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| Preface | |
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| The Learning Experiences | |
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| More Resources | |
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| Choice of Topics | |
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| The Second Edition | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| List of Contributors | |
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| Health: An Educational Concern | |
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| The Health of the Nation | |
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| Status of the Nation's Health | |
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| The Nation's Health Problems | |
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| The Need for Health Learning: A Historical Perspective | |
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| Why Health Education by Classroom Teachers? | |
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| The Partnership: Health Educators and Classroom Teachers | |
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| The Role of the Health Educator | |
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| The Role of the Elementary School Classroom Teacher | |
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| The Classroom Teacher as a Role Model | |
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| Creating Quality Health Education | |
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| Instructor Competencies | |
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| Defining Coordinated School Health Programs (CSHPs) | |
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| Defining Comprehensive School Health Education (CSHE) Outcomes | |
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| Delivering Comprehensive and Integrated School Health Education | |
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| Creating Integrated and Developmentally Appropriate Health Education | |
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| Health Education Curricula | |
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| Units | |
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| Developing Learning Experiences | |
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| Sub-disciplines/Content Areas/Units | |
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| Content/Skills and Curriculum Considerations | |
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| Standards/Goals/Learner Outcomes | |
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| Evaluation/Assessment | |
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| Terms | |
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| Portfolios | |
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| Rubrics | |
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| National Health Goals | |
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| Teaching Styles and Strategies | |
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| Theoretical Frameworks Associated with Behavior Change | |
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| The Health Belief Model | |
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| Assessment | |
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| Some Concepts and Definitions | |
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| What Is Health? | |
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| What Is Wellness? | |
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| What Is Illness? | |
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| What Is Disease? | |
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| What Is Spirituality? | |
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| Health Behavior | |
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| Health Risk Factors | |
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| A Healthy Lifestyle | |
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| Locus of Control | |
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| Values, Attitudes, and Belief Systems | |
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| Prevention Through Promotion | |
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| Primary Prevention | |
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| Secondary Prevention | |
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| Tertiary Prevention | |
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| Summary | |
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| Web Sites | |
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| Notes | |
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| The Human Body and Its Development | |
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| The Skeletal System | |
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| Development of Bones and Teeth | |
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| Skeletal Injuries | |
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| Problems with Teeth | |
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| The Muscular System | |
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| Skeletal Muscles | |
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| Smooth Muscles | |
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| Heart Muscles | |
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| Muscle Development | |
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| The Integumentary System | |
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| Outer Layer of Skin | |
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| Inner Layer of Skin | |
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| Other Skin Structures | |
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| Skin Care | |
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| The Respiratory System | |
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| The Circulatory System | |
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| The Heart | |
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| Blood Vessels | |
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| Blood | |
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| Cardiovascular Health | |
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| The Lymphatic System | |
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| Immune Reactions | |
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| The Digestive System | |
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| Digestion of Food | |
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| The Stomach | |
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| The Small Intestine | |
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| The Large Intestine | |
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| Development of the Digestive System | |
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| The Urinary System | |
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| The Nervous System | |
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| Nerve Functioning | |
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| The Brain and Spinal Cord | |
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| Peripheral Nerves | |
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| Development of the Nervous System | |
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| The Sensory System | |
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| Eyesight | |
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| Hearing | |
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| Taste | |
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| Smell | |
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| Touch, Pressure, and Pain | |
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| The Endocrine System | |
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| The Pituitary Gland | |
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| The Pineal, Thymus, and Thyroid Glands | |
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| The Adrenal Glands | |
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| The Pancreas | |
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| The Ovaries and Testes | |
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| Other Glands and Their Functions | |
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| The Reproductive System | |
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| The Male System | |
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| The Female System | |
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| The Process of Reproduction | |
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| Summary | |
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| Web Sites | |
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| Notes | |
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| Learning Experiences | |
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| Nutrition | |
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| Nutrition Education | |
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| The Basics of Nutrition | |
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| Nutrients | |
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| Carbohydrates | |
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| Lipids | |
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| Weight Management | |
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| Obesity in Children | |
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| Eating Disorders | |
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| Proteins | |
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| Vitamins | |
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| Minerals | |
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| Phytochemicals | |
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| Water | |
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| The Food Guide Pyramids | |
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| Food Labeling | |
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| Summary | |
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| Resources and Web Sites | |
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| Consumer and Professional Organizations | |
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| Journals and Newsletters | |
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| Trade Organizations | |
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| Additional Health and Nutrition Web Sites | |
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| Notes | |
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| Learning Experiences | |
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| Keeping Kids active, Keeping Kids Healthy | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Physical Activity and Chronic Diseases | |
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| Cardiovascular Disease | |
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| Hypertension | |
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| Blood Lipid Profile and Activity | |
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| Obesity | |
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| Increasing Physical Activity | |
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| Improving Nutrition | |
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| Osteoporosis | |
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| Cancer and Immune Function | |
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| Neuropsychiatric Concerns | |
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| Cognitive Function and Classroom Behavior | |
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| Depression and Anxiety | |
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| Promotion of Activity to Enhance Health Benefits | |
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| Physiological Considerations | |
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| Summary | |
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| Web Sites | |
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| Resources | |
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| Notes | |
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| Learning Experiences | |
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| Communicable and Chronic Diseases | |
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| Diseases | |
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| Susceptibility | |
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| Heredity | |
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| Environment | |
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| Socioeconomic Factors | |
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| Living Styles | |
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| Diet | |
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| Drugs | |
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| Disabilities | |
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| Communicable Diseases | |
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| Epidemiology | |
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| Infectious Agents | |
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| The Body's Defenses Against Disease | |
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| First Line of Defense | |
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| Second Line of Defense | |
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| The Third Line of Defense: The Immune System | |
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| Allergic Reactions | |
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| Autoimmune Diseases | |
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| Stages of Disease | |
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| Communicable Diseases Common in Children | |
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| Viral Hepatitis C | |
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| Sexually Transmitted Diseases | |
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| Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) | |
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| Chronic Diseases | |
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| Diabetes | |
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| Cancer | |
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| Types of Cancerous Tumors | |
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| Common Cancer Sites | |
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| Cardiovascular Diseases | |
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| Hypertension | |
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| Coronary Heart Disease | |
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| Stroke | |
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| Rheumatic Heart Disease | |
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| Congenital Heart Disorders | |
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| Asthma | |
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| Some Genetic Disorders | |
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| Seizure Disorders In Children | |
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| Physical Disabilities | |
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| Summary | |
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| Web Sites | |
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| Resources | |
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| Notes | |
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| Learning Experiences | |
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| Mental Health | |
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| The Mental Health of Children | |
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| Some Definitions | |
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| Personality | |
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| The Personality Core | |
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| Cognition | |
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| The Survival Need | |
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| Inborn Attributes | |
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| Our Complex Brain | |
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| The Role of Experience in Personality | |
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| Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs | |
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| Erikson and Personality Development | |
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| Shapers of Personality | |
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| Awareness of Death | |
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| Freedom | |
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| Emotional Separateness | |
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| Meaning | |
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| Self-Worth/Self-Esteem | |
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| Self-Love | |
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| Authenticity | |
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| Self-Consciousness | |
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| Values | |
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| Feelings | |
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| Social Skills | |
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| Forms of Mental Illness | |
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| Causes | |
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| Diagnosis of Psychiatric Problems | |
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| Mood Disorders | |
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| Major Depressive Disorder | |
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| Dysrythmic Disorder | |
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| Anxiety Disorders | |
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| Separation Anxiety Disorder | |
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| Panic Attack | |
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| Agoraphobia | |
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| Social Phobia | |
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| Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder | |
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| Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | |
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| Avoidant Disorder | |
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| Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder | |
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| Developing Emotional Health: The Teacher's Role | |
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| Summary | |
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| Resources and Web Sites | |
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| Notes | |
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| Learning Experiences | |
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| Sexual Health, Family Life, and Relationships | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Why Teach About Human Sexuality and Family Life? | |
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| Learning About Gender | |
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| Learning About Gender in the Family | |
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| Religious and Cultural Messages About Gender | |
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| Learning About Gender in School | |
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| Physiological Differences | |
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| Puberty | |
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| Puberty in Females | |
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| Menstruation | |
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| Puberty in Males | |
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| Psychosocial Issues in Puberty | |
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| Relationships Within the Family | |
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| What Is a Family? | |
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| Assuming Roles Within the Family | |
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| Family Communication | |
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| Separation and Divorce | |
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| Friendships | |
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| Early Friendships | |
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| Friendships in Adolescence | |
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| Dating Relationships | |
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| Ending Special Relationships | |
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| Sexually Intimate Relationships | |
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| Self-Pleasuring | |
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| Sexual Intimacy | |
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| Sexual Desire | |
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| Love and Sex | |
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| Jealousy and Boundaries | |
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| Sexual Messages and Sexuality Education | |
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| Pregnancy and Childbirth | |
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| Summary | |
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| Web Sites | |
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| Resources | |
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| Journals | |
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| Educational Films and Video Distributors | |
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| Notes | |
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| Learning Experiences | |
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| Childhood Stress | |
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| History of Stress Research | |
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| What Is Stress? | |
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| Eustress and Distress | |
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| Stressors | |
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| Degrees of Stress | |
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| The Individuality of Stress Response | |
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| Fight or Flight | |
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| General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) | |
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| General Alarm Reaction | |
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| Stage of Resistance | |
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| Stage of Exhaustion | |
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| Stress and Disease | |
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| Sources of Stress in Children | |
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| The Stress of Growing Up | |
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| Differences Between Children and Adults | |
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| Home and Family Stress | |
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| Coping with Stress | |
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| Stress in School | |
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| Stressors by Grade Level | |
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| Teaching Children How to Cope with Stress | |
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| Laughter and Fun | |
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| Altering Perceptions | |
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| Revising Attitudes | |
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| Nutrition | |
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| The Relaxation Response | |
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| Helping Children Relax | |
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| Physical Activities | |
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| Meditation and Yoga | |
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| Progressive Muscle Relaxation | |
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| Deep Breathing | |
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| Autogenic Training | |
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| Biofeedback | |
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| Summary | |
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| Web Sites | |
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| Resources | |
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| Notes | |
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| Learning Experiences | |
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| Preventing School Violence | |
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| Forms of Violence | |
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| Violence Defined | |
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| Physical Violence | |
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| Non-Physical Violence: Social, Verbal, Visual | |
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| Bullying | |
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| Sexual Harassment | |
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| Conflict Resolution | |
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| Social and Emotional Education | |
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| Reporting Violence | |
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| Teachers' Reporting of Violence | |
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| What to Report | |
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| School Policy on Reporting Violence | |
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| Following a Report of Violence | |
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| What Teachers Can Do About Violence | |
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| Violence Prevention Programs | |
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| Bully Busters | |
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| The Prepare Curriculum | |
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| Creative Conflict Resolution | |
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| Bully Proof | |
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| WIN/WIN | |
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| The HA HA SO Method | |
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| Second Step: A Violence Prevention Curriculum | |
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| Caring, Sharing, and Getting Along | |
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| I Can Problem Solve | |
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| Safe Schools, Safe Students | |
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| Summary | |
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| Resources | |
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| Videos | |
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| Notes | |
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| Learning Experiences | |
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| Use of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Substances | |
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| Drug Education and Substance Abuse Prevention: What Do We Know? | |
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| Some Statistics | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Routes of Drug Administration | |
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| Commonly Abused Drugs | |
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| Alcohol | |
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| Appropriate and Inappropriate Drinking | |
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| Sources of Help for Problem Drinkers | |
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| Tobacco | |
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| Smoking Prevention Programs | |
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| Marijuana | |
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| Cocaine | |
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| Heroin | |
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| Inhalants | |
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| Anabolic Steroids | |
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| Club Drugs | |
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| Drugs Used Medicinally | |
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| Approaches to Drug Treatment | |
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| Staying Drug-Free | |
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| Awareness and Staying in the "Now" | |
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| Summary | |
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| Web Sites | |
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| Notes | |
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| Learning Experiences | |
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| Child Abuse Prevention | |
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| Some Definitions | |
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| Child Neglect | |
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| Physical Abuse | |
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| Sexual Abuse | |
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| Emotional Abuse | |
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| Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect | |
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| Teachers' Reporting of Child Abuse | |
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| What to Report | |
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| School Policy on Reporting Child Abuse | |
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| Following a Report of Child Abuse | |
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| What Teachers Can Do About Child Abuse | |
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| Child Abuse Prevention Programs | |
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| Summary | |
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| Web Sites | |
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| Resources | |
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| Examples of Comprehensive Child Safety Curricula | |
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| Videos for Children K--6 | |
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| Notes | |
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| Learning Experiences | |
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| Children's Experience with Loss, Dying, and Death | |
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| Losses in Childhood | |
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| Divorce of Parents | |
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| Loss of a Grandparent | |
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| Death of a Sibling | |
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| Death of a Pet | |
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| Dying | |
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| Stages of Grief | |
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| The Dying Child | |
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| Those Left Behind | |
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| Children's Grieving | |
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| Developmental Stages | |
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| Special Cases | |
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| Suicide | |
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| Near-Death Experiences | |
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| Death in School | |
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| The Aftermath of Death | |
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| Wakes and Funerals | |
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| Returning to School After a Loss | |
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| Classroom Responses to Death | |
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| Spiritual Aspects | |
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| Understanding Children's Grief | |
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| Cultural Expectations | |
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| Family Conference | |
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| Summary | |
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| Resources and Web Sites | |
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| Notes | |
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| Learning Experiences | |
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| Environmental Health | |
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| Ecology | |
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| The Ecosystem | |
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| Environmental Health | |
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| Studying Environmental Health | |
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| Environmental Education | |
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| Pollution | |
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| Air Pollution | |
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| Carbon Monoxide | |
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| Sulfur Oxides | |
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| Nitrogen Oxides | |
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| Hydrocarbons | |
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| Dioxins | |
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| Ozone | |
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| Indoor Air Pollution | |
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| Lead Poisoning | |
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| Asbestos | |
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| Radon | |
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| Water Pollution | |
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| Thermal Pollution | |
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| Oil Pollution | |
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| Noise Pollution | |
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| The Greenhouse Effect | |
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| Solid Waste Accumulation | |
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| Hazardous Wastes | |
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| Pesticides | |
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| Endangered Species | |
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| Personal Environmental Efforts | |
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| Summary | |
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| Web Sites | |
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| Resources | |
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| Grades K--2 | |
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| Grades 3--4 | |
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| Grades 5--6 | |
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| Environmental Health Resources | |
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| Notes | |
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| Learning Experiences | |
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| Safetry, Injury Prevention, and First Aid | |
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| Safety Awareness | |
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| Approaches to Teaching Safety Awareness | |
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| Vehicular and Pedestrian Safety | |
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| Home, School, and Recreational Safety | |
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| Strangers | |
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| School Emergency Action Plan | |
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| "Good Samaritan" Laws | |
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| First Aid | |
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| Activating the EMS System | |
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| Assessing the Victim and the Accident Scene | |
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| Choking | |
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| Signs and Symptoms of a Heart Attack | |
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| Shock | |
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| Minor Wounds and Bleeding | |
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| Closed Wounds | |
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| Open Wounds | |
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| Puncture Wounds | |
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| Nosebleeds | |
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| Burns | |
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| Seizures | |
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| Asthmatic Attacks | |
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| Diabetic Emergencies | |
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| Poisoning | |
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| Summary | |
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| Resources | |
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| Notes | |
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| Learning Experiences | |
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| The Consumer of Health Products and Community Health Sewices | |
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| Consumer Health Education | |
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| Drug Information | |
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| Vitamin Use | |
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| Food Labels | |
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| Consumer Advocacy | |
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| Quackery | |
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| The Practitioner-Patient Relationship | |
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| Components of community Health | |
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| The Community Health Care System | |
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| Government Health Care Agencies | |
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| Federal Agencies | |
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| State and Local Health Departments | |
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| The Private Sector | |
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| Health Care Providers | |
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| Medical Practitioners | |
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| Allied Health Care Providers | |
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| Alternative/Complementary Medicine | |
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| Mental Health Care Practitioners | |
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| Payment Systems | |
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| Government Payment Systems | |
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| Private Insurance | |
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| Managed Care/Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) | |
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| Summary | |
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| Web Sites | |
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| Notes | |
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| Learning Experiences | |
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| Appendix A | |
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| Appendix B | |
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| Appendix C | |
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| Appendix D | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |