Amy Graham, director of the Coalition for Headache and Migraine Patients (CHAMP), helps thousands of local students to understand and learn how to live with this often disabling condition.
Just last year, a Utah-based foundation worked with the Utah PTA to pass a resolution that brings headache and migraine education into public schools statewide.
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Thanks to a resolution passed by the Utah PTA earlier this month, migraine and headache disease education will become standard across the state. The resolution included four points.
“The first and most important point is that it’s going to incorporate the education into all of the Utah state health classes,” said Elizabeth Henry Weyher, one of the founders of the Danielle Byron Henry Migraine Foundation, which is based in Salt Lake City.
“It’s also going to provide resources and educational materials to all of the schools. These materials are specialized for children, for parents, and for educators to educate all of these people about migraine disease. It will also provide health screenings in school for children with migraine, and most importantly, it will be forwarded to the national PTA for their consideration as well.”
Utah PTA Passes Historic Resolution Bringing Migraine and Headache Disease Education into the Classroom
Program Will Reach Over 600,000 Students Statewide as Part of Required Health Curriculum
Vote Paves the Way for Migraine at School Education and Resources Nationwide
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Utah PTA recently passed an important resolution to bring
migraine and headache education into the classroom statewide, while also providing much needed resources for students, parents, administrators, educators, and nurses. The state of Utah has over 600,000 students in its public school system, all required to take a health class that will now include a lesson on migraine and headache disease.