School Health Updates
Health Education News from Oakland Schools
March 17, 2016
limited time opportunities
Building Healthy Communities: Step Up for School Wellness Application
We encourage Michigan schools, grades K-12, to apply for the 2016-2017 Building Healthy Communities: Step Up for School Wellness Program.
The Building Healthy Communities: Step Up for School Wellness is specifically designed to be flexible and fit the unique needs of each individual school environment and its community. This model helps schools make targeted improvements to their environment by allowing them to select the components that will best meet their needs. Students, teachers, and administrators will be provided the curriculum, equipment, and resources they need to change their school environment to increase healthy eating and physical activity.
Components available for 2016-2017:
- Classroom Physical Activity Breaks
- Active Recess
- Quality Physical Education
- Healthy Smoothies
- Smarter Lunchrooms
- Healthy Parties and Celebrations
- Nutrition Education
Full eligibility information, program descriptions and application information are located at bcbsm.com/buildhealth. Applications are due March 18, 2016.
Blue Cross® Blue Shield® of Michigan, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Michigan Department of Education, Michigan Fitness Foundation, Michigan State University Extension, Michigan Team Nutrition, United Dairy Industry of Michigan and Action for Healthy Kids are working together to improve student health and transform school environments through Building Healthy Communities: Step Up for School Wellness.
Riding with Focus: School Cycling Program
Specialized Foundation just announced they are accepting application for their Riding with Focus program for next school year.
If you are interested in starting or developing a school cycling program for grades 6, 7, or 8, check this out. Selected schools will receive up to 30 youth bikes and helmets, maintenance kit, curriculum, and a trip to Specialized Headquarters for training and support--valued at $15,000.
The Specialized Foundation recommends applying early--the good news is the application opened up just now!
Click here to learn more and apply for Phase One of the selection process.
Also, you can learn more about Riding with Focus and the research Specialized Foundation is doing on the benefits of cycling on academic performance and ADHD by watching this video including Dr. John Ratey: https://youtu.be/Hi1DA30Up-g
2016 Fuel up to Play 60 Michigan Student Ambassador Summit
Students and Program Advisors are invited to represent their school and attend this year’s Leadership Summit.
When: Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Where: Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan
Hear from inspirational Michigan leaders, sharpen skills to overcome barriers and learn how to encourage others to stay healthy and active, too!
Applications are due Wednesday, March 30th, 2016 and are available at http://milkmeansmore.org/2016-michigan-student-ambassador-summit.
Don’t forget – the opportunity to attend the National Student Ambassador Summit is still available! Encourage your students to log their activities at www.FuelUptoPlay60.com today and become eligible to apply for this jam-packed once in a lifetime opportunity! Applications for this National event are due March 11, 2016.
Game on Grants: Action for Healthy Kids
Grant applications are due by April 1.
2016 Michigan School Wellness Award
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is excited to launch the 2016 School Wellness Award. The Michigan School Wellness Award aims to engage schools statewide in creating healthy school environments by establishing School Health Teams, completing the Healthy School Action Tools (HSAT) and implementing sustainable policy and environmental changes.
Schools are invited to apply for the award by April 20, 2016.
The MDHHS, in collaboration with the Michigan Department of Education, United Dairy Industry of Michigan, Action for Healthy Kids and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, will recognize schools making significant improvements to their school environments related to healthy eating, physical activity and tobacco-free lifestyles.
Schools taking exemplary steps to improve the health of students and staff will be recognized this spring at a special award ceremony at the state Capitol.
For more information about the School Wellness Award, or to apply online, visit http://mihealthtools.org/greatschools.
Questions about the application? Contact Karen Krabill Yoder (517) 355-8908 or yoderk@michigan.gov
webinars and more
Teaching Consent through Modeling and Skill Building Webinar
Presented by Julia Bennett, MPH, Manager of Education & Publications, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, this session will provide school health professionals with the tools and resources to teach the basics of consent with teens and young adults in the classroom.
At the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to:
Explain why consent education is needed, and how it’s different than sexual assault/unhealthy relationships education.
Identify useful videos that explain and model consent for use in the classroom.
Teach a lesson plan on how to negotiate consent.
Teach a lesson plan on media literacy around consent.
Brought to you by American School Health Association.
Michigan Model Secondary HIV/STI Prevention and Healthy Relationships Curriculum
8:00 am- 2:30 pm
Macomb ISD
Register online at www.misd.net
Participants will be trained on the Michigan Model for Health Curriculum for Reproductive Health:
o Growing Up and Staying Healthy, grades 7 & 8: 10 lessons
o Healthy and Responsible Relationships, grades 9-12: 22 lessons
5 SCECHs are pending approval.
For questions on content, contact Mary Lebioda at mlebioda@misd.net, 586-228-3490.
For questions on registration, contact Sandy Geldhof at sgeldhof@misd.net, 586-228-3547.
Starting and Sustaining a School Garden
8:00am- 3:15pm
Cost: $75.00
Register by April 1: http://events.anr.msu.edu/S3GTollgate2016/
MSU Tollgate Education Center, 28115 Meadowbrook Rd.,Novi, MI 48377
A workshop designed for hands-on teachers, paraprofessionals, parents & volunteers:
· Participants will learn to plan, maintain and run a school garden while integrating it into their curriculum.
· From gardening basics to building a garden team and trying out classroom lessons and activities, this workshop is for educators interested in hands-on teaching tools.
· School garden activities are presented as a strategy for meeting curriculum content expectations.
Lunch & resource materials will be provided
SCECHs available for fee & upon approval
For information about partial scholarships, contact Kristine Hahn (248) 802-4590 or hahnk@msu.edu
Resources
Keep it Fresh. Live Tobacco-free.
"Fresh Empire" launched in May 2015 and will reach multicultural youth who identify with the hip-hop peer crowd in markets throughout the country through TV, radio, print, the web, social media, and local hip-hop events by the end of 2016. Understanding that tobacco use is often portrayed as a norm amongst the hip-hop peer crowd, the campaign talks with youth using aspirational messaging to convey that tobacco use is not a necessary part of the hip-hop lifestyle. This campaign is the second of many campaigns targeting key audiences that the FDA will launch in the next two years.
Background here.
Teen site here.
Including LGBTQ Youth in Pregnancy Prevention: Why It Matters
The teen pregnancy rate in the United States is one of the highest in industrialized nations. New York City has one of the higher pregnancy rates in the country. The borough of the Bronx has a rate 45% higher than the national rate (61.7 per 1,000 females aged 15-19 years), with approximately 9% of teens (15-19 years old) becoming pregnant. At the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, our work is to address the disproportionally higher rate of teen pregnancy in certain neighborhoods.
So how do LGBTQ youth fit into this picture?
The Changing Face of America's Adolescents
More than 12 percent of people in the United States—almost 42 million—are between the ages of 10 and 19.[1] These adolescents are increasingly diverse and reflect the changing racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic structure of the U.S. population.
As young people develop their identities and habits, these diverse characteristics are connected to their health outcomes and access to services. If adults who work with youth understand the demographic characteristics and diversity of adolescents, they can do a better job of planning and delivering health services to this population.
- Number of Adolescents
- Age and Gender
- Race and Ethnicity
- Socioeconomic Status
- Geographic Location
Read the full article and see more graphs at the Office of Adolescent Health site here.
Celebrate National Nutrition Month!
Introducing MyPlate Challenges!
MyPlate Challenges encourage healthy eating and physical activity through friendly competition. In SuperTracker, a free food and activity tracking tool, this new, online challenge platform is available to groups of people working to get healthy together. Anyone can create a SuperTracker group and invite others to join, e.g. health professionals, teachers, or worksite wellness coordinators. Choose from a ready-made challenge or design your own custom challenge.
Here's how to get started:
1. Create a SuperTracker group: watch this video for a step-by-step tutorial
2. Invite others to join via email or with your group code at
SuperTracker.usda.gov/join
3. Create a challenge for your group: watch this video for a step-by-step tutorial
4. Instruct participants to use a challenge Quick Tracker to record their foods and
physical activities during the challenge. They’ll earn points and get progress
updates along the way.
5. Check the challenge leader board to discover the winners!
In celebration of National Nutrition Month, MyPlate invites you to take the limited-time only MyPlate, MyWins Challenge this month. This challenge is a fun and simple 2 + 2 + 2:
- Eat 2 foods from each MyPlate food group
- Do 2 physical activities
- For 2 days
First Lady Michelle Obama is once again teaming up with the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Education to host the fifth annual Healthy Lunchtime Challenge. The challenge invites kids ages 8-12 to create an original MyPlate-inspired recipe that is healthy, affordable, and delicious.
In celebration of the MyPlate, MyState initiative, the 2016 Healthy Lunchtime Challenge is putting a spotlight on homegrown pride across the country and encouraging entries to include local ingredients grown in the entrant's state, territory, or community.
Recipes can be submitted until April 4th.
Come Learn with us!
Michgian Model for Health Trainings
The Michigan Model for Health is an evidence-based sequential K-12 curriculum that addresses essential health skills and covers Social and Emotional Skills; Nutrition and Physical Activity; Safety; Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs; and Personal Health and Wellness. Content aligns with the Michigan Grade Level Content Expectations for Health (GLCEs), Michigan Merit guidelines for Health, and the National Health Education Standards.
The Michigan Model for Health Curriculum is recognized by Collaborative for Academic, Socials and Emotional Learning (CASEL) www.casel.org/guide and the National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices www.nrepp.samhsa.gov. Research studies show students that receive this curriculum have stronger communication skills, better skills in managing their feelings and actions, improved attitudes about taking actions to stay safe, and stronger drug and tobacco refusal skills.
We offer training for both teachers and mental health professionals.
Teachers will leave their grade level course prepared to teach these skill-based lessons, which will lead to meaningful behavior changes in the classroom and beyond. Each teacher receives a grade level manual with lessons, PowerPoint slides, family resource sheets, and assessments. They also receive a kit that includes all required materials for the lessons, such as, posters, books, and videos.
For mental health professionals interested in supporting this Tier 1 curriculum, there is an afternoon breakout session provided to discuss ways to collaborate with teachers, creative effective Tier II interventions, and use for special education assessment and/or intervention. Each mental health professional receives a grade level manual with lessons, PowerPoint slides, family resource sheets, and assessments. They also receive a kit that includes all required materials for the social and emotional health lessons, such as, posters, books, and videos.
Sub-reimbursement available up to $100/day.
SCECHs pending. Please have PIC available at sign in.
MMH 7-8
revised in 2014
April 19, 2016
8:30am- 3:00pm
Cost: $25
register here: http://tinyurl.com/pawk8y9
CATCH Physical Education Training
Coordinated Approach to Child Health Physical Education (CATCH PE) is a developmentally appropriate physical education program that reinforces movement skills, sports involvement, physical fitness, social development, skill competency, and cognitive understanding about the importance of lifelong physical activity. The primary goal of CATCH’s PE component is to increase the amount of moderate-to-vigorous activity (MVPA) children engage in during their PE time and encourage students to get 60 minutes a day of physical activity.
Participants will leave with:
· Tools to manage games and activities to increase the amount students are moving
· Resources and skills to sustain a healthy school environment
· Online resource library
Audience: K-12 PE Teachers
Fee: $15, includes materials and lunch
Please wear sneakers and comfortable clothing as this is a physically active training.
This exciting opportunity is part of the collaborative effort of Healthy Pontiac, We Can!
SCECHs pending. Please have PIC available at sign in.
Register Online: Go to http://tinyurl.com/zjtqa5a
For more information: Please contact Sue Kiersey at sue.kiersey@oakland.k12.mi.us
Wednesday, Mar 23, 2016, 08:00 AM
Oakland Schools, Pontiac Lake Road, Waterford Township, MI, United States
Youth Mental Health First Aid Training
One-day class teaches professionals, community how to help youth with mental illness.
Oakland Schools, with support from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) and Advancing Wellness and Resilience in Education State Educational Agency (AWARE-SEA) will offer free mental health first aid training to those who wish to better understand how to handle a situation in which they may be required to help a youth who experiences mental health challenges.
Youth Mental Health First Aid is an eight-hour certification course designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers and other citizens how to support adolescents ages 12-18 who might be experiencing a mental health challenge.
Classes are scheduled for:
- June 13
- July 12
- August 30
- September 20
The Mental Health First Aid course will teach participants the risk factors and warning signs of a variety of mental health challenges common among adolescents, including anxiety, depression, psychosis, eating disorders, AD/HD, disruptive behavior disorders, and substance use disorder.
Using role-playing and simulations, participants will learn to assess a mental health crisis; select interventions and provide initial help; and connect young people to professional, peer, social, and self-help care. Participants will not learn to diagnose, nor how to provide any therapy or counseling – rather, participants will learn how to support a youth developing signs and symptoms of a mental illness, or in an emotional crisis by applying a core five-step action plan:
- Assess for risk of suicide or harm
- Listen non-judgmentally
- Give reassurance and information
- Encourage appropriate professional help
- Encourage self-help and other support strategies
SCECHs pending. Please have PIC available at sign in.
Fee: no cost.
Participants will be asked to take a brief survey via email. No identifying information will be collected. Attendees are asked to dress comfortably, as the training is interactive. A lunch break will be included, however lunch is not provided. Participants are welcome to bring food and drinks.
Register: online.
More Information: Holly Douglas at 248.209.2430 or email Holly.Douglas@oakland.k12.mi.us.
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