New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Goal:

The goal of health services is to provide coordinated, accessible health and mental health services for students, families and staff.

Definition:

Health services means services provided for students to apprise, protect and promote health. These services are designed to ensure access or referral to primary health care or behavioral health services or both, foster appropriate use of primary health care services, behavioral health services, prevent and control communicable disease and other health problems, provide emergency care for illness or injury, promote and provide optimum sanitary conditions for a safe school facility and school environment and provide educational and counseling opportunities for promoting and maintaining individual, family and community health.

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Any parents or community members that are interested in becoming a member of the NMSBVI SHAC are invited to contact Kimberly Gililland, who is the SHAC Chairperson.

Kimberly Gililland , Health Services Supervisor
Phone: 575-439-4480