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The Relentless School Nurse: Prepared Without Panic – Maryland’s Active Shooter Drill Evolution

Relentless School Nurse

The Maryland Center for School Safety will collaborate with mental health experts to study the psychological impacts and effectiveness of these new practices, ensuring continuous improvement. As a school nurse, I’ve seen firsthand how high-stress drills can affect our students and staff.

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Add Movement to the School Day to Boost Student Physical Activity and Learning

SHAPE America

As the American College of Sports Medicine puts it, Exercise is Medicine. They perform better on standardized and functional assessments. Brain scans show that bouts of aerobic exercise enable students’ brains to activate and be more ready to learn. Active and healthy students are better learners.

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How Music Can Help Athletes Recover from Sports Injuries

AASP

First, the injury will be assessed by a medical professional to determine the level of care needed. While this is widely considered the standard process to ‘properly’ heal an injury, there is a critical component that frequently goes untreated: the psychological symptoms experienced (Arvinen-Barrow & Walker, 2017).

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Keeping the Sparks Aflame: Preventing and Addressing Burnout in High School Student-Athletes

AASP

<p>Student-athletes continuously navigate physical, psychological, and social demands including balancing academics and athletics, while striving to meet both internal and external expectations. The <em>Athletic Burnout Questionnaire</em> (ABQ) is intended to assess athletic burnout in athletes. .</li>

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Lifestyle Changes and Micronutrients to Promote Premenstrual Balance

Designs for Health

Certain lifestyle factors may also influence premenstrual discomfort, including psychological stress and physical activity. A randomized clinical trial (RCT) involving 65 menstruating individuals assessed the efficacy of physical exercise on parameters related to PMS.

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Bioactive Peptides From the Fava Bean: The Future of Muscular Health?

Designs for Health

It can improve health outcomes by balancing the distribution of forces within a joint, increasing basal metabolic rate and bone density, reducing body fat and cardiovascular risk factors, enhancing endothelial function, and promoting cognitive function and psychological well-being.

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Student Centered Learning Examples Using Technology

PLT4M

student at the University of New Mexico in the Health, Exercise, and Sports Science Department. During instructional units, teachers can use formative assessments to track progress and get a sense of how students are experiencing the delivery of curriculum. Formative assessments help guide future instruction with student input.