Success Across the State The California School Health Center’s 2011 Regional Conference Series consisted of three regional conferences that reached hundreds of school health center staff members, health care providers and advocates of healthy students over a three-month period. Participants’ reviews of the one-day conferences in Fresno, Oakland and Los Angeles included: “Knowledgeable CSHC staff […]

[…] amplify youth engagement and access to school-based health through leadership, advocacy, and empowerment throughout California. In 2007, five young people formed the California School-Based Health Alliance ( CSHA) Youth Board, a group of school health advocates from across California committed to the advancement of school-based health care, empowered by their lived experiences with adolescent […]

[…] utilize available funding and create sustainable partnerships. Presenter: Lisa Eisenberg, California School-Based Health Alliance, and Saun-Toy Trotter, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Download the Presentation Watch the Recording CSHA‘s Youth Voices Webinar Series: Through Our Eyes: A Youth Perspective on Mental Health April 17, 2017: Mental health is something that affects people of all ages from […]

Potential activities of CWCs in a school-based health and wellness center might include: Wellness Promotion & Education Classroom presentations on wellness skills, social emotional learning (SEL) competencies, mindfulness, evidence-based stress busters, substance use prevention, social skills, bullying prevention, suicide prevention Lead campus wellness activities such as stress busters, mental health literacy, and cultural healing […]

[…] the effects of tobacco and nicotine, but it can be overwhelming to read so much information. In hope of easing the burden and engaging more young people, CSHA put together some of the most youth-friendly tobacco education resources. These are select resources we believe youth would find the most relevant: The Truth Campaign: Nicotine […]

A youth participant speaks during the Youth2Youth summit in Madera, California. The California School-Based Health Alliance ( CSHA) hosted 115 high school students from across the state at the Madera County Superintendent of Schools auditorium on November 17, 2023, for Advocating for a Brighter Future – a Youth 2 Youth (Y2Y) convening created by […]

[…] the focus area, project highlights, resources from the two projects, and examples of how SBHCs and schools can implement effective practices to support students with trauma exposure. CSHA’s Restorative, Trauma-Informed Schoolwide Assessment The intention of the Restorative, Trauma-Informed Schoolwide Assessment is to support school leaders and staff in assessing their use of restorative, trauma-informed […]

Here you will find some resources on immigration. CSHA Resources for Supporting Undocumented Students Webinar Recording: Let’s Talk: Protecting Immigrant Families (October 2019) Tipsheet: Navigating the Current Climate – Having a Preparedness Plan Supporting Undocumented Students: A module of our Youth Health Worker curriculum that can be used with youth development groups Other Resources […]

Transcript What is FERPA?The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) protects the privacy of students’ personal records held by “educational agencies or institutions” that receive federal funds under programs administered by the U.S. Secretary of Education.29 What is an educational agency or institution subject to FERPA?“Educational agencies or institutions” are defined as institutions that […]