School Health Services Updates

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Health Services Updates Summer Edition

July 28, 2021

In this edition:

New Fall Guidance from DOH released today
Care-A-Van School Mobile Immunization Clinic Available for School Events
August Learning Opportunities: School Nurse Connect with Department of Health and Child and Family Support Training Opportunity

New Fall School Guidance Released

The Department of Health issued new COVID-19 guidance July 28, 2021 for the 2021-22 school year. There is updated guidance for face coverings, distancing, quarantine protocols for students, and layering of mitigation measures. Additional information is provided regarding diagnostic and screening testing in Schools. Please visit the DOH website here for the complete guidance.

Care-A-Van: School Mobile Immunization Clinic Available for School Events

The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is launching a new mobile COVID-19 vaccination effort across Washington state. To submit a request to have a DOH Care-a-Van at your event, please fill out the form at the link below and someone will reach out to you within 5 business days from the date of submission. This service is available for school and other events.

To maximize scheduling efforts, we ask that you submit your requests 30 days in advance of the event. Submission of request does not guarantee attendance but is based on availability.

Online request form: https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/COVID19/Vaccine/CareaVan

Questions? Email equity@doh.wa.gov or call 800-525-0127.

DOH Care-A-Van One Pager.pdf

August Learning Opportunities

School Nurse Connect with Department of Health

The Washington Department of Health (DOH) would like to invite you to join the first School Nurse Connects with DOH meeting on Tuesday, August 17^th, 2021.

The objective of this meeting is to provide a space for Washington State K-12 school nurses to ask questions of Washington State Department of Health subject matter experts regarding COVID-19 prevention and mitigation measures, and to discuss implementation of DOH COVID-19 guidelines for K-12 schools.

Meeting: School Nurse Connect with DOH

When: Aug 17, 2021 02:30 – 4:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Topic: Discussion of Fall DOH COVID-19 K-12 school guidance

Agenda: Dr. Bob Lutz, Medical Advisor, Washington State Department of Health, will present the components of the COVID-19 K-12 school fall guidance related to masking, distancing, vaccination, and testing. Following this presentation attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions. The full agenda is here.

Please register in advance for this webinar by clicking on the link below:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DxyH_x5-SC2qOy0x-N_HAg

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Child and Family Support Training Opportunity

Anticipate. Plan. Cope. (APC)

The Washington State Department of Health’s Behavioral Health Group is offering anticipate. plan. cope. (APC) train-the-trainer training to school counselors, social workers, and nurses to help strengthen the resilience of families in Washington’s school communities.

During APC train-the-trainer, school staff will learn how to deliver the APC training to parents and families they serve. Additionally, once train-the-trainer is completed, new trainers can then share this program out to other school staff, increasing its reach to families.

APC is a 30-minute training designed to assist parents beyond fact sheets as they cope during the COVID-19 pandemic. This training helps inoculate against stress by empowering parents to map and manage challenges proactively. In APC, parents learn 3 simple steps:

Anticipate challenges.
Plan to manage challenges by creating a family resilience map.
Cope by engaging previous successful coping strategies and exploring new coping tools.

Training Details

No cost to you or your organization
Length of train-the-trainer session is one hour
Held virtually in Zoom
Taught by professionals with disaster response expertise

Registration

Choose one training date and follow the link to register.

Thursday, August 26: 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Monday, August 30: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Contact

For questions, please email DOH-BHAdmin@doh.wa.gov (ATTN: Family Resilience – APC).

WAC 392-380 CR-103P Adopted Rules

On July 14, 2021, OSPI filed a CR-103 Adopted Rules (permanent) with the Code Reviser's office to update Chapter 392-380 WAC Public School Pupils – Immunization Requirement and Life-Threatening Health Conditions. This rule change is to clarify the procedural and substantive due process requirements governing the exclusion of children from schools pursuant to RCW 28A.210.120 and RCW 28A.210.320 and goes into effect 31 days after the filing. For more information, please see the OSPI Rulemaking Activity webpage.

Contact us

Please contact us at healthservices@k12.wa.us or by phone: (360) 725-6054

We check phone message intermittently. During the pandemic, email is the best way to contact Health Services staff for a more immediate response.

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