Model School Wellness Policies
Looking to create, update, or implement a local school wellness policy for your school or district? Use this site as a template to guide you in the process.
Local School Wellness Policies
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers a wealth of resources about school wellness policies and how to put them into action.
Build an Effective School Wellness Policy
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation offers some helpful steps and resources to help you get started with forming a wellness committee and refreshing your school’s wellness policy.
Stress Management Toolkit
Help school employees manage their stress with this no-cost, eight-week program developed by Kaiser Permanente.
Restorative Justice
Bringing students together in small, peer-mediated groups has been shown to prevent bullying and reduce student conflicts. Check out the Edutopia blog to learn more about the benefits of implementing restorative justice practices and to explore implementation guides from across…
RISE Index and Action Center
The RISE Index and Action Center is part of our Resilience in School Environments initiative and offers schools and districts with a variety of assessment tools, trainings, and guidance. The Action Center is hosted on the Alliance for a Healthier…
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
Under the U.S. Department of Education, the National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports provides resources and support to improve outcomes for students with or at-risk for disabilities, enhance school climate and school safety, and improve conditions…
School Mental Health
The National Center for School Mental Health authored a report on Advancing Comprehensive School Mental Health Systems: Guidance from the Field.
CDC’s Adverse Childhood Experiences
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have gathered factsheets, data, studies, prevention strategies, and other resources on their website.
This is Quitting
This free and anonymous text messaging program from Truth Initiative is designed to help young people quit vaping. The first-of-its-kind quit program incorporates messages from other young people like them who have attempted to, or successfully quit, e-cigarettes.
