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School Based Health Centers are staffed by multi-disciplinary teams of pediatric and adolescent health specialists, including nurse practitioners, physician assistants, social workers, physicians and in some cases, dentists and dental hygienists. (Shutterstock)
BRANFORD, CT State Representative Robin Comey (D-Branford) will co-host a virtual conversation on Children s Health and School-Based Health Centers (SBHC) on Thursday, March 4 at 7:00pm.
Also co-hosting the panel will be State Rep. Mary Welander (D-Orange/Woodbridge/Derby) vice chair of the legislature s Committee on Children, along with Melanie Wilde – Director of School-Based Health for Branford Public Schools and Laurie Collins – Executive Director of the Connecticut Association of School Based Health Centers, and Annie Drabinski, APRN and Lisa Lochner, LCSW.
School-based health centers remain vital resource during pandemic
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Nurse practitioner Shannon Knaggs examines a student at the health center at Augusta Lewis Troup School in New Haven.
Thirteen-year-old Estrella Roman and her mother have made the 30-minute walk to Rogers Park Middle School in Danbury several times during the pandemic, even when the school has been closed for in-person learning. That’s because the school’s on-site health center is where Estrella, who emigrated with her family from Ecuador in 2019, receives routine vaccinations, wellness care, and treatment for headaches, among other health services.
Estrella’s mother, Katherine, who doesn’t speak English, said through Estrella that she’s “very grateful” for the teachers who told her that Estrella could still receive care there even when schools were closed. She praised the school nurse as patient and Spanish-speaking and said she would not have known where to seek care if
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