2027 School Health Workshop – February 1, 2027
The Gateway Conference Center
Richburg, SC
Our next School Health Workshop will take place February 1, 2027. Please check back for CEU information. We would love for you to join us in-person! A virtual option will be offered, and participants must participate in real-time. No recording will be available. Register online and pay with a credit card by using Event Brite here. To pay by check, use this form if you are an employee of DPH or the Chester, Fairfield, or Lancaster School Districts. All other participants who prefer to pay by check should use this form.
8:00 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. Welcome and acknowledgement of sponsors
8:35 a.m. Emerging Threats in Domestic Terrorism: Nihilistic Violent Extremism
Emily McElveen, Special Agent
South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Fusion Center
9:45 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. Diabetes
Dr. Sudhakar
MUSC Health
11:00 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m. When Students Feel Anxious: Recognizing, Responding, and Supporting
Sara Weiss-Cowie, MA, LPC, NCC
12:00 p.m. Lunch break
12:45 p.m. Substance Use in School Aged Kids and the Alternatives to Suspension Model
Melody C. Reid, CSPS, ICPS, Director of Prevention Services, Hazel Pittman Center
and
Terra Bell, Statewide Community Engagement Manager, Smokefree SC
2:00 p.m. Break
2:15 p.m. Pediatric Emergencies for School Nurses
Bonnie McDonald
3:15 p.m. Wrap Up and Evaluations
3:30 p.m. Adjourn
If you have questions, please call 803-377-8026 or email knichols (at) umrhn.org.
We would like to thank the Chester Healthcare Foundation and Mid-Carolina AHEC for their continued support of our program! CEU information coming soon!