Health and Wellness

  • Suicide Prevention Week - September 5 - 11, 2016 is California's Suicide Prevention Week

    To find out more about suicide prevention, warning signs, risk factors and awareness, please visit the National Suicide Prevention website.

    AB329 Overview –  California Healthy Youth Act - September 8, 2016

    Health, Science or P.E. Educators, nurses or any other designated staff are urged to attend this overview of the revised AB329 California Healthy Youth Act (formerly the CA Comprehensive Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Act) to gain an understanding of AB329's revised requirements for educators and receive information about the curricula to provide comprehensive sex education programs in 2016-17.

    Immunization Requirements 101 for Childcare and TK/K-12 – September 21, 2016

    Presented by the Marin County Office of Education in partnership with the Marin County Health and Human Services and the 16th District PTA.  In this workshop you will review what immunizations are required by age and grade, review immunization requirements, including changes due to SB277, a new law passed in 2015 that modifies personal belief exemptions (PBEs) and learn about conditional admission and requirements for medical exemption documentation.

    Diabetes in School Setting – October 18, 2016

    Training for school site teams will include an overview of diabetes, the basic signs and symptoms of hypo and hyper-glycemia, the assessment of non-emergency status and the appropriate response of the school personnel to these diabetic situations.  This course satisfies annual training requirement.

    AB329 –  California Healthy Youth Act – Follow-Up Topics - October 27, 2016

    Health, Science or P.E. Educators, nurses or any other designated staff are urged to attend AB329 California Healthy Youth Act (formerly the CA Comprehensive Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Act).  Different from the AB329 Overview (description above) – this seminar will focus on Body Image/Self Esteem; STI's and HIV; Bullying.

    Conditional Entry Decision Tool for TK/K-12

    The Conditional Entry Decision Tool for TK/K-12 was created by the San Francisco Public Health agency and may be useful for looking at records of students who are missing doses of vaccines.  It can help determine if a student is up to date or a conditional admission, how many doses are needed, and when the next dose of vaccine is due.

    October is National Farm to School Month

    Farm to school enriches the connection communities have with fresh, healthy food and local food producers by changing food purchasing and education practices at schools and early care and education settings.

    Marin School Nurses Organization

    Marin School Nurses Organization meets monthly at MCOE to discuss current student health needs and legislation.

    Legal Update Memo regarding Medication Administration

    Occasionally the Legislature passes a law which is repealed "by its own terms" when it is enacted.  Such is the case with Education Code section 49414.7, which authorized nonmedical employees to provide medical assistance to pupils who suffer from seizures due to epilepsy.  Education Code section 49414.7 was passed in 2011.  This statute remains in effect until January 1, 2017 unless the Legislature extends this statute.