3:35 pm - 3:50 pm
Break with Snacks
3:50 pm - 4:50 pm
Breakout Session 3 Options:
School Nurse Resource
From Silos to Synergy: Building Child-Centered Care Coordination Across Systems
Heidi Strickler, PhD, LCSW-S, CEDS-S, CART, CTLS & Melanie Rains, BSN, RN
Grade Level Target: All Schools
Geographical Target: All of Missouri
This workshop explores the need for collaborative care coordination between school nurses managed care care managers. It discusses successful ways System of Care involvement from a child and family centered place can occur for optimal well-being achievement to meet individual, school, and community health goals from the WSCC Model.
Health Conditions Management
When the Body Says What Words Can't: Functional Neurological Disorder
Justin Coogle, MD & Marissa Dawson, PsyD
Grade Level Target: All Schools
Geographical Target: All of Missouri
This presentation explores Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), including psychogenic nonepileptic seizures, and highlights evidence-based strategies for nurses and school professionals to assesses, manage, and support students with FND effectively.
Presentation
Skills Lab (Same Session on Repeat)- Space is Limited to 20 participants
Ready for Anything: A School Nurse Simulation (recurrent)
Dan Lund, MBA
Christin Hobbs, BSN, RN, CWCN
Grade Level Target: All Schools
Geographical Target: All of Missouri
This interactive skills lab offers school nurses hands-on practice and scenario-based discussion focused on managing common acute and chronic health conditions in schools. Participants will review assessment and response strategies for conditions including diabetic ketoacidosis, hypoglycemia, seizures, asthma, concussions, and ostomy care. Emphasis is placed on emergency decision-making, appropriate interventions, communication, and care coordination to support student safety and return to learning.
School Nurse Leadership Workshop
Ready, Set, Lead: Building Your District's Cardiac Emergency Plan
Kaitlyn Bennett, BSN, RN, CPN & Grace Presley BSN, RN
Grade Level Target: All Schools
Geographical Target: All of Missouri
This program empowers participants to bridge the gap between policy and practice
. A district-wide CERP is essential because it moves beyond individual equipment to create a unified, life-saving system, ensuring that every school building is protected by the same high standard of emergency readiness.
Learners will gain the leadership confidence to advocate for safety and the technical knowledge required to design and deploy a district-wide cardiac emergency response action plan.