Many school systems have specified days during the school year for school nurses and staff to engage in professional development activities. The Community Education Initiative at Boston Children's Hospital offers a variety of lectures that include the most current issues related to school health. School districts can submit a training request including date/time, preference for virtual or in-person program, and specific topics of interest. We can offer 2-hour training sessions, half-day programs, or full-day programs depending on your needs!
We offer a few options for hosting a professional day training. Trainings can be:
- Virtual via Zoom platform
- At your school or community location
Please do the following:
- Review the fee schedule
- Complete the professional day request form.
- One of our program coordinators will reach out to let you know they are working on your request, and will be in touch once a speaker is confirmed.
Topic List
*Contact hours and PDPs for programs are 2.0 per 2-hour session. Please note that any request for contact hours requires 90 days advanced notice. Many other topics available as desired by school system. If you don't see what you are looking for, please ask! Topic availability dependent on speaker availability & some speakers may only be available for a virtual session.
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Alcohol & Substance Abuse
- Anxiety Disorders in Children & Youth
- Asthma Overview & Devices
- ADHD
- Autism
- Behavior De-escalation Techniques and Coping Strategies in the School Setting
- Blood Dyscrasias: Bone Marrow Failure, Sickle Cell, ITP, Iron Deficiency Anemia, hemophilia
- Calming & Coping Strategies in the School Setting
- Cancer: Back to School Considerations
- Cardiac Assessment
- Cardiac Devices
- Celiac Disease
- Central Lines & PICC in Children
- Child Abuse and Neglect
- Communicable Disease Update for School Nurses
- Concussion/Heady Injury Management
- Coughs: What is this Cough? and What do I do About It?
- Cultural Brokering: Strengthening the School Nurse and Family Relationship
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Dating, Domestic and Family Violence
- Dental Assessment
- Depression in Youth & Adolescents
- Developing Individualized Health Care Plans for the Child with Special Healthcare Needs
- Diabetes Update
- DNR in the School Setting
- Eating Disorders
- Emergency Response in the School Setting
- Epilepsy and Seizures in the School Setting
- Family Engagement
- Feeding Tubes in Children
- Food Allergies, Latex Allergies & Anaphylaxis
- Functional Abdominal Pain/Reintegration to School
- Genetic Chromosome & Inheritance Patterns
- GI Assessment
- Headaches, Migraines & Abdominal Migraines
- Hearing Disorders in Children
- Hemophilia HPV: Prevention/Cancer Connection, What You Need to Know
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Infection Control and Superbugs
- LGBTQ+ Youth: Considerations for Schools
- Medical Child Abuse (Pediatric Condition Falsification or Munchausen by Proxy)
- Medical Technology Update
- Mitochondrial Disease
- Myelodysplasia
- Neurological Assessment
- Nutrition & Wellness
- Obesity & Bariatric Surgery/Dietary Information
- Orthopedic Assessment
- Otolaryngology Assessment
- Pain: Assessment and Management
- Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
- Public Benefits for Children with Special Healthcare Needs
- Psychiatric Issues in Children
- Respiratory Assessment
- Rheumatology Conditions in Children
- Self-Care and Wellness for the School Nurse
- Skin Conditions in the School Setting
- Sleep Update
- Sports Injuries/Playground Injuries
- Tracheostomies & Ventilators in Children
- Toileting
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Techno bullying & Sexting
- Urgent Care: Triage in the Nurses Office
- Urologic Conditions for the School Age Child
- Vision Disorders in Children
Program Coordinators:
Heather Engholm, MPH BSN RN CPN
Program Coordinator
Leanne Langmaid, DNP, RN, NE-BC, CPN
Program Coordinator
