Our SBHCs are staffed by providers (Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and Licensed Counselors) and nurses, so we can provide many of the same services at our SBHC that we do at our main offices in Mill Creek and Elkins. We’ve listed a few examples below, but if there’s a service you don’t see listed and you want to know if we can do it at our SBHC, give us a call and our SBHC staff will talk to you about it!
Our SBHC services include:
- Medical Care: Taking care of sicknesses or injuries and doing check-ups.
- Behavioral Health: If needed, we can help you find someone to talk to.
- Shots (Immunizations): We offer shots that all kids need and some extra shots you can choose to get.
- Sports Check-ups (Physicals): If done after May 1st, these check-ups are good for the whole next school year.
- Allergy Shots: Now your child may not have to miss school to get these shots each week! We need orders from your allergy doctor.
- Telehealth Services: We can offer more services using Telehealth technology with our providers and nurses. Our nurses can use special equipment to look in their ears, check throats, and listen to hearts and lungs on a video screen. Parents can even join the call and see the whole visit!
We also provide Nursing Visits at no charge to you or your insurance. These include:
- Basic First Aid (band-aid, nose bleeds, lumps, bumps, etc.)
- Blood Pressure Checks
- Vision & Hearing Screens
- Lice Checks
- Over-the-counter medications - Our enrollment forms include a section that reviews the over-the-counter (OTC) medications we have at our SBHCs. You can individually select which OTCs you would like to be given at the SBHC, if needed. If we don’t have an enrollment form on file for your child, we’ll call you to ask for permission by phone.
Example: A kid comes to SBHC due to a headache, they have no fever and no other complaints but request headache medicine. SBHC staff reviews the kid’s SBHC enrollment form and administers the OTC medication the parent/guardian previously gave permission for the child to have. f no enrollment form is on file for the kid, we will contact the parent/guardian for permission. If we aren’t able to speak to the parent/guardian by phone then we are unable to give the child any medicine and will return them to class.
