Please Note:

The Region One ESC will be closed for Winter Break Dec. 25, 2023 - Jan. 5, 2024. School Health Program staff will be unavailable during this time, but will resume normal operations on January 8, 2024.

Need Assistance?

To better serve districts, a new request form is available. Submit your request online for topics including:

• Training
• Documentation
• Health Screenings & More!

Fighting Fentanyl

MANDATORY OPIOID ANTAGONIST REPORTING:

In accordance with 25 Texas Administrative Code, Section 40.87, campus must report when a school personnel member or school volunteer administers an opioid antagonist. Use the DSHS unassigned opioid antagonist medication reporting form to report when opioid antagonist medication is administered.

This toolkit created by the Health and Human Services Commission that includes information for schools, parents, and children.

Seizure Management

Updates to The Texas Education Code (TEC) §38.032(a)(1): Section 3 of Senate Bill (SB) 1506, 88th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, states that the change in law only applies to a seizure management and treatment plan submitted to a school district on or after January 1, 2024.

Seizure plans submitted prior to January 1, 2024, can be on any form; however, beginning on or after January 1, 2024, information submitted must be on the form posted on the Healthy and Safe School Environment of the Coordinated School Health Model webpage.  

The new form is NOT optional, and parents will have to submit the new form for any new diagnosis or when the school year begins again.  

CDC's Bridge Access Program

The Bridge Access Program provides free COVID-19 vaccines to adults without health insurance and adults whose insurance does not cover all COVID-19 vaccine costs. This program will end by December 31, 2024.

Start off the New Year on the Right Track! 

New Years is usually a time of reflection and resolutions for many. Below are a few resources to help you and your communities get a healthy start to 2024.

Telehealth coaching, nutrition

and community exercise classes. 

Mental Health Self-Help Screening Tools

Find ways to improve your well-being

to develop your healthiest self.

News, quizzes, ice breakers,

clipart, calendar and more!

Nurse Session Fees Waived through 3/31/2024! 

Trauma- Informed, Resilience-Oriented, and Equity-Focused Systems (TIROES)

Upcoming Sessions

Session 06: Trauma informed Crisis Navigation 1/25/24

Session 07: Resilience and Post-Traumatic Growth 2/8/2024

Session 08 Practical Application in School Nursing 3/7/2024

Drug Impairment Training for Educational Professionals (DITEP)

DITEP provides school administrators, teachers, and nurses with a systematic approach to recognizing and evaluating individuals in the academic environment who are using or are impaired by drugs, in order to provide early intervention. 

This two-day training provided 50 participants with information and hands-on training in how to administer the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus, Vertical Gaze Nystagmus, and Lack of Convergence tests, eye examinations, Divided Attention Testing such as the Modified Romberg Balance, Walk and Turn, One Leg Stand, and Finger to Nose tests, and using a person’s vital signs to provide information about the presence or absence of various categories of drugs.

Save The Date

Inaugural DHR Headache Symposium

February

23

4 - 6 p.m.

Community Awareness Q&A Session

CNE Hours Available*

February

24

8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Learning Session Topics:

• Headaches in Children and Teenagers
• Headaches and Mental Health
• Managing Headaches during school hours

*DHR Health is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 

The Texas School Safety Center (TxSSC) is partnering with Sandy Hook Promise to launch the virtual Start with Hello training program, which teaches students to be more socially inclusive and connected to each other. Training is 2.5 hours and will consist of a wide range of activities and resources to ensure training integration within the school culture. The next training on January 23, 2024, from 9:30 am-12:00 pm. 

Texas School Nurses Organization | Members Christmas Dinner 2023

School Nurses gathered for a networking dinner this holiday season. Represented districts include Harlingen CISD, Donna ISD, Mercedes ISD, McAllen ISD, South Texas ISD, Weslaco ISD, Raymondville ISD, Mission CISD, and Edcouch-Elsa ISD. 

Special Guests: Jaqueline Harden, BSN RN, Region One ESC Regional School Based Nurse and Ester Fuentes from DHR. 

The Value of Belonging to Your Professional Organization

National Association of School Nurses (NASN) members significantly change the way school nursing is viewed by advocacy, political, and grassroots groups also concerned with the health and educational success of children and youth.

NASN supports its 50 affiliate school nurse organizations and thousands of school nurse members through: 

• Education 
• Research 
• Advocacy 

TSNO membership is automatically included with your NASN membership. 

Unlock the Value of Membership Today!

If you have news, we want to hear about it! We would like to feature the great things our school health professionals are doing in their roles.

Jacqueline Harden, BSN, RN

Regional School Based Nurse

School Health Services

Division of Administrative Leadership,

School, and Community Support

P: (956) 984-6208

E: jharden@esc1.net

www.esc1.net/school-health