Ascd Model

“In 2013, the CDC and Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) convened a panel of experts in the fields of education, public health, and academia to create a comprehensive model regarding health promotion in the school setting. This model was created by analyzing the implementation and approaches of two previously established approaches: (1) the coordinated school health (CSH) approach, and (2) the ASCD’s Whole Child approach. While both approaches focused on students’ physical and emotional needs, “neither have resulted in a unified approach supported by both health and education sectors.”1

The resultant model formed in 2013 was titled the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model. The basic structure is as follows:

• At the center is the student, guaranteeing that the individual student is the focal point.

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• Surrounding the 5 tenets is ring stressing coordination between policies, processes, and practices.

• The outermost ring reflects the need for improved coordination between health and education as described by components of the original CHS approach, including: (a) health education, (b) nutrition environment and services, (c) employee wellness, (d) social and emotional school climate, (e) physical environment, (f) health services, (g) counseling, psychological, and social services, (h) community involvement, (i) family engagement, and (j) physical education and physical activity.

Of particular importance to our study, the sections involving health education, nutrition environment and services, and physical education and physical activity are most