Caring for School-Aged Patients

Physician Resources

Clinical Preventive Services

Take the opportunity to address the physical, emotional, and intellectual growth during their formative years.

• Immunization Schedules
• Infant and Child Health Clinical Recommendations & Guidelines
• Adolescent and Young Adults Recommendations and Resources
• Adolescent Health Care, Confidentiality

Physical & Mental Health

Help your school-age patients and their parents ensure the school year starts and finishes healthy and safe.

• Preparticipation Evaluation Forms
• Tobacco and Nicotine Prevention and Control
• Depression and Mental Health
• Alcohol Misuse
• Teen Suicide Prevention

The AAFP's EveryOne Project

Learn more about the EveryONE Project and how to address social determinants of health (SDOH) with your patients.

• Patient Screening Tools
• Practice Assessment Tools
• Social Needs Resources for Physicians

Patient Resources

Preventive Services

• Adolescents and Young Adults: Getting the Preventive Services You Need
• Vaccine Schedules
• Childhood Vaccines: What they Are and Why Your Child Needs Them
• HPV Vaccine is for Boys ,Too
• CDC National Immunization Awareness Month

Physical & Mental Health

• Sex & Birth Control
• Video: Preventing and Treating Concussions
• Common School-Age Illnesses/Infections
• Concussions in Kids
• Girls and Puberty
• Boys and Puberty
• Emotional Well-being
• Kids and Bullying
• Understanding Your Teen's Emotional Health
• Your Child's Mental Health
• Body Image (Children and Teens)
• Teen Suicide