School Health Support
Healthy students, life-long learners
Parents, school leaders, and health care professionals can all attest that healthy students are much more likely to be successful learners. Children’s Mercy is dedicated to helping children achieve their academic potential through our School Health Support services.
44th Annual School Health Conference
Our annual School Health Conference covered different topics, including identifying common rashes, an update on respiratory illnesses, supporting LGBTQ+ students and how to support students' mental health.
- Name That Rash! Common Skin Eruptions in Children and Teens (video)
- Name That Rash! Common Skin Eruptions in Children and Teens (PDF)
- Respiratory Illness Update (video)
- Respiratory Illness Update (PDF)
- Supporting LGBTQ+ Students & Families (video)
- Supporting LGBTQ+ Students & Families (PDF)
- The Mental Health Crisis and What You can Do to Help (video)
- The Mental Health Crisis and What You Can Do to Help (PDF)
COVID-19 school resources
Download our COVID-19 symptom decision tree to determine what action you should take when a child presents certain symptoms that may be related to COVID-19.
COVID-19 student symptom decision tree (PDF)
For more information on community and school-based COVID-19 testing, visit our The School TLC Study page.
For more information on COVID-19, visit our Information About COVID-19 page.
Community outreach portal
Children's Mercy is committed to providing health resources and education to the communities we serve. To request Children’s Mercy’s participation in a health fair, conference or event, or if your staff needs education, training, or support related to a children’s health issue, please fill out and submit a Community Request form. Requests are reviewed weekly and a representative will contact you to confirm participation. Given the current climate and restrictions due to COVID-19, we are also available for virtual events.
Training and modules
Educational resources
The links below provide great educational resources for parents, teen, kids and teachers:
- 43rd Annual School Health Conference recording (video)
- ADHD fact sheet (PDF)
- Autism services (PDF)
- Child passenger safety:
- Diabetes and urgent vs. emergent care slides (PDF)
- Eating disorders fact sheet (PDF)
- Gastrostomy tube (G-tube) fact sheet (PDF)
- Gastronomy tube (G-tube) training video
- KidsHealth
- Library services
- Medication/opioid safety
- Mental health and COVID-19 slides (PDF)
- Suicide Prevention:
- Suicide prevention online resources
- Wallet-sized card
- Posters
- Handouts
- Teaming Up for Asthma Control© (PDF)
- Transition readiness (PDF)
Hospital-based school program
The Hospital-Based School Program at Children’s Mercy provides efficient and effective educational experiences for the hospital school-aged population who choose to accept their services. For more information on this program, visit our Hospital-Based School page. For services, call (816) 302-9014 or email hospitalbasedschool@cmh.edu.
Once a child has left the hospital and ready return to school, Children's Mercy has put together a list of tips to help with school re-entry: