Key Practice 6
Integrated systems of support promote healthy learning and development and foster individual and collective well-being using an assets based approach to nurture and strengthen students, families and the community. ISS provide a range of services and supports to overcome both academic and non-academic barriers to student’s educational and life success. ISS increase access to essential services and supports and provides preventative care. ISS help mitigate social determinants of health (SDOH), which have a major impact on people’s health, well-being, and quality of life. These impacts can be seen in classrooms and student outcomes. Students receiving supports often show significant improvements in attendance (for example: students miss less school as they are healthier and do not miss the whole day of school for appointments), behavior, social well-being, and academic achievement
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“Community Schools Playbook.” Community Schools Playbook, 2022, The Partnership for the Future of Learning
“Stages of Development.” Community Schools Forward, 2022.
“Social Determinants of Health,” U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2022.
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