Full Description
This comprehensive introduction to the different components of the school health program emphasizes the teaching of elementary health, with a secondary emphasis on health science. Its practical approach to teaching elementary health is particularly well suited for the elementary education major and will benefit students in health education, school nurse specialists, as well as community health educators.
Contents
SECTION I FOUNDATIONS OF HEALTH EDUCATION 1. The Coordinated School Health Program: A Foundation for Health Promotion in the Academic Environment 2. The Instructional Program: Comprehensive School Health Education 3. Managing Health Education in the Busy Classroom Environment SECTION II THE PRIORITY CONTENT 4. Emotional Health: Building a Safe and Inclusive Classroom 5. Standards-Based Teaching in School Health Education: Starting with personal and Social Skills 6. Safety: Prevention of Unintentional Injuries 7. Intentional Injury Prevention: Violence in Families, Schools, and Communities 8. Alcohol and Other Drugs 9. Tobacco 10. Nutrition Education 11. Physical Activity 12. Sexuality Education SECTION III THE SECONDARY CONTENT 13. Death and Dying 14. Personal Health: Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases
