Student Services
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Safe Schools
- A Comprehensive Approach to Bullying Prevention
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- Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey
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- Training School Staff in Ethics and Boundaries
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Pupil Services
- Wisconsin Pupil Services Evaluation System
- Comprehensive School Counseling Programs
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School Mental Health
- Mental Health E-Learning
- Wisconsin School Mental Health Framework
- Mental Health Literacy
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Social and Emotional Learning
- Social and Emotional Learning Contact Information
- Social and Emotional Learning Roadmap
- Wisconsin Social and Emotional Learning Competencies
- Social and Emotional Learning Theory of Action
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- Case Studies and Exemplars of Practice
- Introduction to Adult SEL
- Social and Emotional Learning Alignment and Connections
- Social and Emotional Learning for Students
- Social and Emotional Learning Assessment
- Build Your Social and Emotional Learning Expertise
- Mental/Behavioral Health Screening
- Youth Suicide Prevention
- Mental Health - Trauma Sensitive Schools
- Resiliency
- Get Kids Ahead Initiative
- School-Based Mental Health Services State Funding
- Federal School-Based Mental Health Professionals Grant
- Aid for School Mental Health Programs
- Project AWARE
- Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) Program
- Coordinated School Health (CSH)
- Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant Program
- School-Age Parents
- Student Services Resources
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- Requirements for School Staff
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- Military Children and Families Resources
Pandemic Communicable Disease
Pandemic
A pandemic is a rare, but recurring communicable disease event that is more widespread than usual seasonal illness. It can occur during any time of the year, not just when seasonal flu or other illness are expected. A pandemic virus is an outbreak of a new virus to which people have no immunity and for which there is no vaccine, occurring on multiple continents at the same time.
During a pandemic in the United States, depending on the organism, as many as four in 10 school-age children may become sick, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Many teachers, students, and staff members would also be ill or need to care for ill family members and not be able to report to work. Disruptions to school, work and general life should be expected. In some cases, schools may be required to close for an extended period of time.
The following links provide resources to assist schools and individuals in their efforts to plan for and respond to a pandemic outbreak. Much can be learned from public health’s experience with the COVID-19 pandemic. DPI’s resources and external links will be updated as agencies’ respond to current and future, real and potential pandemics.
Resources are divided into the following two areas:
- Pandemic Planning Tools
- Pandemic Outbreak Management Measures
Pandemic Planning Tools
A pandemic virus is an outbreak of a new virus to which people have no immunity and for which there is no vaccine, occurring on multiple continents at the same time. As the SARs CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic demonstrated, every school needs to develop a plan to address a possible communicable disease pandemic. Making this plan a part of the school’s overall crisis or safety plan allows school administration to quickly implement the plan.
Many of the national resources for pandemic planning were developed before the global COVID-19 Pandemic. As new resources are created based on lessons learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic these will be replaced.
- School Planning Template Word Doc
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Get Your School Ready for Pandemic Flu (April 2017)
- U. S. Department of Health and Human Services Pandemic Influenza Plan 2017 UPDATE
- Pandemic Flu Checklist: K-12 School Administrators
- The Role of Districts in Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans
Pandemic Outbreak Management Measures
A school district’s ability to keep their students and staff safe and healthy is dependent on knowledge regarding pandemic planning and recommended strategies for illness management. This webpage contains resources and tools to assist with the following:
- Awareness of illness outbreaks with surveillance guidelines and tools.
- Education of the illness prevention strategies with communicable disease prevention curriculum.
- Preparation for school closures due to high levels of communicable disease.
School collaboration with local public health departments, medical providers and emergency management personnel is critical to providing safe and effective care.