Please Note:
The Region One ESC campus will be closed Dec. 25, 2023 - Jan. 5, 2024. School Health Program staff will be unavailable during this time, but will return to normal operations on January 8, 2024.
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Need Assistance?
To better serve districts, a new request form is available. Submit your request online for topics including:
- Training
- Documentation
- Health Screenings & More!
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) | |
RSV infections are rising sharply in multiple parts of the country, including Texas, Georgia and other states, according to the Associated Press.
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Children with RSV should be excluded from school until 24 hours fever free* See the Chart: Communicable Disease Chart
Resources for parents:
| | | | Covid-19 Testing Supply Program | Schools may request over-the-counter (OTC) rapid antigen COVID-19 self-tests free of charge for their students, families, staff, and school community. These self-tests are easy to use and can play an important role in containing the spread of the virus in schools and communities. | |
HIV/AIDS Awareness Month
December 1, 2023 | World AIDS Day
| | | | Schools reach millions of students in grades 9-12 everyday and you are in a unique position to help educate students about HIV and link them a confidential health service that includes HIV testing, counseling, and treatment. | | National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) | | | |
December 4-8, 2023
This week is meant to remind people that there is still time to benefit from the first and most important action in preventing flu illness and potentially serious flu complications. CDC data shows that flu vaccination coverage was lower last season, especially among higher risk groups, such as pregnant people and children. Get a flu vaccine today!
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Region One ESC Learning Opportunities
Upcoming Workshops
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| Drug Impairment Training for Educational Professionals (DITEP) | |
December 18 - 19, 2023
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Region One ESC | Laguna Madre Room
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The mission of the DITEP program is to provide school administrators, teachers, and nurses with a systematic approach to recognizing and evaluating individuals in the academic environment who are using or are impaired by drugs, in order to provide early intervention.
This FREE course provides 16 hours of TCOLE credit or certificates for Nursing CEU, Continuing Professional Educator (CPE) or Addiction Professional CEU.
Learn About
- Drug Categories and Effects
- Drug Combinations
- Eye Examinations
- Divided Attention Tests
- Assessment Process
- Contacting the Parents
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The DITEP program is funded by: Texas Department of Transportation | | Trauma- Informed, Resilience-Oriented, and Equity-Focused Systems (TIROES) | | DSHS Screening Certifications | | Human Trafficking Look Beneath The Surface Event | | Region One ESC School Health Program and Weslaco ISD cohosted Human Trafficking education event on Nov. 17. We are grateful to our presenters and attendees for a successful event. | |
Nursing Continuing Professional Development
NCPD Opportunities
| | Save The Date - DHR Inaugural Headache Symposium | | | | | Community Awareness Q&A session from 4 to 6 PM | | | | |
Learning Sessions: 8am to 4pm. Topics will Include:
- Headaches in Children and Teenagers
- Headaches and Mental Health
- Managing Headaches during school hours
| | Region One School Nurses representing at 2023 TSNO conference in San Marcos. Districts present: Edinburg ISD, Harlingen CISD, McAllen ISD, Mercedes ISD, Mission ISD, United ISD. | | Our Regional School Based Nurse, Jacqueline Torres-Harden, visited our friends at South Texas Health System to lead a presentation on diabetes in children and how school personnel can help. Kudos to our School Health team for sharing critical information with the community, and thanks to our partners at South Texas Health Systems. | | | |
If you have news, we want to hear about it! We would like to feature the great things our school health professionals are doing in their roles. | |
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Jacqueline Harden, BSN, RN
Regional School Based Nurse
School Health Services
Division of Administrative Leadership,
School, and Community Support
P: (956) 984-6208
E: jharden@esc1.net
www.esc1.net/school-health
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