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Cultivating Community: WA SBHA’s 2025 Student Health Summit (November 7, 2025)
Program Information
2025 Student Health Summit is dedicated to advancing the impact of school-based health centers (SBHCs) and supporting the health and well-being of youth across our communities. Our theme this year is Cultivating Community: strengthening collective power for student health and wellness.
This event is designed for SBHC staff, administrators, advocates, supporters, and students and youth who are committed to creating healthier school environments and building strong, sustainable health services. Whether you’ve been in the SBHC world for a while, or new to the field, this conference will provide valuable learning, networking, and inspiration. Register now to be part of this vital conversation shaping the future of school-based health care in Washington.
The conference will feature four engaging and solution-focused sessions:
- Focus Area 1: Creating the Whole Child Health Environment
- Explore strategies and best practices for student-centered care that supports physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
- Focus Area 2: Navigating Landscapes: Legal & Advocacy
- Gain insights into the legal frameworks and advocacy tools that influence SBHC operations, health policy, and adolescent physical/behavioral health.
- Focus Area 3: Planting Seeds: Youth & Community Engagement
- Discover innovative approaches to engaging youth and building meaningful partnerships with families and communities.
- Focus Area 4: Growing SBHC Capacity
- Learn about best practices and models to strengthen and expand the reach of school-based health.
For a full agenda: Agenda
This activity met on November 7, 2025
Target Audience
This activity is appropriate for the following audiences:
- Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
- Physicians
- Physician Associates/Assistants
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Other behavioral health providers
- Other members of the care team
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to do the following:
- Identify strategies for integrating peer-led and community-based mental health supports alongside traditional school-based services.
- Understand how youth-friendly, non-clinical environments can reduce stigma and expand access to early intervention for mental health.
AMA Designation Statement
Moses/Weitzman Health System Inc. designates this Live activity for a maximum of 4.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Additional Information
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 2025 SHS Flyer (2).pdf | 4.18 MB |
Schedule
- Keynote: 9:00-9:45 PM (0.75 credits)
- Session 1: 9:55-10:55 AM PST (1.0 credits)
- Integrating Peer Support and Community Counseling to Foster Youth Well-Being Outside Clinical Walls
- Facing the FAQs: Equipping Clinic Coordinators for Community Connection
- Building Coalitions for Patient-Centered Care
- Expanding the Behavioral Health Workforce: Introduction to the Behavioral Health Support Specialist (BHSS)
- Session 2: 11:05-12:05 PM PST (1.0 credits)
- Sharing HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) with School-Based Health Clinics
- Navigating Confidential Billing in SBHCs with MCOs
- Creating a Sustainable Student Health Council
- From Funders to Frontline: How Public Health Powers School-Based Health Centers
- Session 3: 1:10-2:10 PM PST (1.0 credits)
- Hearts, Hands, and Healing: A Community Call to Action
- A Conversation with Representative Stonier
- Engaging Youth to Promote School Based Health Centers
- Building or Buying: Strategies for Behavioral Health Staffing
- Panel: 2:30-3:00 PM PST (0.5 credits)
Weitzman Institute Disclosure Statement
It is the policy of the Weitzman Institute to ensure that Continuing Education (CE) activities are independent and free of commercial bias. To ensure educational content is objective, balanced, and guarantee content presented is in the best interest of its learners' and the public, the Weitzman Institute requires that everyone in a position to control educational content disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. An ineligible company is one whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Examples can be found at accme.org.
Faculty participating in a Weitzman Institute-sponsored activity must disclose to the planning committee and audience all financial or other relationship(s) with ineligible companies.
Dr. Karen Ashley is the Director of Education for the Weitzman Institute. She oversees all educational programming accredited by the Moses/Weitzman Health System.
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Washington School-Based Health Alliance and Moses/Weitzman Health System, Inc./Weitzman Institute. Moses/Weitzman Health System, Inc. is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credential Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
By completing this activity, you provide Moses/Weitzman Health System Inc. the permission to share completion data with the ACCME and the certifying board(s).
Please note that continuing education credit requirements differ by state, jurisdiction, and licensing agency. It is your responsibility to confirm if your licensing/credentialing agency will accept the credits offered by this activity.
Available Credit
- 4.25 AAPA Category I CMEThrough Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide American Academy of PAs (AAPA) credit to physician assistants at its activities. Participants should only claim commensurate credit with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 4.25 ACE/ASWBThrough Joint Accreditation Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) credit to social workers at its activities.
- 4.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ to physicians at its activities via Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
- 10.50 ANCCThrough Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) nursing credit to nurses at its activities.
- 4.25 APAThrough Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide American Psychological Association (APA) credit to psychologists at its activities.
- 4.25 Participation Hour(s)You are able to download an unaccredited Participation Certificate for your records if you are not able to use any of the credit types provided for this activity or if this activity does not offer accredited CME/CE credits.
How to Register
- Create an account on the Weitzman Education Platform if you do not have one already. Reference How do I create an account? if needed.
- Select the Register button above to register for all conference sessions, regardless of your attendance.
- Then, in the table above, select the links for each session you attended.
- Within each activity, select the Continue tab above to complete the session evaluation. You will need to complete a session evaluation for each session you would like to claim credit for.
- After completing session evaluations and claiming credit for each session you attended, you can download an overall conference certificate appropriate to your credentials.
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