FEBRUARY 2018

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School Based Health Care Awareness Month


February is National School Based Health Care Awareness Month

We want you and your schools to help spread the word. Here is how you can get involved:
  • Encourage your local, regional, or state government officials to issue a proclamation. When officials sign and promote a proclamation, the local news media has a photo or video opportunity upon which to build a story. Attention is drawn to your Awareness Month event and your SBHC staff is publicly acknowledged! It also provides a "teachable moment" for public officials and the entire community about the vital role of SBHCs. For sample proclamations click here.
  • Invite your legislator to a tour of a local SBHC.
  • Promote awareness month on your website and in your newsletters.
  • Hold an event in honor of awareness month.
  • Write an op-ed about school-based health care for your local paper.
  • Take part in the SBHC Month Twitter Chat sponsored by the School Based Health Alliance on Tuesday Feb. 20th at 2pm EST
  • For more information and social media graphics click here!
MASBHC will be rewarding those organizations that do the most tweeting throughout February in regards to SBHC Awareness Month. 

The top two organizations that tweet about SBHC Awareness month using @MASBHC and #SBHCmonth18 will win:
  • 1st Place: $25 Amazon Gift Card
  • 2nd Place: 10% off MASBHC Annual Conference Early Bird Registration for up to 5 registrants. 
MASBHC Conference : Registration Now Open



Registration is now open for the Maryland Assembly on School Based Health Care's 2018 Annual Conference

Early Bird registration will be open until May 1st. Register early to save $10.  Organizations that register 5 or more attendees will receive 10% off.


Incorporating Transition Best Practices into SBHCs

February 27th at 12pm

On Tuesday February 27th at 12pm please join Margaret McManus, President of The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health, and Patience White, co -Director of Got Transition, the federally funded national resource center on transition, for the next installment of the MASBHC Webinar Series, Incorporating Transition Best Practices into SBHCs.

This webinar will offer practical strategies for SBHCs to introduce transition to adult-centered care into routine clinic processes. The directors of Got Transition, the federally funded national resource center, will review the transition clinical report recommendations and the nationally recognized model, called the Six Core Elements of Health Care Transition. They will also introduce examples of strategies/tools used in two DC SBHCs following this approach.