[MaineSchoolNurse] Maine DOE School Health Events & Updates November 2024

Tue Nov 19 10:06:54 EST 2024

Good Morning!
Be sure to check out this months events & updates as there are many great offerrings listed, including A Child-centered Approach to Toilet Learning Webinar<https://edc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_deGsyhR0QwO81VhlKdIUyw#/registration> happening from 12-1pm today.

Maine DOE School Health Events & Updates November 2024
Highlights from the Field

Kudos to Jana Caron, School Nurse at Old Town High School, who assisted in the delivery of a staff baby on October 8, 2024!  Maine School Nurse assists in delivery of newborn<https://people.com/teacher-gives-birth-in-school-parking-lot-as-firefighter-dad-responds-8727641?utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&utm_content=photo&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=%7B%7B.ShareRef%7D%7D&fbclid=IwY2xjawF6EvpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTtE67rMP5VuFOaSHI647W1kdJWqxKjwjmOgID5gjO043LZYFrzUnD5ENQ_aem_4nQSmJKgHXnpBrcgRws-AA>

Bravo to Alison Ramsdell, School Nurse at Reeds Brook Middle School, who helped coordinate donations to assist hurricane victims in the south. Alison rallied her school and local communities to supply baby formula, OTC medications, toiletries, clothes, towels, food, tarps, blankets, pet food, batteries, first aid kits, and more!  Donations were transported to those in need by a local non-profit, the Appalachian Trail Connection.

Congratulations to those of you who have recently obtained your National Board-Certified School Nurse (NCSN) credential!
See Maine NBCSN Exam Stats, here<https://nbcsn.learningbuilder.com/Public/MemberSearch/Search?model.FirstName=&model.LastName=&model.UniqueId=&model.City=&model.State=ME&attr.Affiliation=&performSearch=true>
See New Hampshire NBCSN Exam Stats here<https://nbcsn.learningbuilder.com/Public/MemberSearch/Search?model.FirstName=&model.LastName=&model.UniqueId=&model.City=&model.State=NH&attr.Affiliation=&performSearch=true> as we have school nurses in Maine who reside over the state border.

Invitation

Nominate a school employee for the Life Changer of the Year Award<https://mainedoenews.net/2024/10/23/nominations-open-for-national-lifechanger-of-the-year-award/>
Deadline for nominations is December 31, 2024

The Brain Injury Association Maine Chapter is recruiting caregivers and service providers to take a confidential online research survey to identify, understand, and prioritize the needs of children with brain injury in Maine. School nurses have a unique perspective that is valued, and your input has been specifically requested. The survey is expected to take 5 minutes.
Click the following link to take the survey now: https://redcap.link/yfrh4y8r

Is your school district participating in the Maine Youth Integrated Health Survey (MIYHS) for 2025?  The purpose of the Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey (MIYHS) is to assess the health status of Maine youth, as well as the attitudes and behaviors that influence healthy development. Data from the MIYHS can be used by schools, community organizations, and state agencies to plan and evaluate prevention programs and to provide the basis for grant applications. The MIYHS represents the collaborative effort of the Department of Health and Human Services' Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) and the Maine Department of Education. Talk with your school administration about participating and find out more information on the survey here.<https://www.maine.gov/miyhs/>

Announcements

Maine CDC Encourages Tick Bite Prevention Fall 2024<https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/news/maine-cdc-encourages-tick-bite-prevention-fall-fri-10252024-1200>

Measles Cases on the Rise Nationwide<https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2024/p1114-measles-cases.html?ACSTrackingID=USCDC_1_3-DM140579&ACSTrackingLabel=CDC%20Newsroom%3A%20Week%20In%20Review%20-%2011%2F15%2F24&deliveryName=USCDC_1_3-DM140579>

Pertussis- The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) reports 101 pertussis cases between January 1 and October 23, 2024. This surpasses the 76 cases reported throughout all of 2023. Ages ranged from 1 month to 55 years old. Teenagers (13-19 years old) accounted for 43% of cases. Children under 5 years old accounted for 26% of cases.

Pertussis is most effectively treated in the first, most mild, stage of illness. It is important to consider pertussis as a possible cause of cough illness, particularly in persons who have had a cough for over one week, or persons who have had exposure to someone with pertussis. To assist in this effort, Maine CDC created a pertussis guide for health care providers<https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/infectious-disease/epi/vaccine/documents/Pertussis-Guide-Providers.pdf> so that health care professionals have a resource they can use to build knowledge of pertussis and to help navigate the identification, testing, treatment, and prevention of illness. Link to Maine Health Alert Network (HAN) on Pertussis can be found here<https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/newhan.shtml>.

Maine Immunization program launched the “Start at 9” Campaign to Prevent HPV Cancers<https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/MEHHS-3bb7996?wgt_ref=MEHHS_WIDGET_7>

Four FREE at home COVID-19 Tests per address are now available to order monthly through U.S DHHS: Order your FREE At Home COVID-19 Tests<https://covidtests.gov/>

Interested in offering a school-based influenza clinic? Finding it challenging to get students their school-required vaccines and want to know more about the ease of becoming a vaccine location site? Check out the Maine Immunization Program updated School Located Vaccine Clinics Toolkit<https://www.maine.gov/doe/sites/maine.gov.doe/files/inline-files/School%20Health%20Services%20-%20ME%20CDC%20-%20School%20Located%20Vaccine%20Clinic%20Toolkit%209.23.2024.pdf> to learn more.

Medication Disposal <https://www.fda.gov/drugs/disposal-unused-medicines-what-you-should-know/drug-disposal-drug-take-back-locations>
Make note that using strategies to dispose of medications in households is not the same as recommendations for how to appropriately dispose of medications in schools.
Medication Disposal Locations in Maine<https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?msa=0&mid=1M53ocVTgbLWMlwGsWOTasQOWTns&ll=45.0795999521116%2C-69.39676850000001&z=7>

CoverMe.gov annual enrollment open as of Nov 1<https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/news/covermegovs-fourth-annual-open-enrollment-begins-november-1-mon-10282024-1200?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery>

Webinars and Upcoming Trainings

A Child-centered Approach to Toilet Learning Webinar and Office Hour Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024
Noon–1 p.m. ET; Register Here<https://edc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_deGsyhR0QwO81VhlKdIUyw>
Office Hour: Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024
1–2 p.m. ET; Register Here<https://edc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FfjkYQZIRhKiZ12DSw8AwQ>

The Maine AAP School Health Series in Partnership with the Maine Department of Education Tuesday, December 3rd (3:30P - 4:30P) Feature presentation:  School Nursing and the Provision of Services to Students with Disabilities. Register Here<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SchoolHealthSeries>

The Maine CDC Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Monthly Webinar Series Tuesday, December 3rd, (3:30P-4:30P) Register Here<https://mainestate.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O9c9wzVwRl64RNthIIj60w#/registration>

CDC updated its HEADS UP to Health Care Providers<https://t.emailupdates.cdc.gov/r/?id=h9322c126,1d85e399,1d94220e&e=QUNTVHJhY2tpbmdJRD1ETTE0MDQzNyZBQ1NUcmFja2luZ0xhYmVsPU5vdyUyMEF2YWlsYWJsZSUzQSUyMENEQyVFMiU4MCU5OXMlMjBVcGRhdGVkJTIwSEVBRFMlMjBVUCUyMHRvJTIwSGVhbHRoJTIwQ2FyZSUyMFByb3ZpZGVycyUyME9ubGluZSUyMFRyYWluaW5n&s=zy1nbiOC1_cAn3EmtHAd9FLu4Ccp-R6RK0bw8zWyJyU> online training to include content on mental health symptoms following a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), violence-related mTBI, and caring for patients with mTBI living with disabilities.
The goals of the training are to help health care providers:
Learn practical strategies to integrate the latest clinical recommendations into practice.
Understand the current diagnostic criteria for mTBI and use validated, symptom-based assessment tools to identify them.
Recognize the key components of a return-to-school process.
Identify common mental health sequelae following mTBI.
Advise patients and their caregivers on mTBI-related prevention strategies.
Spread the word! And check out our other CDC HEADS UP resources for concussion safety:
Videos
New: Caring for your child’s concussion (English<https://t.emailupdates.cdc.gov/r/?id=h9322c126,1d85e399,1d94220f&e=QUNTVHJhY2tpbmdJRD1ETTE0MDQzNyZBQ1NUcmFja2luZ0xhYmVsPU5vdyUyMEF2YWlsYWJsZSUzQSUyMENEQyVFMiU4MCU5OXMlMjBVcGRhdGVkJTIwSEVBRFMlMjBVUCUyMHRvJTIwSGVhbHRoJTIwQ2FyZSUyMFByb3ZpZGVycyUyME9ubGluZSUyMFRyYWluaW5n&s=JPXKTBWaYXIlOsjnCrTegQM_VgtExy1DxhMYsq8lQT8>) (Español<https://t.emailupdates.cdc.gov/r/?id=h9322c126,1d85e399,1d942210&e=QUNTVHJhY2tpbmdJRD1ETTE0MDQzNyZBQ1NUcmFja2luZ0xhYmVsPU5vdyUyMEF2YWlsYWJsZSUzQSUyMENEQyVFMiU4MCU5OXMlMjBVcGRhdGVkJTIwSEVBRFMlMjBVUCUyMHRvJTIwSGVhbHRoJTIwQ2FyZSUyMFByb3ZpZGVycyUyME9ubGluZSUyMFRyYWluaW5n&s=MTXP_nmDxaBNOA-PRo3aqDX_USX5pkh1R3pdCH1YKPU>)
New: Caring for yourself after a concussion (English<https://t.emailupdates.cdc.gov/r/?id=h9322c126,1d85e399,1d942211&e=QUNTVHJhY2tpbmdJRD1ETTE0MDQzNyZBQ1NUcmFja2luZ0xhYmVsPU5vdyUyMEF2YWlsYWJsZSUzQSUyMENEQyVFMiU4MCU5OXMlMjBVcGRhdGVkJTIwSEVBRFMlMjBVUCUyMHRvJTIwSGVhbHRoJTIwQ2FyZSUyMFByb3ZpZGVycyUyME9ubGluZSUyMFRyYWluaW5n&s=3lszOwfHMLoXGSBwmKuOUfGKLCaEj8TPphmC-A5glM0>) (Español<https://t.emailupdates.cdc.gov/r/?id=h9322c126,1d85e399,1d942212&e=QUNTVHJhY2tpbmdJRD1ETTE0MDQzNyZBQ1NUcmFja2luZ0xhYmVsPU5vdyUyMEF2YWlsYWJsZSUzQSUyMENEQyVFMiU4MCU5OXMlMjBVcGRhdGVkJTIwSEVBRFMlMjBVUCUyMHRvJTIwSGVhbHRoJTIwQ2FyZSUyMFByb3ZpZGVycyUyME9ubGluZSUyMFRyYWluaW5n&s=iPFlTKjdpqzF6-IH10QXYihw175zgEr-CksE-Ktwm1A>)
Online training:
Training for youth sports coaches<https://t.emailupdates.cdc.gov/r/?id=h9322c126,1d85e399,1d942213&e=QUNTVHJhY2tpbmdJRD1ETTE0MDQzNyZBQ1NUcmFja2luZ0xhYmVsPU5vdyUyMEF2YWlsYWJsZSUzQSUyMENEQyVFMiU4MCU5OXMlMjBVcGRhdGVkJTIwSEVBRFMlMjBVUCUyMHRvJTIwSGVhbHRoJTIwQ2FyZSUyMFByb3ZpZGVycyUyME9ubGluZSUyMFRyYWluaW5n&s=12JH80WfTKgFUjmUYBFmI4zFiIsp8PZxGqFX9Dx6mV8> (Español<https://t.emailupdates.cdc.gov/r/?id=h9322c126,1d85e399,1d942214&e=QUNTVHJhY2tpbmdJRD1ETTE0MDQzNyZBQ1NUcmFja2luZ0xhYmVsPU5vdyUyMEF2YWlsYWJsZSUzQSUyMENEQyVFMiU4MCU5OXMlMjBVcGRhdGVkJTIwSEVBRFMlMjBVUCUyMHRvJTIwSGVhbHRoJTIwQ2FyZSUyMFByb3ZpZGVycyUyME9ubGluZSUyMFRyYWluaW5n&s=d5M4zZaFZjEfC--InZi6cOOqeL3c9mnv4cIJWWyEfk8>)
Training for school professionals<https://t.emailupdates.cdc.gov/r/?id=h9322c126,1d85e399,1d942215&e=QUNTVHJhY2tpbmdJRD1ETTE0MDQzNyZBQ1NUcmFja2luZ0xhYmVsPU5vdyUyMEF2YWlsYWJsZSUzQSUyMENEQyVFMiU4MCU5OXMlMjBVcGRhdGVkJTIwSEVBRFMlMjBVUCUyMHRvJTIwSGVhbHRoJTIwQ2FyZSUyMFByb3ZpZGVycyUyME9ubGluZSUyMFRyYWluaW5n&s=VBfSNCoEJkgxuy9RbBTm3ZL2h-_flxr9Mgfudn6Nezo>
Training for sports officials<https://t.emailupdates.cdc.gov/r/?id=h9322c126,1d85e399,1d942216&e=QUNTVHJhY2tpbmdJRD1ETTE0MDQzNyZBQ1NUcmFja2luZ0xhYmVsPU5vdyUyMEF2YWlsYWJsZSUzQSUyMENEQyVFMiU4MCU5OXMlMjBVcGRhdGVkJTIwSEVBRFMlMjBVUCUyMHRvJTIwSGVhbHRoJTIwQ2FyZSUyMFByb3ZpZGVycyUyME9ubGluZSUyMFRyYWluaW5n&s=_SCsCgzYRe3gyhGT2HSyOGy-DGs2eXEfRZAvVEGzTOo>
Training for athletic trainers<https://t.emailupdates.cdc.gov/r/?id=h9322c126,1d85e399,1d942217&e=QUNTVHJhY2tpbmdJRD1ETTE0MDQzNyZBQ1NUcmFja2luZ0xhYmVsPU5vdyUyMEF2YWlsYWJsZSUzQSUyMENEQyVFMiU4MCU5OXMlMjBVcGRhdGVkJTIwSEVBRFMlMjBVUCUyMHRvJTIwSGVhbHRoJTIwQ2FyZSUyMFByb3ZpZGVycyUyME9ubGluZSUyMFRyYWluaW5n&s=i3Z9ZikMKO78Yy3bXC3RG4KoYWcWsC9O9jpZ7gL_CBQ>

Type 1 Diabetes Care in Schools: State-Specific Curriculum
The Maine Department of Education, the Maine Association of School Nurses, and the National Association of School Nurses have been collaborating on a pilot project funded by the Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust to develop a comprehensive, evidence-based school nurse T1D curriculum, which aims to improve care coordination through school nurses for students with type 1 diabetes. This curriculum will consist of two segments that complement each other. The National Curriculum is currently being reviewed by the pilot group and will be released at a later date. The State-Specific Curriculum is available for school nurses and can be found here:
https://youtu.be/DrMUVqqmaL8?si=g4X2DyUg1U3bjPCY.
After viewing, please provide feedback about this curriculum directly to NASN here:
HLM T1D State-specific Curriculum Evaluation<https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/944c86a481e94c2fb3eecd2b17427b45>

Strengthening Maine’s Trauma Informed Community<https://ccsme.org/strengthening-maines-trauma-informed-learning-community/>
A partnership with CCSME, AdCare Maine and NAMI Maine funded via SERG, a SAMHSA grant supporting the behavioral health response to the mass violence in Lewiston

Components for Enhancing Career Experience and Reducing Trauma (CE-CERT) | November 21, 2024
This workshop will provide skills to enhance the way you go about your work, lessening the drain and increasing emotional regulation. CE-CERT is a trauma-informed and skills-based model for improving wellness and reducing secondary traumatic stress and burnout among helping professionals. CECERT was developed by Dr. Brian Miller (2017). As a skills model for individual workers to learn and apply, CE-CERT empowers individuals to improve their own wellness with skills under their control. Additionally, CE-CERT is a model for supervisors and leadership to learn and apply in their organizational culture and supervision of workers.
SUPERVISORS: Note that there will be a follow-up virtual training just for supervisors on December 2nd. More info and registration<https://ccsme.org/eventbrite-event/components-for-enhancing-career-experience-and-reducing-trauma-ce-cert/>

Psychological First Aid:
What is PFA? A full-scale public health response to disasters must attend to both the physical and mental health needs of affected groups. The latter set of needs is especially important because far more individuals will report psychologically related complaints than will report physical symptoms directly stemming from the injury-causing agent or event. Because a large-scale emergency will overwhelm existing mental health response resources, psychological first aid - the provision of basic psychological care in the short-term aftermath of a traumatic event - is an important skill set that all public health, medical, emergency, and community workers and helpers should have.

Skills for Psychological Recovery:
Skills for Psychological Recovery (SPR) is an evidence informed modular approach to help children, adolescents, adults and families in the weeks and months following disaster and exposure to trauma. This training offers SPR with a skills development approach, useful after the time when Psychological First Aid is utilized. SPR is designed to foster effective coping with post-disaster stresses by utilizing several core skill sets to promote the recovery of survivors, prevent maladaptive behaviors and prioritize a survivors’ resilience while focusing on individual needs and capabilities.

For more information, including dates and venues, as well as to register for both PFA and SPR: https://mainedisasterbehavioralhealth.com/trainingandeducation/

StrengthenME – Storm Response<https://mailchi.mp/adcareme/disaster-behavioral-health-news-2024-fall-edition?e=46899b2b36>
A partnership with AdCare Maine and the MaineHealth Center for Trauma, Resilience and Innovation
Webinar Series: StrengthenME Storm Response is an effort made possible by two separate grants, both stemming from presidential disaster declarations following severe storms in December 2023 and January 2024 that devastated communities along the coast and inland.  In the aftermath of this severe winter weather, state partners heard about the toll of these events on Mainers, the impact on children, and growing climate anxiety.  This webinar series will touch on these themes, and foster a greater understanding of how to care for ourselves or support our families and community after a disaster.  Sessions include: Strategies for Managing the Emotional Impacts After a Disaster; How to Support Children Impacted by Trauma; and Managing Anxiety and Fear Related to Climate Change.

For more information, including dates and specific topics: https://web.cvent.com/event/04121805-1567-4144-ae6e-4e5997a90c5f/summary

Free Pediatric Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness Training
When: In-Person, Portland, December 9th and 10th, 8-5pm, 110 Free St.
Or
In-Person Bangor December 11th and 12th, 8-5pm, Eastern Maine Medical Center, Mason Auditorium, 489 State St.
Register Here<https://teex.org/class/MGT439/>

Topics:
• Introduction to Pediatric Response
• Pediatric Emergency Management Considerations
• Considerations for Managing Pediatric Surge
• Children with Access and Functional Needs
• Pediatric Considerations in Mass Sheltering
• Pediatric Triage and Allocation of Scarce Resources
• Pediatric Reunification Considerations
• Pediatric Decontamination Considerations

New Training Available! Public Health Infrastructure: From the Inside Out
New England Public Health Training Center and NNPHI are pleased to introduce a new self-paced health equity training series to help create a stronger, more resilient public health workforce. The series includes three modules:
Module 1: Strong Minds for a Resilient Public Health Workforce (1.5 hours)
Module 2: Inclusive Infrastructure: Creating More Equitable Organizational Culture (1.5 hours)
Module 3: Equitable Partnerships: Building Trust and Shifting Resources (1.5 hours)
Register Here<https://www.nephtc.org/enrol/index.php?id=398>

Have families that need additional support? The Community Care Referral Form<https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/equity/community-care-referrals.shtml> helps connect people throughout Maine with community organizations to meet social service needs, including cultural and linguistic-specific needs.

School Health Services Webpage<https://www.maine.gov/doe/index.php/schools/safeschools/healthed/nurseresources/guidelines>

We strive to fill the School Health Services Webpage<https://www.maine.gov/doe/index.php/schools/safeschools/healthed/nurseresources/guidelines> with all you need for your school nursing practice. If you find it is difficult to navigate, is missing information, has broken links, or have suggestions, reach out to Lori Huot @ lori.huot at maine.gov<mailto:lori.huot at maine.gov>. If you are unable to locate needed resources or guidance, reach out to your Regional School Nurse Liaison.

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Sarah DeCato, MSN, RN, NCSN (She/Her)
School Nurse Specialist-Coordinated School Health
Office of School and Student Supports
Maine Department of Education
23 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333-0023
Email: sarah.decato at maine.gov<mailto:sarah.decato at maine.gov>
Phone: 207-441-3812
Maine DOE<http://www.maine.gov/doe> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/MaineDepartmentofEducation1/> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/mdoenews> | Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/mainedepted/?hl=en> | Maine DOE Newsroom<https://mainedoenews.net/> |Maine Guidelines for School<https://www.maine.gov/doe/schools/safeschools/healthed/nurseresources/guidelines> <https://www.maine.gov/doe/schools/safeschools/healthed/nurseresources/guidelines> Health<https://www.maine.gov/doe/schools/safeschools/healthed/nurseresources/guidelines>

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