Arkansas Coordinated School Health

Coordinated School Health Meeting

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

De-Escalation and Effective Surveys

SEPTEMBER FOLLOW-UP

Please take a few moments to complete a brief survey regarding the September CSH Meeting.

CSH Quarterly Meeting Resources

CSH Meeting Recordings

School Health Index and Wellness Reporting

Legislation

Funding Opportunities

ARKANSAS A.W.A.R.E

AR APP Safe and Healthy Schools Webinar

April 30, 2025

Recording Slide Deck Wellness Planning Tools

The CSH program offers professional development opportunities to school staff; links schools with evidenced-based physical education and health education curricula and programming; offers technical assistance in the development of comprehensive school wellness policies; and provides a network of national and state partners that offer resources, programming and funding opportunities which help to create a healthy and safe environment for students to be engaged in learning.

Healthy Students are Better Learners!

Arkansas Coordinated School Health

The Arkansas Coordinated School Health Program (CSH) is founded on the ten components of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Model (also referred to as just the Whole Child Model) which is a nationally recognized model recommended by the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Directors (ASCD) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background & Purpose

The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), in partnership with the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH), provides professional development and resources to assist school personnel with addressing the needs of the whole child in the school setting. The CSH Program and activities are supported with funding provided to the DESE through a collaborative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This program is designed to develop the capacity for school personnel to utilize a team approach to address today’s most relevant public health issues inhibiting academic achievement.