Teacher's Interactive Journey
This video-embedded CD-ROM may be borrowed for periods of two months for the purpose of pre-service or in-service teacher training. Contact Leslie A. Bozeman at 202-293-2450 or lbozeman@aacte.org.

 

"Fast Foods in California's High Schools"
Contact: Susan B. Foerster, MPH, RD, Chief Cancer Prevention and Nutrition Section California Department of Health Services
Delivery: 601 N 7th St., MS 662, Sacramento, CA 95814
Mail: P.O. Box 942732 MS 662, Sacramento, CA 94234-7320
Phone: (916)322-1520 - Fax: (916)322-1532
E-mail:Sfoerste@dhs.ca.gov
Visit us at: www.dhs.ca.gov/cpns/

Free Teaching Resources are available on the following federal website: http://www.free.ed.gov/displaydate.cfm

Healthier U.S. - Healthier Us
For information on the HealthierUS Initiative and children's health, visit:
www.healthierus.gov

Healthy Schools, Healthy Kids
This database consists of selected NSBA Publications regarding school health programs topics. Articles are arranged by component/area of interest, such as Comprehensive/Coordinated School Health articles, HIV/AIDS articles, Healthy Eating articles, etc. These publications are available online in their full-text versions.
http://www.nsba.org/MainMenu/SchoolHealth.aspx

Hospice Foundation of America's New Resource to Assist Young People http://www.hospicefoundation.org/

"Helping Young People," a special issue of their bereavement newsletter, JOURNEYS. This new issue offers advice to those assisting children and adolescents who are coping with loss and grief. "Helping Young People" joins the recently published "Adolescent Issue," which contains articles written for adolescents by their peers. Contact Information: Jon Radulovic, Communications Director, 1-800-854-3402, jon@hospicefoundation.org

Kids Count Census Data Online
Kids Count has created an interactive database that allows you to view data, and create and print reports. Data can be viewed by New England towns, cities, states, counties, and other criteria. www.aecf.org/kidscount/census/

Maine School Health Education Coalition (MeSHEC)
"Maine School Health Education Coalition is a voluntary organization that firmly believes all Maine schools should teach health education and teach it well. We work to support efforts to reach that goal. Look further for information about our coalition, school health resources, advocacy tips, and become a member of MeSHEC!" www.meshec.org

Making Health Academic
Updated action steps, created to provide a step by step process of creating a CSHP program in your community. To access these steps go to: www2.edc.org/makinghealthacademic

Mental Health in Schools
Full text of the new report, Mental Health in Schools: Guidelines, Models, Resources and Policy Considerations, along with related information, may be downloaded from smhp.psych.ucla.edu

NASBE's State School Health Policy Database
The National Association of State Boards of Education Health Policy Database is a comprehensive set of laws and policies from 50 states on more than 40 school health topics.
http://www.nasbe.org/healthy_schools/hs/index.php

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
Research and information on causes and prevention of youth violence: www.safeyouth.org

School Health Guidelines to Prevent Unintentional Injuries and Violence
Students have the right to learn in a safe and protective school environment. These guidelines from the U.
S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were designed to help education agencies and schools promote safety and make schools safe places for students to learn. The guidelines are available in PDF form Guidelines PDF and also in html Guidelines html.

Tobacco Prevention Information and News
Tobacco BBS features news, information and debate on tobacco-related issues at www.tobacco.org. Additional information is available from the state and national branches of the American Lung Association at www.mainelung.org and www.lungusa.org.

Youth Suicide Prevention, Intervention, & Postvention Guidelines: A Resource for School Personnel http://www.maine.gov/suicide/

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