Creating a Healthy School Using the Healthy School Report Card—An Ascd Action Tool Canadian Edition

Lohrmann (applied health science, Indiana U., Bloomington) et al. present the Canadian edition of the action tool (which comes with an online scoring and analysis tool) for structuring a school environment in which students, staff, parents, and community members work together to ensure that students are emotionally and physically healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged. The tool addresses the needs of the whole child as well as the overall efficiency and coordination of the school and its policies and processes. They guide readers through the four steps of a healthy school report card--organizing, scoring, reporting, and using results--to help those wanting to establish or improve a health or wellness team develop a healthy school culture that emphasizes the assessment and improvement of 11 characteristics: health program policy, strategic planning, and coordination; social and emotional climate; family and community involvement; the safety, security, and quality of facilities and transportation; health education; physical education and activity; school-site health promotion for staff; and food and nutrition, health, and counseling, psychological, and social services. This edition has been updated with current research, new standards, and best practices. No index is provided. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)