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U.S. News & World Report
"Let them sleep," is the rallying call for a nationwide movement to push back high school start times. But parents and educators at high schools that have moved back the first bell report varying results. Teens need about 8.5 to 9.5 hours of sleep and those who don't get enough rest are at risk for physical and mental health problems, research shows. But adolescents naturally have a hard time falling asleep before 11 p.m., which can make getting up for school before dawn a challenge. Academic performance can suffer as a result. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in 2015 that most middle and high schools start too early. Many start before 8:30 a.m., which the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended in 2014 as the earliest middle and high schools should begin.
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ASHA
Registration is now open for "Supporting Grieving Students: Free Resources for School Professionals from the Coalition to Support Grieving Students" which is scheduled on Thursday, March 23 at 2 p.m. ET. Presented by David J Schonfeld, MD, FAAP, Director, National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement, this session will provide insight into how children come to understand and adjust to a loss and practical suggestions on how adults can talk with children and provide needed support. Continuing education credits for CHES/MCHES are available and free to ASHA members. Nonmembers can receive credit for $30. Click here for details.
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ASHA
We invite you to submit your abstracts for ASHA's 2017 Annual Conference which will take place Oct. 11-13 in St. Louis, MO! Don't miss your chance to inspire your colleagues in the school health industry. Abstracts can be submitted under one of the following tracks, or themes: Administration, Coordination and Leadership; Programs and Services; Research and Emerging Issues; and Teaching and Learning. With the exception of the Research and Emerging Issues track, we are offering 60-minute and 30-minute sessions and poster presentations. ASHA is also seeking reviewers to help shape the sessions that will be offered at the conference. Please contact Ashley Dowling if you are interested in serving as a reviewer.
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Philadelphia Public School Notebook
Shaking up childhood nutrition programs was not one of the many promises that Donald Trump made on the campaign trail.
But the new president and the Republican-controlled Congress could drive major changes in the way the Philadelphia School District feeds thousands of students every day. Trimming budgets or eliminating regulations would be possibilities. But a draft executive order restricting the use of public benefits by legal immigrants would be a dramatic change. The draft shows that the Trump administration is considering changes that could potentially shake Philadelphia's universal-access food-service system to its core, imposing penalties on the families of students who use free and reduced-price lunch.
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HealthDay News via UPI
Most injuries to student-athletes occur during routine practices, but only about a third of public high schools have a full-time trainer, according to the U.S.-based National Athletic Trainers' Association. "It's important to have the right sports safety protocols in place to ensure the health and welfare of student athletes," said Larry Cooper, chairman of NATA's secondary school committee. "By properly preparing for practices and competitions, young athletes can excel on the field and stay off the sidelines with potential injuries."
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CNN
The Justice Department signaled it stopped fighting to overturn a national injunction blocking the federal government from giving guidance to schools and transgender students, another sign President Donald Trump's administration is taking a different approach than former President Barack Obama's. A hearing was set for next Tuesday in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in which the Justice Department was fighting Texas and 11 other states, which had filed a lawsuit to prevent the Education Department from being able to give that guidance to transgender students that they are allowed to use restrooms that match their gender identity.
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Education Week
Most would say getting a good night's sleep is critical to success at school. But a new study argues that social media and the lack of proper bedtime routines are making it increasingly difficult for students to get the sleep they need to thrive and even function at all in the classroom. The study entitled, "Sleepless in school? The Social Dimensions of Young People's Bedtime Rest and Routines," was published last month in the Journal of Youth Studies.
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The New York Times
The hardest questions pediatricians must routinely ask teenagers at checkups are those about depression and suicide. But they aren't optional; we have to ask them, every time. From 2005 to 2014, the prevalence of depression — that is, the chance of having a major depressive episode over the course of a year — increased significantly among 12- to 17-year-olds in the United States. These data come from an annual survey, the National Surveys on Drug Use and Health, in which the same structured questions are asked every year. The trend toward more depression was steeper in girls than it was in boys.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Poverty takes a toll on human health and especially on children. The American Academy of Pediatrics and Britain's Child Poverty Action Group, among various groups and scientific studies, long have documented the higher risk of illness, chronic disease and disability among impoverished children, along with lower birth weights and an average life expectancy nearly a decade shorter than children from affluent families. Now add asthma and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder to the long list of physical and mental maladies, along with attendant conditions known as "comorbidities."
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Cincinnati.com
Ohio schools dole out up to 36,000 suspensions to elementary students each year — a number that stunned a Republican lawmaker into seeking a ban on many suspensions and expulsions. One young boy cut the bread from his lunch into the shape of a gun. Another cocked his finger like a firearm, said Sen. Peggy Lehner, R-Kettering, who leads the education committee. Both boys were suspended.
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U.S. News & World Report
If there's one thing parents and children both dread about going to the pediatrician, it's those routine shots. Your kids hate them because of the ouch factor, while you may be dealing with your own apprehensions about how safe vaccines are and whether they're truly necessary. But the real danger to children is having misinformed parents, particularly if that misinformation leads parents not to immunize kids, experts say. After all, kids who aren't vaccinated are much more likely than vaccinated kids to develop measles, whooping cough and other diseases.
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HealthDay News
In extremely poor American families, teens go hungry more often than younger children, a new study finds. Parents will first forgo food themselves to feed their kids. But if there still isn't enough food for everyone, younger children take priority over teens, the research showed. "If you're really poor, you try to sacrifice yourself first, but when you're forced to make some choices, these parents are deciding to let the teens not have enough," said lead author Robert Moffitt.
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