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Benefits of Advocacy
- Reduced illness and disability
- Reduced risk and restriction
- Less frequent disruption at school and work
- Better attendance
- Fewer emergencies
- Reduced medication costs
- Better school-parent relationships
- Reduced school liability
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Advocacy/Consulting/Crisis Intervention
Services and Fees
Intake Form
Fee Agreement
Why Parents Need A Plan...
- Students
with chronic health conditions, no matter what their health status or
degree of impairment, face common obstacles to managing their health at
school.
- A chronic health condition affects every aspect of a student's day.
- Schools vary enormously in their ability and willingness to serve students with chronic health conditions.
- Without some extra thought, information exchange, communication and
planning, school can be an unfriendly, hazardous place where students
face unacceptable risks to their health, safety, learning and
development.
- Discriminatory practices and unsafe school
conditions endanger and disenfranchise children, waste precious
education and health care dollars, and add to the already enormous
health care, social and economic burdens on families, communities and
the nation as a whole.
Students and Parents Need
- Comprehensive school health services and qualified school nurses
- An appropriate standard of care and effective policies
- Delegation by design not default
- Effective information exchange and cooperative planning for health and eucation
- Reliable access to medications
- Reliable risk management
- Developmentally-appropriate and age-appropriate self care options
- Peer and teacher education
- Appropriate emergency procedures
- Clarification of liability
- Information about Section 504
- Good documentation for decision makers and policy makers
- Good indoor air quality and high quality occupational health and safety practices
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