Health Services, Student Services Department: Program Evaluation. 1990-91.

Overview & Synopsis

This document evaluates the Des Moines Public Schools health services and education program, which utilizes the professional expertise of school nurses throughout the district. The program promotes success in the learning process for students (including those with complex health care needs, conditions, and disabilities), employees, and the community. Areas of education and service include substance abuse programs, athletic programs, emergency plans and procedures, pregnant and parenting students, cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction, communicable disease, health appraisals (including immunizations), child abuse programs, special education planning, physical education, health education counseling, and curriculum planning and instruction. Future plans emphasize individualized health care for students with special needs, in-service programs for staff, and the maintenance of students in the educational process at their optimum level of physical, psychological, and emotional well being. (LL)