Virtual Healthy School Resource List By WSCC Components
General WSCC Resources
- Achieving Impact: State Successes in Improving School Nutrition, Physical Education, Physical Activity, and the Management of Chronic Health Conditions in Schools (2017) [PDF – 4 MB], NACDD
- Building Sustainable Health and Education Partnerships: Stories from Local Communities
- Expanding the Coordinated School Health Approach
- Fact Sheet of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Model [PDF - 555 KB]
- Health and Academic Achievement [PDF 2.1MB]
- Local Health Department and School Partnerships: Working Together to Build Healthier Schools (2017) [PDF – 4 MB], NACDD
- Overview of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child [PDF - 2.2 MB]
- Springboard to Active Schools, NNHPI
- The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) Model: A Guide to Implementation (2017) [PDF – 7 MB], NACDD
- Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC)
- Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child: A Collaborative Approach to Learning and Health [PDF - 2.2 MB]
Nutrition Environment and Services
- At-Risk Afterschool Meals Component of CACFP
- CDC School Nutrition
- CDC Childhood Nutrition Facts
- CDC Increasing Access to Drinking Water in Schools [PDF – 150 KB]
- Comprehensive Framework for Addressing the School Nutrition Environment and Services [PDF – 3 MB]
- Fuel Up to Play 60: Funding General Information
- Local School Wellness Policy
- National School Lunch Program Afterschool Snack Service
- Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Dietary Guidelines
- School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity [PDF - 973 KB]
- School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Website
- School Health Index
- Summer Food Service Program
- United States Department of Agriculture: Choose My Plate
- United States Department of Agriculture: Local School Wellness Policy
- United States Department of Agriculture: Nutrition Standards for School Meals
- United States Department of Agriculture: School Breakfast Program Toolkit
- United States Department of Agriculture: Smart Snacks in Schools
- United States Department of Agriculture: Team Nutrition
- Water and Nutrition
Physical Education and Physical Activity
- Active Living Research: Increasing Physical Activity Through Recess [PDF - 218 KB]
- BAM! Body and Mind
- Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programs
- Fuel Up to Play 60: Funding General Information
- Let's Move! Active Schools
- National Program for Playground Safety
- Physical Activity
- President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition: Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
- Presidential Youth Fitness Program
- School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity [PDF - 973 KB]
- School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Website
- School Health Index
- SHAPE America
- SHAPE America: Grade-Level Outcomes for K-12 Physical Education [PDF - 1.0 MB]
- SHAPE America: The Essential Components of Physical Education [PDF - 392 KB]
- The Association Between School-Based Physical Activity, Including Physical Education, and Academic Performance [PDF - 2.5 MB]
- Youth Physical Activity Guidelines Toolkit
Health Services
- American Academy of Pediatrics: Children's Oral Health
- Basics About Diabetes
- Childhood Obesity Facts
- Competitive Foods and Beverages in U.S. Schools : A State Policy Analysis [PDF - 13.5 MB]
- Fact Sheet: Health Insurance for Children: How Schools Can Help [PDF – 1MB]
- Fact Sheet: Managing Chronic Health Conditions in Schools: The Role of the School Nurse [PDF – 650KB]
- Food Allergies in Schools Toolkit
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation: Type 1 Diabetes Toolkits
- Local School Wellness Policy
- National Association of School Nurses
- National Association of School Nurses: Keep Flu out of School E-Toolkit [PDF – 4.8 MB]
- Recess Planning in Schools CDC [PDF – 2 MB]
- Recess Planning Template [DOCX – 98 KB]
- Research Brief: Addressing the Needs of Students with Chronic Health Conditions: Strategies for Schools [PDF – 269KB]
- Research Brief: Chronic Health Conditions and Academic Achievement [PDF – 288KB]
- School-based Health Alliance
- School-based Health Alliance Health and Learning
- School Health Services
- School-Based Health Alliance, School Based Health Alliance
- Strategies for Recess in Schools [PDF - 2.6 MB]
- TEAMS Resources: Health services Assessment Tool for Schools (HATS)
Community Involvement
- Effective School Health Advisory Councils: Moving From Policy to Action [PDF - 962 KB]
- Let's Move! Create a School Health Advisory Council
- National Afterschool Association’s Healthy Eating and Physical Activity (HEPA) Standards
Family Engagement
- Coalition for Community Schools
- National Parent Teacher Association
- Parent Engagement
- Parents for Healthy Kids
- Parents for Healthy Schools
- Rudd ‘Roots Parents
- U.S. Department of Education: Family and Community Engagement
- Weight Bias and Bullying
Social and Emotional School Climate
- Action for Healthy Kids: Tools for Schools
- Alliance for a Healthier Generation: Non-Food Rewards
- American Academy of Pediatrics: The Crucial Role of Recess in School
- Competitive Foods and Beverages in U.S. Schools: A State Policy Analysis [PDF - 13.5 MB]
- Conflict Resolution at School and on the Playground
- Understanding Bullying Fact Sheet [PDF - 185 KB]
Employee Wellness
- Alliance for a Healthier Generation: Employee Wellness
- Alliance for a Healthier Generation: Facts on Health Promotion for Staff [PDF - 225 KB]
- Directors of Health Promotion and Education: School Employee Wellness
- Workplace Health Promotion
Counseling, Psychological, and Social Services
- American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- American School Counselor Association
- Center for Mental Health in Schools
- National Association of School Psychologists
- National Association of Social Workers
Health Education
- Characteristics of an Effective Health Education Curriculum
- Health Education in Schools: The Importance of Establishing Healthy Behaviors in our Nation's Youth [PDF - 132 KB]
- HECAT [PDF 240KB]
- National Health Education Standards
- SHAPE America: Appropriate Practices in School-Based Health Education
Physical Environment
- Consumer Product Safety Commission: Playground Safety
- Increasing Access to Drinking Water in Schools [PDF - 1.5 MB]
- Keep it Flowing: A Practical Guide to School Drinking Water Planning, Maintenance & Repair [PDF - 1 MB]
- National Program for Playground Safety: Online Training
- Playground Professionals: Are Your Children Supervised on the Playground by Trained Personnel?
- Safer Playgrounds: Assessing Layout, supervision, and Staff Training
- United States Environmental Protection Agency: Your Drinking Water
- Water Access in Schools
School Health Index Resources
- School Health Index
- School Health Index Frequently Asked Questions
- Training Tools for Healthy Schools e-Learning Series: School Health Index Course
- Using the School Health Index
Professional Development
- Follow Up Support Webinar
- Follow Up Support Toolkit [PDF – 229 KB]
- Guide to Promoting Professional Development [PDF – 4MB]
- How to Build a Training Cadre
- Revised CDC Professional Development Practices [PDF - 506 KB]
- Training Tools for Healthy Schools e-Learning Series: Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program (CSPAP) Course
- Training Tools for Healthy Schools e-Learning Series: Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT) Course
- Training Tools for Healthy Schools e-Learning Series: Parents for Healthy Schools (P4HS) Course
- Training Tools for Healthy Schools e-Learning Series: School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity (SHG) Course
- Training Tools for Healthy Schools e-Learning Series: School Health Index (SHI) Course
- Professional Development 101 (PD101): Part 1 and Part 2 - The Basics
- Professional Development 201 (PD201): From Basic to Dynamic
- Understanding Professional Development [PDF – 113 KB]
- Understanding the Training of Trainers Model [PDF – 712 KB]
- Page last reviewed: March 12, 2018
- Page last updated: March 12, 2018
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