Children and adolescents spend so much of their time in school regardless of where they live in the world. Health and learning are closely connected in the school setting, where good health and healthy practices create the optimal conditions for students’ academic success. And the contrary is also true: poor heath and unhealthy practices build tall barriers to student learning. The courses of this specialization are designed to equip learners to manage common health conditions including asthma, allergies, diabetes, and seizures. Next they will learn to manage common behavior conditions such as ADHD and autism as well as learning disabilities and concussion. Upon completion of the specialization, learners will be ready to apply newly acquired skills in the provision of social, emotional, behavioral, and special education services. Importantly, they will also be ready to promote healthy practices such as nutrition, physical activity, and community and family participation in their own school community. In pediatric healthcare we do everything possible to ensure the health of children and adolescents but there can be no greater impact on a child’s health than receiving optimal health condition management and healthy practices in school.
MB
Excellent Course!!! I gained lots of valuable information on managing Asthma, Allergies, Diabetes & Seizures in Schools!!! I would recommend this course for new & experienced School Nurses!!!
HC
This course is very informative about managing ASD and ADHD. It is a great starting point for teachers, parents, or any family member who has or wants to learn how to help someone with a disability.
SB
Great course! It provided a sufficient amount of information to equip persons interacting with children and adolescents for better understanding and interaction.
MJ
A few links were not working, but other than it was a well thought out course. I am glad that it mentioned the inequities within child health.
JP
A very straight forward and easy to understan course helpful for aspiring teachers or practicing teachers, and future parents
CG
Me conscientice mucho sobre el universo del ADHD ya que yo tambiné lo sufro y esto me permite poder apoyar a mas personas que no tienen tanto acceso a información
BP
I was able to understand and apply to present day situations. It has caused me to see, even more, that this is the area that I want to specialize in.
AB
It was so interesting and got to know many things, how our diet plan should be and how one can start PA and PE in school or college. it was really so helpul . THANK YOU SO MUCH.
H
The course was very informative and helpful for teachers to know how to handle children during asthma, allergies, diabetes and seizures at school.
SK
An amazing learning. I learned a lot about different disabilities and disorders and especially how to manage that. Thank You for such an intresting course.
AY
It's an excellent course that's a must-offer for teachers who is always looking for a better way to make positive impacts in the lives of their learners and school.
ST
I enjoyed going through the videos and course materiel. Indeed, I got lot of insights, which I can practically implement at school sports development segment.
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Am very happy to undertake this special course. I have learnt much from it especially to handle basic health care and emergencies.
Thanks to coursera and the lead instructors. This is my second course taken following deafness in the 21 century.
The course was really helpful for me. I have learnt a lot to manage children with Asthma, Allergies, Diabetes and Seizures. Now I shall be able to train my teachers and help my students and parents. The best thing I liked about the course is that one can learn more and more, as much as he/ she wants to, through the literature and video links provided in between the lessons. I took many more hours than suggested to know more about these diseases and how to manage them in school set up. Thanks to my teachers and Coursera for this courseware.
With warm regards,
Aditi Basu Roy
Principal
Grads International School
Greater Noida, India
Hi this course is very important to learn about school kids emergency and useful for nurses or healthcare workers at school to manage emergency situation s what is day-to-day life's happenings ..thanks to the team for this opportunity to learn about these important points.
This course has elevated the confidence I have in working with school children and staff. I recommend school staff to consider taking courses like this so we can have safe environments for everyone at school.
Very useful and educational content for parents, physicians, teachers and anyone in everyday contact with children. Some links are not working properly. In general, highly recommended!
The course was very helpful, as it provided loads of information on how to manage asthma,seizures,food allergies and diabetes for the school children. It was an informative course.
A lot of the supplementary readings had links that did not work or no longer linked correctly "page not found" was a common issues.
A lot of the supplementary readings had "word for word" information that was just shared in the videos.
I'm a teacher and I'm learning special education. I would liked to find a course, which encompasse my learnings so far but give me new knowledge. Luckily I found teh perfect one! This course was very useful, comprehensive. I learnt about a lot these themes before, but every course gave me new line of sight and challenge. I'm grateful took part in it. Thank you so much all professor from Colorado University!
Thank you so much for updating and giving us an advance practical information in the iSchool health industry of which is ignored here in south africa, School health programme are necessity as we can experience most learners who suffers from different condition more expecial chronic ones. To get this kind of upgrade is very encouraging to this stressful industry of nursing without working tools.
I totally recommend this course. In each leasson, the videos are very clear and with great content, and all the resouces and refences are really useful and complement what was seen in the lesson.
Excellent Course!!! I gained lots of valuable information on managing Asthma, Allergies, Diabetes & Seizures in Schools!!! I would recommend this course for new & experienced School Nurses!!!
The content of this course have been very beneficial to me and i have learnt a lot. I intent to apply this knowledge when school reopens to help my colleagues and student.
Thank you so much for this course and the opportunity. This is really an eye opener.this course has thought me alot of things.thx for the link and is very fast to open.
This course was very educational. I am very happy that I completed it. As a soon to become teacher this information and the knowledge that I have received is priceless.
The course was very informative and helpful for teachers to know how to handle children during asthma, allergies, diabetes and seizures at school.
A very straight forward and easy to understan course helpful for aspiring teachers or practicing teachers, and future parents
I thoroughly enjoyed this course as it gave me a different dimension of the health related issues children and adolescents.
Informative, and well-delivered overview of each chronic disease and appropriate management in a school setting
it is a very interesting course for managing Asthma, Allergies, Diabetes and seizures in daily life!
Very informative, well structured and very useful for basic responses to all four situations.