Comprehensive School Health Education: Totally Awesome Strategies For Teaching Health

Written for health teachers and future instructors, the widely adopted Comprehensive School Health Education: Totally Awesome Strategies For Teaching Health by Meeks, Heit, and Page. Is a market-leading reference designed to guide elementary to secondary school instructors on how to effectively teach health-related subjects. This all-inclusive book offers a well organized curriculum guide that is well suited for K-12 programs, allowing instructors to teach health in a chronological manner, helping them to present information in a way that makes students more health-literate. The method also aims to instill good decision-making skills to students, enabling them to make wiser and healthier life choices. Comprehensive School Health Education: Totally Awesome Strategies For Teaching Health (ISBN 9780073404660) features a timely introductory chapter that describes the nation's need for extensive school health education. Important issues about tobacco use, and abuse of substances like drugs and alcohol are also discussed, along with sexual behaviors that often contribute to unwanted pregnancy and unexpected diseases. The book also includes a discussion of school health services, nutrition services, health promotion, and physical education. Similar topics like the essential components of health literacy are explained, along with the national health education standards, and how teachers can become effective health instructors and at the same time be health advocates who inspire students. This handy reference goes deep into the psychological aspects of health education, from depression to suicide prevention, family relationships, and dealing with terminal illness, among others. Authors Meeks, Heit, and Paige also give emphasis to growth and development.