Presented by Carlos Romero, President & CEO; Eliza Gardiner, Senior Evaluator; and Jamie Duvall, Evaluator, Apex
A closer look on how to build in Just Health to support student-centered care.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Hotel Andaluz Albuquerque, Curio Collection by Hilton
125 2nd Street Northwest Albuquerque, NM 87102
Celebrating 25 years of ensuring kids are healthy and ready to learn, the New Mexico Alliance for School-Based Health Centers welcomed over 150 participants at the 2025 SBHC Preconference. This year’s theme, “Tools That Matter,” focused on equipping SBHC teams with essential strategies and resources to provide responsive, student-centered care.
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The Toolshed
Ralanda Shroulote and Russell Johnson, The Food Depot; Rita Condon, Program Manager, NMDOH Obesity, Nutrition, and Physical Activity
A panel discussion on integrating food access into your care model to address physical and behavioral health.
Resources:
https://tools.sbh4all.org/no-kid-hungry-toolkit-home/
Presented by Zach Scott, Policy Vice President, School-Based Health Alliance
Unpacking national policy trends that affect SBHCs and student health. What every SBHC should know.
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Presented by Sheena Moe, Behavioral Health Consultant, New Mexico Alliance for School-Based Health Care;
This workshop equips school-based staff and partners with tools to better support student behavioral health through a systems lens. Participants will explore strategies that go beyond individual interventions to address environmental and systemic factors within school communities. Together, we’ll reimagine what a more responsive, equitable, and holistic school behavioral health system can look like, and build the toolbox to help get us there.
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Presented by Jen Robinson, Adolescent Clinical Consultant, New Mexico Alliance for School-Based Health Care
Equip your clinic team to be a trusted, compassionate resource – meeting youth where they are with stigma-free, whole-person care for puberty and sexual health needs.
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Jen’s favorite resources for answering questions and providing info on puberty + sexual and reproductive health (most of these resources are available in English and Spanish):
https://youngwomenshealth.org/health-guides-index/
Free menstrual products and donations:
https://freeflownm.com/programs/ – period products in classrooms, disability period product access initiative, general distribution, and more!
https://www.iwrising.org/copy-of-emergence-fund
https://tewawomenunited.org/programs/indigenous-womens-health-and-reproductive-justice-program
PED memo outlining state legislative funds available for all public schools in NM to stock menstrual products in their bathrooms, includes contact info at PED to help schools use funds for this!
Virginity resources:
https://www.bedsider.org/features/962-5-myths-about-virginity-busted – article in which the hymen is likened to a scrunchie
https://youngwomenshealth.org/guides/virginity/
Menstrual education resources:
https://youngwomenshealth.org/guides/tampons/ – Period Products: Using Your First Tampon
https://period.org/education – Menstrual education sample curriculum, posters, and more
Youth friendly, gender inclusive books about puberty and sexual/reproductive health:
https://www.corysilverberg.com/books – Sex is a Funny Word (ages 8-10); You Know, Sex (ages 10+); What Makes a Baby (0-8)
https://bkwrks.com/book/9781683694311 – Growing Into You!: An Inclusive, Shame Busting Get-Real Guide to Your Changing Body and Mind
Presented by Kristin Oreskovich, SBHC Clinical Operations Manager; Jamie Slama, SBHC Consultant, Kai McKinney, SBHC Consultant; New Mexico Department of Health, Office of School and Adolescent Health
Required OSAH Contractors Meeting