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Immunizations and Other Barriers for Students Experiencing Homelessness

This article discusses the barriers faced by homeless students in obtaining immunizations and enrolling in school, including lack of transportation, guardian, awareness, and discipline issues.

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Immunizations and Other Barriers for Students Experiencing Homelessness

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  1. Immunizations and Other Barriers for Students Experiencing Homelessness David Ray, Region 10 ESC 972.348.1786; david.ray@Region10.org www.region10.org/mvh

  2. Barriers to What? • Identification • Enrollment • Academic and extracurricular activities • Receiving appropriate credit

  3. Barriers • Immunization and Other Records • Lack of Transportation • Lack of Guardian • Lack of Awareness • Discipline or Behavioral Issues

  4. Immunizations (iii) RELEVANT HEALTH RECORDS.—If the child or youth needs to obtain immunizations or other required health records, the enrolling school shall immediately refer the parent or guardian of the child or youth, or (in the case of an unaccompanied youth) the youth, to the local educational agency liaison designated under paragraph (1)(J)(ii), who shall assist in obtaining necessary immunizations or screenings, or immunization or other required health records, in accordance with subparagraph (D). – McKinney-Vento

  5. Immunizations Provisional Enrollment (b) A student who is homeless, as defined by §103 of the McKinney Act, 42 USC §11302, shall be admitted temporarily for 30 days if acceptable evidence of vaccination is not available. The school shall promptly refer the student to appropriate public health programs to obtain the required vaccinations. – Texas Administrative Code

  6. Other Records (D) RECORDS.—Any record ordinarily kept by the school, including immunization or other required health records, academic records, birth certificates, guardianship records, and evaluations for special services or programs, regarding each homeless child or youth shall be maintained— (i) so that the records involved are available, in a timely fashion, when a child or youth enters a new school or school district; -- McKinney-Vento

  7. Immediate Enrollment without Records (C) IMMEDIATE ENROLLMENT.— (i) IN GENERAL.—The school selected in accordance with this paragraph shall immediately enroll the homeless child or youth, even if the child or youth— (I) is unable to produce records normally required for enrollment, such as previous academic records, records of immunization and other required health records, proof of residency, or other documentation; -- McKinney-Vento

  8. Transportation (iii) The State and the local educational agencies in the State will adopt policies and practices to ensure that transportation is provided, at the request of the parent or guardian (or in the case of an unaccompanied youth, the liaison), to and from the school of origin (as determined under paragraph (3)), in accordance with the following, as applicable: (I) If the child or youth continues to live in the area served by the local educational agency in which the school of origin is located, the child’s or youth’s transportation to and from the school of origin shall be provided or arranged by the local educational agency in which the school of origin is located. (II) If the child’s or youth’s living arrangements in the area served by the local educational agency of origin terminate and the child or youth, though continuing the child’s or youth’s education in the school of origin, begins living in an area served by another local educational agency, the local educational agency of origin and the local educational agency in which the child or youth is living shall agree upon a method to apportion the responsibility and costs for providing the child or youth with transportation to and from the school of origin. If the local educational agencies are unable to agree upon such method, the responsibility an costs for transportation shall be shared equally. --McKinney-Vento

  9. Transportation Text from federal guidance: https://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/essa/160240ehcyguidance072716updated0317.pdf

  10. Lack of a Guardian (iv) in the case of an unaccompanied youth, ensure that the local educational agency liaison designated under paragraph (1)(J)(ii) assists in placement or enrollment decisions under this subparagraph, gives priority to the views of such unaccompanied youth, and provides notice to such youth of the right to appeal under subparagraph (E). – McKinney-Vento

  11. Lack of a Guardian • Counseling? • Reviewing absences? • Student advocacy? • Reviewing grades and credit? • Post-secondary considerations?

  12. Lack of Awareness (vi) public notice of the educational rights of homeless children and youths is disseminated in locations frequented by parents or guardians of such children and youths, and unaccompanied youths, including schools, shelters, public libraries, and soup kitchens, in a manner and form understandable to the parents and guardians of homeless children and youths, and unaccompanied youths; -- McKinney-Vento

  13. Discipline or Behavioral Issues (4) COMPARABLE SERVICES.—Each homeless child or youth to be assisted under this subtitle shall be provided services comparable to services offered to other students in the school selected under paragraph (3), including the following: (A) Transportation services. (B) Educational services for which the child or youth meets the eligibility criteria, such as services provided under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) or similar State or local programs, educational programs for children with disabilities, and educational programs for English learners. (C) Programs in career and technical education. (D) Programs for gifted and talented students. (E) School nutrition programs.

  14. Discipline or Behavioral Issues • Effects of Trauma on the brain • Children exposed to trauma can have difficulty regulating their emotions. One of the signs to look for is whether a child has the ability to self soothe or exhibit coping skills • Children have difficulty: • Knowing / Identifying feelings • Describing feelings and internal states • Describing wishes and desires to others • Regulating his/her mood • Showing coping skills

  15. Discipline or Behavioral Issues • Effects of Trauma on the brain • Behavioral Control • Traumatized children can demonstrate: • Poor impulse control • Self-destructive behavior • Aggression towards others • A heightened awareness of potential dangers to themselves or others

  16. Discipline or Behavioral Issues • TEC 25.007 – Transition Assistance • http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/ED/htm/ED.25.htm

  17. Questions? • Please type questions for the presenter

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