school nurses, nurse practitioners, dentists, water and fluoride varnish programs for health educators, physicians, physician high-risk children). assistants and allied health personnel provide Support the establishment of a dental these services. home for students. Develop a referral program or system for students with unmet oral health needs. Promote a medical/dental integration model for school-based health centers. Provide a training program for school nurses in the identification of oral health needs. Assess/evaluate oral health prevention and treatment service programs at regular intervals. Counseling, Psychological, & Social Services WSCC: Oral Health Integration: These prevention and intervention services Services to improve students’ mental, emotional support the mental, behavioral, and and social health should integrate the impact of health of students and promote oral health to the well being of the students. These success in the learning process. Services services can help by ensuring that children with include psychological, psychoeducational, and oral health needs obtain the needed professional psychosocial assessments; direct and indirect care. interventions to address psychological, academic, and social barriers to learning, such Oral Health Recommendations: as individual or group counseling and Promote awareness that poor oral health consultation; and referrals to school and impacts self-esteem and the ability to learn community support services as needed. among school-age children. Additionally, systems-level assessment, Create an educational program to inform prevention, intervention, and program design school counselors, psychologists and social by school-employed mental health professionals workers regarding issues of oral health contribute to the mental and behavioral health related to self-esteem and the ability to of students as well as to the health of the learn. school environment. These can be done through Inform school counselors, psychologists resource identification and needs assessments, and social workers on options for children school-community-family collaboration, and with unmet oral health needs to access ongoing participation in school safety and crisis care, (e.g. school dental referral program). response efforts. Additionally, school-employed Assess/evaluate oral health integrated with professionals can provide skilled consultation counseling, psychological and social with other school staff and community services at regular intervals. resources and community providers. mental health professionals ensure that services provided in school reinforce learning and help to align interventions provided by community providers with the school environment. Professionals such as certified school counselors, school psychologists, and school social workers provide these services. Social and Emotional Climate
school nurses, nurse practitioners, dentists, health educators, physicians, physician assistants and allied health personnel provide these services. water and fluoride varnish programs for high-risk children). Support the establishment of a dental home for students. Develop a referral program or system for students with unmet oral health needs. Promote a medical/dental integration model for school-based health centers. Provide a training program for school nurses in the identification of oral health needs. Assess/evaluate oral health prevention and treatment service programs at regular intervals. Counseling, Psychological, & Social Services WSCC: These prevention and intervention services support the mental, behavioral, and health of students and promote success in the learning process. Services include psychological, psychoeducational, and psychosocial assessments; direct and indirect interventions to address psychological, academic, and social barriers to learning, such as individual or group counseling and consultation; and referrals to school and community support services as needed. Additionally, systems-level assessment, prevention, intervention, and program design by school-employed mental health professionals contribute to the mental and behavioral health of students as well as to the health of the school environment. These can be done through resource identification and needs assessments, school-community-family collaboration, and ongoing participation in school safety and crisis response efforts. Additionally, school-employed professionals can provide skilled consultation with other school staff and community resources and community providers. mental health professionals ensure that services provided in school reinforce learning and help to align interventions provided by community providers with the school environment. Professionals such as certified school counselors, school psychologists, and school social workers provide these services. Oral Health Integration: Services to improve students’ mental, emotional and social health should integrate the impact of oral health to the well being of the students. These services can help by ensuring that children with oral health needs obtain the needed professional care. Oral Health Recommendations: Promote awareness that poor oral health impacts self-esteem and the ability to learn among school-age children. Create an educational program to inform school counselors, psychologists and social workers regarding issues of oral health related to self-esteem and the ability to learn. Inform school counselors, psychologists and social workers on options for children with unmet oral health needs to access care, (e.g. school dental referral program). Assess/evaluate oral health integrated with counseling, psychological and social services at regular intervals. Social and Emotional Climate