Health School

ISABEL BURK MS, CPP, CHES

845-***-**** fax: 845-***-****

E-mail: ******@*************.*** www.healthnetwork.org

Director, The Health Network

Consulting Services: Safety ■ Health ■ Education ■ Prevention 1989 - present

Certified TrainerNYS Safe Schools Against Violence in Education NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (Inhalants)

Partial client list: AlcoholEdu; NY Division of Criminal Justice Services, NYS Office of Children & Family Services; Drug Enforcement Administration; Virginia Education Department, Indiana School Safety Academy; Salt Lake City Gang Conference; Fort McPherson; Mississippi National Guard; Student Assistance Services Inc.; DARE; Texas Substance Abuse Coalition; Southern Westchester BOCES; Oregon Office of Drug and Alcohol Services; Maryland Student Assistance Professionals; PRIDE; Greenville Family Partnership; NYS Youth Corrections Assoc.; NYU Medical School, more.

Regional Coordinator, Safe and Drug Free Schools 1989 - 1996

Putnam/No. Westchester BOCES, Yorktown Heights, New York

Regional/statewide staff training, program development, technical assistance, policy review

and resources for 117 school districts and 30+ community agencies in seven counties

Project Co-Director, Regional Partnership for Healthy Children, U.S. Dept. of Education comprehensive school health education $.5 million model project. Customized training and technical assistance; 1000+ staff trained in 3 years. (Also grant co-author)Program and fiscal administration, selection/supervision of consultantsOrganize, train school Health Advisory Committees to comply with federal and state guidelinesProject manager for NY State Education Dept. Policy Review Project: 600+ school district policies

Director, SPIRIT Teen Wellness Program 1989 - 1995

800+ high school leaders and 100+ adult advisors prepared for leadership in health and wellnessDeveloped, edited manual for program replicationModel program replicated in seven sites; winner of two prestigious awards

Instructor, Lehman College/CUNY 1991 - 1995

Graduate level courses: Current Health Issues; Drugs & Society; Drug Prevention, Program Planning

Health/Physical Education, Elementary Educator

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION

Credentialed Prevention Professional, NY Office of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Services

Certified Health Education Specialist, National Commission on Health Credentialing

M.S. Health Education, Lehman College, NY B.S. Physical Education, Lehman College, NY

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

National Association of Safety Professionals, 2006-present

Reviewer, American Journal of Health Education Teaching Ideas, 2001-present

Reviewer, AlcoholEdu for High School, 2003

Contributor, Project ALERT Middle School Drug Prevention, BEST Foundation, 2002

Reviewer, National D.A.R.E. Fifth Grade curriculum, 2002

Reviewer, Teenage Health Teaching Modules Building Foundations: Developing Skills for Life, 2003

American School Health Association Council on Alcohol/Other Drugs, Chairperson 1998-2002

HONORS - AWARDS

New York State Federation of Health Educators, Award for Outstanding Contributions, 1999

Northeast Regional Training Center for Safe & Drug-Free Schools - Recognition Award, 1995

Pathfinder Award - New York State Commission on Smoking and Health, 1995

U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Outstanding Community Health Promotion, 1994

Governor's Health Education Award, New York State, 1993

GRANTS

Writer/Contributor:

Safe Schools/Healthy Students, $1.7 million, Mt. Vernon City Schools, 2004-2007

McKinney-Vento Homeless Student Education, $583,000; So. Westchester BOCES, 2003-06

Respect-U Tobacco Coalition, $300,000; Westchester Department of Health, 2000

Regional Partnership for Healthy Children, $500,000; U.S. Department of Education 1992-95

MEDIA

The View 20/20

Good Day New York Phil Donahue Show

CBS This Morning Fox News

WPIX News WNBC News

PUBLICATIONS

Student Assistance Journal, Inhalants The Invisible Threat, Summer, 2005

Guidance Channel monthly columnist, www.guidancechannel.com, 2002-2005

Health Counseling: Practice and Application, Wadsworth-Thompsen. chapter, Jan, 2003

Primary Psychiatry. Women’s Mental Health (column), October, 2002

Student Assistance Journal, The ABCs of OTCs, Herbals and Supplements, Spring, 2002

Inhalant Prevention Resource Guide, Virginia Dept. of Education, 2000

Guide for School-Based Drug Policy and Advisory Councils, The Health Network, November, 2000

Middle Matters, Reducing the Risk of Inhalant Abuse, Spring, 2000, vol. 8, # 3. (co-author)

Prevention Pipeline, Inhalants: The Silent Epidemic, November-December, 1999. (co-author)

Prevention Forum, School District Advisory Council: School/Community Collaboration, Fall, 1999

Students at Risk, School Policy on Alcohol & Other Drugs: How Do Inhalants Fit In? Summer, 1998

Updating School Board Policies, School Drug Policy February 1998

Student Assistance Journal, Six Ways a Drug Policy Can Enhance Your Program, January 1998

Middle Matters, Health Education Across the Middle-Level Curriculum, 1997

Good Touches/Bad Touches, K-6 sexual abuse prevention curriculum, Editor, Second Edition, 1997

Health Education Teaching Ideas, Association for Advancement of Health Education, 1996 (chapter)

NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS

American Corrections Association

American Medical Student Association/Community Health Fellowship Program

American Psychiatric Association

American School Health Association

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

Cape Cod Summer Symposia

D.A.R.E Officers National Training Conference

Drug Free Schools & Communities National Conference

Great Lakes Conference on Addictions and Mental Health

Growing Healthy National Conference

Midwest Adolescent Health Symposium

National Guard Counterdrug Drug Prevention Workshop

National Media in Education Conference

National Peer Helpers Association

National Prevention Network

National School Boards Association

National Student Assistance Conference

National Wellness Institute

National Association of Drug and Alcohol Prevention Professionals Conference

PRIDE World Drug Conference

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

U.S. Safe and Drug-Free Schools Conference

U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress

STATEWIDE PRESENTATIONS

Association of New York State Youth Bureaus Arkansas MidSOUTH Summer School on Drugs

Columbia University Psychiatry Update Colorado Alcohol/Drug Abuse Division Conference

Connecticut Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Drug Enforcement Administration Demand Reduction Conference

Georgia Student Assistance Professionals Assoc.

Growing Health National Conference Indiana Safe and Drug-Free Schools Conference

Illinois D.A.R.E Officers Training Conference

Kansas School Nurses Conference

Maryland Drug-Free Schools Conference Maryland Student Assistance Professionals Assoc.

National Guard Training Conference

New Jersey Student Assistance Professionals New Jersey Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

New Mexico School Health Education Institute New York Corrections and Youth Services Assoc.

New York State School Nurses Association New York State Middle Schools Association

New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services New York University Medical School Grand Rounds

Northwest Addictions Treatment Conference (Oregon) Ohio Safe and Drug-Free Schools Consortium

Oklahoma DEA/D.A.R.E. Conference Oklahoma Safe and Drug-Free Schools Conference

Oregon Healthy Behaviors Conference Pennsylvania Commonwealth Prevention Alliance

Penn. Assoc. of Student Assistance Professionals Salt Lake City Gangs Conference

South Carolina Drugs of Abuse Conference Southwest Regional Substance Abuse Conference

Tennessee Safe & Drug-Free Schools Conference Tennessee Advanced School on Addictions

Virginia Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Virginia School Safety Conference

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