Category Archives: Nurse’s Notes

Parent Connect Newsletter

Click here for the March edition of the Students, Teachers, and Parents (STEP) Center newsletter,  Parent Connect. If you want to see past issues of the newsletters go to our website and scroll down to newsletters:  www.asdk12.org/depts/step/

The STEP Center,   a division of the Special Education Department, is a disability information and  resource center for students, teachers and parents.  STEP maintains an extensive lending  library open to students, parents, teachers and community members. Books, DVDs,  and videotapes cover a wide range of information on disabilities. The center regularly adds new publications and maintains an up-to-date collection of resource  pamphlets from support agencies in Anchorage  and the surrounding area. Now everyone with Internet access can search the  library resources database.

Informative Medication Education Group

Saturday, March 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th

Every Saturday in March

3pm-5pm

Free!

Please pre register space is limited!

Contact Lori/Kathleen @ (907)770-4979 or admin@ayfn.org to register

Childcare will be provided for a fee of $5 per family

Are you a parent, family member, caregiver or friend of a child/teen/young adult who is currently, previously has or may potentially begin taking medication to manage behavioral and psychiatric conditions?

If you answered “Yes” to any part of this question Please Join us to learn about the medications often prescribed.

Also come get help filling out confusing insurance forms!

401 East Northern Lights Blvd Suite 100

Corner of Denali and Benson, across from Sears mall Carrs, next door to Trendsetters

Hosted By: Alaska Youth and Family Network

Instruction by: Dr. Shubu Ghosh of Ghosh Psychiatric Services (GPS)

Peninsula Puffers Asthma Camp 2011

WHO:Boys  and Girls ages 8 to  14 with asthma. Asthmatic children with food  allergies are also welcome. Preference will be  given to children who take daily medication for  asthma. Space is limited to 30 children

WHERE: Camp Fire USA Camp  Kushtaka in beautiful Cooper Landing. Bus  transportation provided from Central Peninsula  Hospital and Camp Fire USA Anchorage Cost: $125 . Scholarships  available

ASTHMA  EDUCATION: Each day, campers will  participate in asthma education led by the  volunteer medical team as well as trained  educators from Central Peninsula  Hospital. Topics will  include:

  • Asthma Myths and Facts
  • Medication Awareness
  • Social Issues of Being a  kid with asthma
  • Asthma Pathophysiology
  • Asthma Tools

DAILY CAMP  ACTIVITIES:

  • Arts & Crafts
  • Archery
  • Nature Awareness
  • Games

Campers will also  participate in a float trip with the Alaska  Rivers Company Swimming Boating

For more information  contact AAFA Alaska at 349-0637 or Click here.

Camp  registration will begin on February  15.

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Blood Drive Wednesday, February 16th

Dear Parents,

Steller is hosting its first blood drive on Wednesday, February 16th. The drive will start at 12:00 p.m. and end at 4:00 p.m. Students age 16-17 must have a permission slip signed and dated for the 16th (these will be handed out again on Monday and are available on the whiteboard). In addition parents are welcome to donate, if your child has a conference  on Wednesday and you have a little extra time (45-60 minutes) please take the time to donate blood. Each donation can save up to 3 lives. Additionally, the Blood Bank is the only provider of blood to 24 Alaskan Hospitals, so each donation counts.
If you have any questions please contact Julie Adelman at adelman.julia@gmail.com or on her cell phone at (907) 229- 1820
Thank you.

Nurse’s Notes February 2011

Welcoming the New Year and a Healthier Life Style

Goodbye 2010 and welcome 2011!  Many of us end the out going year reflecting on how the year went and coming up with a resolution of change for the New Year.  For some, it is a resolution for personal enjoyment, or a commitment to focus on family more, most often though, New Year resolutions focus on health.  A month has gone by now and whether you have stuck by your resolution, let it slide, or never came up with one to begin with, I would encourage you to consider a few of the following life style changes to start or continue in 2011.

1.)    Get Your Heart Pumping – Yes…I’m talking exercise. Children and adolescents should do 60 minutes or more of physical activity each day.

2.)   Taste the Rainbow – No, not skittles…fruits & veggies. Eating more fruits & vegetables is a worthwhile goal. Eating a variety of different colors of fruits & veggies every day is a new way of thinking about meeting your daily fruit & veggie requirement and getting a variety of vitamins & nutrients offered.

3.)   Dump the Energy Drinks – Energy drinks are high in sugar, caffeine, and in some cases herbal supplements, and have been linked with reports of nausea, abnormal heart rhythms, fatigue, and jittery feelings.  Plus it’s just plain empty calories and poor nutrition.

4.)   Toss the Cell Phone/Texting Out the Window – Okay, not literally, but put down your phone while driving.  It is more distracting that you think and not worth an accident.

5.)   Buckle Up – Not only is it the law, but it just makes good safety sense.

6.)   Just Say NO! – No explanation needed right?  Drugs, alcohol, and tobacco damage our health and have massive impacts on our future.

7.)   Saw Some Logs…ZZZZ…SLEEP! – I don’t mean only on the weekend or through 1st hour.  Teens need an average of 8-10 hours of sleep per night…are you getting enough?

Nurse Wendy