Health and Family Life Education and Health Services in Area Public Schools

Health and Family Life Education and Health Services in Area Public Schools

Physical and behavioral health services and programs are important to address the needs of area youth.

Action: Support the following physical and behavioral health services and programs: a dedicated health space, which conforms to state and national guidelines; sufficient professional staff and funding for each school’s health service needs; school advisory boards which include health professionals, parents and community members; a qualified and trained director of school health programs; funding for community health resources to assist school health services and programs; and health, social emotional learning, and family life education in our area schools which includes; regular periodic review of curriculum to ensure updating with new information or materials and to meet needs that are identified; more age-appropriate comprehensive sexuality education, instruction regarding positive coping skills, resilience, violence and suicide prevention; continued training of teachers in curricula and issues; use of experts to participate in education of students and teacher training, identifying additional resource materials and making them available to students, parents and teachers, increasing community and family understanding of and involvement in such programs.

 

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Charlottesville Area