Relentless School Nurse

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Photo credit: CDC Protective Factors Protective factors are individual or environmental characteristics that promote the health and emotional well-being of children and adolescents. They play a crucial role in helping children succeed despite adverse circumstances and can be enhanced to support positive health behaviors and buffer against the potentially harmful effects of negative situations and events.

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Wellness Schooling Academics Health 152

The Everlearner

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Officially, I’m meant to be on annual leave at the moment but this is something I’m not great at preparing for. Therefore, in the absence of well-planned and pre-written posts whilst I rest for the season’s break, I’m throwing a personal piece together so that, in a few weeks’ time, I can celebrate the fact that I have released new blogs every single Wednesday for the entirety of 2023.

Wellness 111

Wellness 111

PLT4M

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Healthy sleep habits can improve our mental, physical, and emotional health. Good sleep hygiene for teens helps support better quantity and quality sleep. We explore the what, why, and how of sleep hygiene for teens. In addition, we break down 8 sleep hygiene tips! Share this article with a teenager to help them with a good night’s sleep. This article is repurposed from PLT4M’s sleep lesson plans unit.

Exercise 52

Exercise Achievement Nutrition Academics 52

First Beat

DECEMBER 20, 2023

A key reason to monitor your teams matches and training is to establish the demands of competition and use this data to plan and execute training accordingly. One aspect of this will be measuring the intensity of competition and aiming to meet or exceed this within the relative safety of training. The problem? It’s relatively easy to establish the demands for the whole of a game, for example a soccer player may accumulate 250 TRIMP over a 90 minute game, which equals ~2.77 TRIMP/min.

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Sports Sports Sport Achievement 52

Speaker: Jeremy Kellem, M.Ed. - Educational Strategist, Former Athlete, and CEO/Founder of W.I.N. (We Impact Now, LLC)

For many students, physical education is critical to becoming active and developing healthy routines. But how is this possible anymore with the repercussions of the pandemic? Years of COVID-19, social distancing, and virtual learning have all had a profound effect on students, which means educators need to adjust their classes accordingly. The good news is that P.E. can still play a vital role in helping students intellectually, emotionally, physically, and socially.

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Designs for Health

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most prevalent hormonal disorder in women of reproductive age, affecting approximately 21% of women across the globe , according to a recent systematic review. It is characterized by the presence of any two of the following : oligo-ovulation or anovulation, clinical or biochemical hyperandrogenism, or polycystic ovaries observed through ultrasound.

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Obesity Exercise 52