SCHOOL health services are part of a larger complex of health services including private physicians, hospitals, health departments, and special clinics, such as mental health clinics. Today's school health services are preventive in nature, with emphasis on the identification of health problems, and medical treatment is not permitted. Consequently, a good relationship between school health services and other community health services is essential to maintain a comprehensive and integrated health program for children. School health services are also part of a larger complex of nonmedical services for children, including educational services (the school itself, special schools), law enforcement services (police, juvenile courts, juvenile halls), welfare services (aid to dependent children, foster homes for children, family service agencies), and other community services such as scouting, the Young Men's Christian Association, the