TIME OFF
DATES NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO REQUEST TIME OFF:
None at this time
NURSE MEETING
NEXT NURSE MEETING
The in-person nurse meeting date has changed
New Date: Wednesday, January 18
Time: 230-4pm
Location: TBD
Topic of Discussion: Child commercial sex exploitation and child sex trafficking
Monica Desmond, Deschutes County CSEC Response Team Coordinator will be meeting with us to talk about what the CSEC Response Team does, signs/symptoms, and what school nurses can do.
(CSEC – Commercially Sexually Exploited Children)
No nurse meeting on Wednesday, January 11
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
FROM ANDREA WILSON IN HR:
Here is an updated link to our employee benefits webpage. We want to draw your attention to the wellness resources that everyone has access to as well. Our goal is to update this quarterly. Thank you!
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION
Keeping nurses in the loop about how child sexual abuse education is being addressed at the primary and secondary levels.
From Aimee Snyder –
I just wanted to share what we’re doing with the secondary Health teachers for child sexual abuse prevention education. Julie and Marci are aware of this too, though they’re a farther behind in getting to implementation and would only be field testing this a 1-2 elem schools.
The secondary health teachers who requested Safety Matters (a child sexual abuse prevention curricula that complies with Erin’s Law) have gotten access to the curricula and have started the 3-hour online training. We (me and KIDS Center) oriented them to the portal and got them started on the training. They are completing up until a certain part, then we’ll meet back on Feb 15 to finish it in person so we can talk through questions and uncomfortable parts.
I’m working on drafting a parent letter (with KIDS Center and Dean) that would go out to parents/guardians before it’s taught in a class. The letter would be an opt-out letter but will also include parent education and handouts to help parents engage their children in discussions on the topic at home. We’ll also refer them to community-based trainings where parents can learn more about the subject.
I have been working with Dean on this, but I thought you may want to be informed in case someone asks about what we’re doing for Erin’s Law or online safety for students.
Below are upcoming community events you could refer parents/families to attend to learn more about child sexual abuse prevention.
You could also attend these yourself if you’d like more information. Attached are handouts for the Jan 24 and 26 events and a handout for some of KIDS Center’s upcoming SafetyNet trainings. This is KIDS Center’s full list of upcoming child sexual abuse prevention trainings for parents/families and community members.
January 24, 6-7:30pm in High Desert Music Hall in Redmond: “Digital Safety & Response: Empowering Parents & Our Community to Keep Youth Safe Online”
January 26, 6-7pm at the Deschutes Public Library, East Bend location: “Understanding & Addressing Sex Trafficking in Our Community”
January 31st, 5:30-7:30pm at Sunriver Library: “SafetyNet: Smart Cyber Choices” training
February 21, 5:30-7:30pm, virtual: “SafetyNet: Smart Cyber Choices” training
March 7, 6-7pm at Deschutes Public Library, East Bend location: “Darkness to Light: Healthy Touch for Children” training
March 8, 6-8pm, virtual: “SafetyNet: Smart Cyber Choices” training en Español
March 14, 5:30-7:30pm at Becky Johnson Community Center, Redmond: “SafetyNet: Smart Cyber Choices” training
March 15, 6-8:30pm, virtual: “Darkness to Light: Stewards of Children” training
May 4, 5:30-8pm at Sunriver Library: “Darkness to Light: Stewards of Children” training
May 9, 5:30-7:30pm at Deschutes Public Library East Bend location: “SafetyNet: Smart Cyber Choices” training
May 10, 6-8:30pm, virtual: “Acerca de la Oscuridad de Guardianes de Los Niños Darkness to Light” en Español
May 30, 5:30-7:30pm, virtual: “SafetyNet: Smart Cyber Choices” training
June 21, 6-8pm, virtual: “SafetyNet: Smart Cyber Choices” training
COVID TESTS
Well…there really isn’t an update….
- We are still waiting for the new tests (that I ordered in December) to arrive. Once I receive the new tests, I will send them out to schools.
- No word from the FDA about extensions to the extended expiration date tests.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY
In the United States, Martin Luther King, Jr., Day is observed annually on the third Monday in January. The day commemorates the life and work of Dr. King, who was a Baptist minister and prominent leader in the American civil rights movement. People are encouraged to use the day to “reflect on the principles of racial equality and nonviolent social change espoused by Dr. King.” The holiday is typically observed with events such as marches and rallies and speeches by politicians and civil rights leaders.
King was born on January 15, 1929. He rose to the fore of the civil rights movement in 1955 with the Montgomery bus boycott that followed the arrest of Rosa Parks, an African American woman who had violated the city’s racial segregation ordinances when she refused to give her seat on a bus to a white passenger. An advocate of Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy of using nonviolent resistance to effect social change, King promoted the use of nonviolent means to bring an end to racial segregation in the United States. In 1964 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for his efforts. He was assassinated in 1968.
Efforts to create a national holiday honoring King began soon after his assassination, although legislation for a federal holiday was not passed until 1983. The first nationwide observance of the holiday occurred in 1986. – Britannica