Concurrent Sessions
Offered on Friday, December 4, from 2:00 – 3:15 p.m.
Session 12. Food For Thought: Food Allergies and AdolescentsChitra Dinakar, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, UMKC School of Medicine and Children’s Mercy Hospital & Clinics, Kansas City, MO
HB 922 requires Missouri schools to adopt a policy on allergy prevention and response to address potentially deadly food allergies. Recognize and diagnose food allergies; the need for educating adolescents with life-threatening allergies on prevention and management of allergic reactions; and effective strategies to manage food allergies.
Session 13. Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) Section 504
Shawn Brice, Director of Special Needs, Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City, MO
Do you know the differences between Sections 504, the IDEA and the ADA? There are ramifications in this new law that affect food service, student disabilities, and employee rights. Participants will learn the information they need to prepare for and comfortably participate in Section 504 meetings.
Session 14. Behavior Intervention in Your School and Community
Debbie Capra, MSW, LCSW, BIST Consultant, Kansas City, MO; and Helen Porter, EdS, MEd, Assistant Principal, Oakland Junior High School, Columbia, MO
Facing situations of abuse, drug/alcohol usage, homelessness, and/or lack of supervision, children are coming to school with more challenging behavioral problems. Participants will learn about an intervention strategy for dealing with troubled youth, Behavior Intervention Support Team (BIST), a confrontational model to provide every student with a safe and productive learning environment.
Session 15. Protect Your Sex Ed Program With Parents
Barbara Flis, Founder, Parent Action for Healthy Kids, Farmington Hills, MI
Is it true that parents don’t support sex education programs? In this session participants will hear stories of successful parent-led initiatives, identify strategies to increase communication with parents, learn techniques for reframing issues that often lead to conflict and become skilled on ways to build support for programs that help student make healthy choices now and for a lifetime.
Session 16. Active Living With Diabetes
Clay Moody, Physical Education Teacher, Salem, MO
Practical and useful information for classroom teachers, nurses and food service directors about food and activity management of diabetes presented by both a teacher and person living with diabetes.
Session 17. Child Nutrition Programs and Reauthorization Act of 2009
Dana Doerhoff, Assistant Director, School Food Services, Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City, MO
Farm to school, breakfast, lunch, after school and summer feeding programs. Learn what’s new with child nutrition programs and the changes from the federal and state legislation to bring more fruits, vegetables and whole grains to the school table.