A program for teaching sex education in the schools, using public health and school nurses with teacher and parental cooperation is described, including program objectives, methodology, presentation, and course content. (JMF)

A survey of pediatricians and special education teachers comparing reponses on four variables relating to hyperactivity diagnoses, etiology, treatments, and labels attempts to determine the intergroup and intragroup agreement on this subject. (JMF)

This paper discusses the importance of studying physical growth patterns in children and presents the results of a survey of height and weight measurements collected on 1,953 children ages 5-11. The need for behavior changes and the part played by education in this process is outlined. (JMF)

Two groups of pregnant adolescents were studied using a retrospective analysis of obstetrical summary to demonstrate the relationship of the availability of a comprehensive, program of prenatal care in a public school setting to the achievement of early and continuous prenatal care, and to the minimizing of obstetrical complications. (JMF)

A mental health program in the schools is described which uses a nurse trained in mental health, with the support of a psychiatrist, to coordinate a mental health team and act as a liaison between the school and the health professionals, to assess referrals and arrange team meetings to plan interventions. (JMF)

Suggestions for evaluation of school health programs are offered including specific steps--define objectives, appraise the present progress, evaluate the findings, and make recommendations. (JMF)

A program for kindergarten students designed to encourage children to eat nonsweet snacks is carried out through dental health snack parties. (JMF)

This report gives a partial listing of some of the major activities of the American School Health Association during 1978. (JMF)

Screening for spine deformities, particularly idiopathic adolescent scoliosis among children aged 10-13 in the Kansas schools, is outlined. (JMF)

A model for preventive health care is offered as a framework for promoting mental health within a school health program. Barriers to this program's development and implementation include problems in staffing and communication, continued illness rather than prevention, and orientation of the health professional. (MM)

Factors limiting the effectiveness of school counseling functions include discrepancies between school counselor training and practice, lack of understanding of school counseling roles and functions, school counselor professional isolation, and the poor professional attitude of some school counselors. (MM)

In the public school, the speech and hearing therapist attempts to foster child growth and development through the provision of services basic to awareness of self and others, management of personal and social interactions, and development of strategies for coping with the handicap. (MM)

It is suggested here that the identity crisis associated with school psychologists does not constitute a problem or weakness in the profession, but rather promotes a health interchange of ideas. (MM)

The interruption in the pattern of segregating "regular" and handicapped students will have profound implications for the mental health of the children identified as handicapped as well as the 90 percent not considered handicapped. (MM)

This article describes the major areas of adjustment faced by physically handicapped students and suggests implications for a developmental restaging program in the schools. (MM)