A new partnership with Association Health Programs allows ASHA to provide members with an exclusive health/business insurance program. As a result of this teaming, ASHA joins more than 300 national associations (a total of 2.5 million members!), allowing everyone who participates to save money on insurance and get help navigating the changing landscape of the… [Read more…]
February 6, 2012
The quality and content of comprehensive sexuality education varies greatly depending on the state, district, school and even the teacher. In an effort to achieve consistency, four leading national health and education organizations along with Advocates for Youth, Answer and SIECUS, released the National Sexuality Education Standards: Core Content and Skill K-12 in January 2012.… [Read more…]
February 6, 2012
Stephen Conley, executive director for ASHA, regrets to announce this sad news: Brenda Z. Greene, a friend of many and stalwart advocate for school health in all its facets, passed on Friday. This is tough news to share with the broader children’s health family. She will be sorely missed, but she will be remembered as a… [Read more…]
February 6, 2012
Are you hoping to present at the annual program of ASHA’s Research Council in October? Then be sure to tune into this webinar presented by the council and the Journal of School Health. In it, Robert McDermott, editor-in-chief of the Journal of School Health, will describe what characteristics make an abstract more acceptable to the review… [Read more…]
February 6, 2012
In an effort to support students and new professionals while improving the quality of abstracts in conference proposals, ASHA’s Research Council will pair those who are new to abstract writing with widely published authors in a mentoring program. If you are a student or new professional with less than two years experience, this program is for… [Read more…]
February 1, 2012
At our conference in October, several members suggested we start a blog for ASHA. This made us very happy (we had a blog with about a dozen posts) and a bit dismayed. Obviously, we had not publicized it well enough. To remedy that, we’re going to mention the blog – we’re calling it The Pulse… [Read more…]
January 23, 2012
ASHA is accepting applications for three student scholarships and a student research grant. The Association awards three scholarships of $1000.00 annually, one each to students in these specializations. School Health Education School Nursing Pediatric / Adolescent Medicine or Dentistry In addition to the financial award, scholarship recipients receive a complimentary 0ne-year ASHA membership and complimentary registration… [Read more…]
January 20, 2012
ASHA is now accepting applications for general conference workshops, research sessions and teaching techniques to be presented at our 86th Annual School Health Conference, “Making Connections: The People, Passion, and Promise of School Health,” October 10-13 in San Antonio, Texas. If you are thinking about it, but feel reluctant to commit, here are 5 reasons… [Read more…]
January 12, 2012
Friday, February 17 2:30-4:00 Eastern Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now. Middle school bullying behavior has been identified as the most critical factor in student learning, absenteeism and depression. Both the American School Health Association and the Children’s Health Education Center of Children’s Hospital of Milwaukee are committed to reducing bullying in schools across the… [Read more…]
January 9, 2012
ASHA’s council on sexuality education and reproductive health did a fine job of representing our organization in this process. The end result is a tool that can help schools teach students how to stay safe and healthy. Groundbreaking National Sexuality Education Standards Set the New Gold Standard for Sexuality Education in Public Schools Today, four… [Read more…]
February 7, 2012
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