Resources by Topic
Enhance Safe and Healthy Environments
- Air Quality
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- Air Pollution and School Activities Guide (PDF)
- Asthma and Schools
- Essential Oils - Guide for Healthy Classrooms (PDF)
- Good Ventilation is Essential for a Healthy and Efficient Building, WSU (PDF)
- Healthy Air for Healthy Schools Flyer (PDF)
- Healthy Air Quality in Schools - Tips for Administrators, Custodians, and Teachers
- Improving Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality during Wildfire Smoke Events (PDF)
- Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools, EPA
- Indoor Air Quality Topics
- Measuring Carbon Dioxide Inside Buildings, WSU (PDF)
- Radon in Schools
- Responding to Indoor Air Quality Concerns in our Schools, 2005 (PDF)
- School Indoor Air Quality Best Management Practices Manual, 2003 (PDF)
- Ventilation and Air Quality for Reducing Transmission of Airborne Illnesses (PDF)
- Video: Indoor Air Monitoring and Assessment Tools, Smart Building Center Tool Lending Library/PSWCTUP
- Videos: School Indoor Air Quality Walk-Through, Northwest Clean Air Agency
- Washington Children and Youth Activities Guide for Air Quality (PDF)
- WA Air Guide Children Activities FAQ (PDF)
- Animals, Pest Management, and Pesticides
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- Animals in Public Settings Compendium, NASPHV
- Compliance Guide For the Use of Pesticides in Schools and Childcare (PDF) (WSDA)
- Integrated Pest Management for Schools, WSU
- Pest Press Handouts
- Pests - Bed Bugs, Bees, Lice, Rodents
- School Integrated Pest Management
- School Integrated Pest Management - Basic Principles
- School Integrated Pest Management - Hiring a Professional
- School Integrated Pest Management - Resources
- Schools and Pesticides
K-12 Teaching Resources
- Infection Prevention, Cleaning, and Disinfecting
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- Classroom Cleaning - Tips for Teachers
- Cleaning and Disinfecting Guidance for Schools (PDF)
- Cleaning and Disinfecting Public Spaces (PDF)
- Cleaning for Asthma-Safer Schools, CA Department of Public Health
- Cleaning, Sanitizing, and Disinfecting for Child Cares - Guide for Early Care and Education Providers (PDF)
- Disinfecting and Sanitizing with Bleach - Guidelines for Mixing Bleach Solutions (PDF) | Spanish | Somali
- Handwashing to Prevent Illness at School
- Infectious Disease Control Guide for School Staff (PDF)
- MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
- Video: Removing Toxics in Cleaning, Sanitizing, and Disinfection, Toxics Use Reduction Institute
- Career and Tech Ed, Arts, and Science
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- 3D Printers
- Art Hazards
- School Chemical List (Excel)
- Teen Workers, L&I
- Theatrical Fog Guidelines (PDF)
- Video: Hazardous Chemical Safety in School Shops
- Video: Hazardous Chemical Safety in Art Classrooms
- Video: Hazardous Chemical Safety in Science Classrooms
- Video: Science Safety - High Hazard Chemicals Overview
- Video: Science Safety - Chemical Storage
- Video: Science Safety - Disposal of Hazardous Waste
- Video: Science Safety - Spill Response
- Video: Chemical Storage and Hazardous Waste Disposal, PSWCT
- Video: Chemical Spill Prevention and Proper Clean Up, PSWCT
- Video: Chemical Hygiene Officer CHO Training, PSWCT
- Video: General Safety Inspection for School Shops
- Video: School Autoshop Safety Inspection
- Video: School Metalworking Safety Inspection
- Video: School Woodshop Safety Inspection
- Video: Laser Printing, Engraving, and 3-D Printer Safety Inspection
- Contaminants
- Facilities and Construction
- Playgrounds and Playfields
- Rules and Regulations
- Student Health and Safety
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- A-Z Health Topics, OSPI
- Creating a Healthy School Environment | US EPA
- Concussion Management for School Sports
- Emergency Preparedness and Response
- How to Respond to Injury and Illness at School, OSPI/DOH (PDF)
- K-12 Guide - Health and Safety Guide for K-12 Schools in Washington State (PDF)
- Supply List Guidance for Healthy Classrooms (PDF)
- Wi-Fi Safety Concerns in Our Schools
- School Environmental Health and Safety Workshops
- Subscribe to Email Updates on School Environmental Health and Safety Information
- Program and Contact Information for School and Environmental Health and Safety Program
- K-12 Guide - Health and Safety Guide for K-12 Schools in Washington State (PDF)
Promote Healthy Behaviors
- Addressing Viral Respiratory Illness
- Immunizations
- Additional Topics
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- Healthy Youth Survey
- Safer Routes to School
- Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Program (WIC)
- Oral Health
- School-Based Health Centers (Community-based prevention)
Manage Health Conditions
- Guidance for Aerosol-Generating Procedures (AGPs) for K-12 Schools (PDF)
- Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN)
- Heart Disease, Stroke, and Diabetes Prevention
- Washington State Epinephrine Standing Order (PDF)
Prevent Injury and Violence
- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)
- Youth Suicide Prevention
- Student Head Injury Information and Reporting
- FAQ about the Student Head Injury Reporting Tool
- Safe Medication Return
- Safe Kids Washington
Promote Healthy Decision Making
- Commercial Tobacco Prevention Program
- Cannabis Prevention and Education
- Naloxone Can Save Lives - What Families Should Know (PDF) | Chinese | Russian | Somali | Spanish | Vietnamese
- Naloxone Kits to All Public High Schools - Free (PDF) | Chinese | Russian | Somali | Spanish | Vietnamese
- Sexual Education - Healthy Youth Act
- Teen Health Hub WA
- Youth Advisory page
Additional Resources
If you have questions, contact us at k12engagement@doh.wa.gov