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Walton County School Health Services
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MISSION: Seeks to identify student health or health related problems
and intervenes to modify or correct these problems. Students need to be healthy
in order to learn.
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PURPOSE: This website is a resource that contains basic information,
guidelines, and protocols for the Walton County Florida, School Health Program.
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The intended purpose is to serve as a resource for appropriate practices that
relate to school health and Increase the awareness of School Health issues and
the activities required of School Health by Florida Law and Administrative Code.
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The intended audience for this website is the person or persons who has
responsibility for one or more components of a school health program. These
people may include, but are not limited to, the following:
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- School health services personnel, such as school health nurses and health
educators
- Administrators, such as superintendents, district staff, and principals
- Teachers
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And may also include
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- School health assistants
- Classroom aides
- Parents and parent advocates
- Students, when appropriate
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This website provides an overview of the school health program in Walton County.
It has information describing health screening programs, health assessments,
administration of medication, infectious diseases control, and other school
health services and issues.
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For young people today to succeed in school, and ultimately in life, they must
learn to read, write, master mathematics and many other skills. Perhaps less
apparent, however, is the fact that health and social problems can adversely
affect a young person's ability to learn. Also, more children with special
health care needs and chronic illnesses are entering our schools daily.
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Additionally, schools must deal with students who suffer from substance abuse,
communicable diseases, physical and sexual abuse, eating disorders, chronic
illnesses, grief and depression, teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases
such as HIV and AIDS, and violence. Such physical, mental, and emotional health
problems cause students to miss school, lack energy, be distracted, or have
significant problems that may impair their and/or other students' ability to
learn as well as the school's ability to provide a safe and stable learning
environment.
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Parents have the primary responsibility to assure the health and well being of
their children. Private health care providers and government services are
resources to help parents deal with the health needs of their children. Since
children spend many of their daytime hours in school and since healthy kids make
better students, schools can play an important role in helping parents
successfully assure the health and well being of their children.
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The Walton County School Health Services Program seeks to support parents in
their efforts to raise educated and healthy children.
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For information or Questions contact
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Nancy H. Smith, RN, BSN, NCSN
School Health Services Manager
Phone: (850) 892-1100 ext 3241 smithn@walton.k12.fl.us
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