The Pediatrician and School Health Education

The Contribution of Voluntary Agencies to School Health*

“…The health program in the school should ideally be geared toward posikive experiences and education to which he has been exposed in his family setting and with his family's medical advisors. 6 The program in the school should be a continuation of this earlier education and should offer opportunity and encouragement for the development of his potentialities to the point of highest possible performance. The team now includes teachers as well as the family physician and the parents, and establishes the basis for cooperation between the home, school, and community for planning a sound school health program.…”