2025 National School-Based Health Care Conference Session & Poster Call for Abstracts
Due Date: November 8, 2024
The 2025 Annual Conference will be held June 29-July 1, 2025, at the Westin DC Downtown, Washington, DC.
The National School-Based Health Care Conference is an opportunity to connect with hundreds of health care professionals, education professionals, youth, and advocates from across the country. The theme for the conference is “Celebrating 30 Years: Honor the Past, Inspire the Future.” Nearly 4,000 school-based health centers (SBHCs) nationwide deliver integrated, patient-centered care, screening for conditions like obesity and depression, and offering preventive services—all with a particular focus on children, adolescents, and families who lack access to health care because of systemic inequities, low incomes, lack of health insurance, or where they live. Conference attendees will explore the innovative ways SBHCs serve their students and families in rural, urban, and suburban schools and communities by promoting wellness and health equity through engaging communities and fostering partnerships.
The School-Based Health Alliance has a special program just for youth at the National School-Based Health Care Conference. The ‘Be the Change’ Youth Training Program is designed to provide an opportunity for youth to connect with like-minded peers from around the country who are passionate leaders of change in their schools and communities. ‘Be the Change’ participants network with each other and school-based health care advocates at the conference and engage in various workshops pertaining to health, education, policy, and leadership.
Registration Rates
Before May 10, 2025
After May 10, 2025
General
Presenters
Student (grad/undergrad)
'Be the Change' Youth Training Program (high school only)
$750
$700
$500
$200
$850
$800
$500
$200
Note: Session and poster presenters whose abstracts are accepted agree to register in full to attend the conference.
More information
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- Preventive Care and Clinical Services (primary care, behavioral health, specialty services)
- Business Operations, Sustainability, and Quality Improvement
- Policy & Partnerships
- Innovations
- ‘Be the Change’ Youth Training Program (for youth participants only)
Session Type | Description |
Pre-conference (Sunday, June 29) | Time Frame: 2-4 hours in length. |
Workshop I (Single) | Time Frame: 75 minutes Maximum number of presenters: two, no moderator |
Workshop II (Double)
| Time Frame: 150 minutes Maximum number of presenters: three, plus one moderator* |
Panel
| Time Frame: 75 minutes
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Poster | Time Frame: TBD (in-person presentation during poster session)
Maximum number of presenters: one |
- Update clinical, diagnostic, and education skills for treating and preventing common mental and physical health conditions seen in SBHCs.
- Share practices related to addressing social factors that impact the health of children and adolescents.
- Increase knowledge of SBHC and other school-based health care administration (e.g., services and modalities such as oral health, vision care, telehealth, and mobile health) with an emphasis on financial stability, school and community services integration, workforce enhancement, emerging practices, and continuous quality improvement.
- Investigate long-term sustainability issues for SBHCs, including workforce challenges and innovations.
- Expand knowledge of school-based health care-related research and evaluation.
- Deepen knowledge of innovative prevention and early intervention strategies to change risk-taking behaviors, emphasizing anticipatory guidance, health promotion, and health education.
- Strengthen interdisciplinary team building among staff comprising physical and mental health providers, health education staff, and education stakeholders.
- Bolster knowledge of ways to increase family and community involvement in SBHC efforts.
- Explore issues related to advocacy, policy, and coalition building.
- Share ideas and best and emerging practices and network with colleagues.
- School-based health care administrators/managers
- Interdisciplinary clinical teams
- Education professionals, such as superintendents, principals, school social workers, school psychologists, school safety professionals, and community schools staff members
- Youth and youth leaders
- Funders and sponsor organizations
- School-based health care oversight agencies, including departments of health and education
- Researchers and evaluators
- Advocates, supporters, and policymakers