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Peer reviewedTwiest, Meghan Mahoney – PTA Today, 1991
Offers questions for parents to ask when determining whether their child's school health program is sufficient. Issues to examine include time allotted for health education, types of school services provided to help teachers with the subject, instructional methods, outside health services, and additional staff (e.g., nurses and counselors). (SM)
Descriptors: Children, Curriculum, Elementary Education, Health Education
Humphrey, James H. – 1993
The primary health educators of children are their parents; secondary health educators of children are their teachers. This book provides a resource for parents and teachers interested in child and school health and offers guidance to promote the health of children between the ages of 5 and 12. An introductory chapter describes such terms as…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
PDF pending restorationSchneider, Elsa; McNeely, Simon A. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1951
"The school, as one of the significant agencies of the community, accepts its responsibilities for contributing to individual to individual, family, and community health. ...Classroom teachers in their daily contacts with boys and girls are the key persons in the school health program." These two sentences point up the theme of this bulletin. Four…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Health Programs, Public Health, Elementary Education
Lammers, Jane W. – 1991
This handbook discusses the most common childhood conditions that teachers, parents, and caregivers see in children between the ages of 4 and 10; describes signs and symptoms of over 30 common childhood health problems; provides practical strategies for getting children back to the well state once they are ill; and offers guidance as to when…
Descriptors: Allergy, Child Caregivers, Child Health, Chronic Illness
Direct linkRose, Barbara L.; Mansour, Mona; Kohake, Kelli – Journal of School Health, 2005
The Cincinnati School Health Demonstration Project was a 3-year collaboration that evaluated school-linked health services in 6 urban elementary (kindergarten to eighth grade) schools. Partners from the Cincinnati Health Department, Cincinnati Public Schools, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and The Health Foundation of Greater…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Educational Facilities, Demonstration Programs, Urban Schools
United Parents Association of New York City, Inc., NY. – 1983
Parents of children in public elementary schools in New York City are given basic information about school policies and practices in this English/Spanish guide. Topics covered include: (1) ancillary school services such as transportation, breakfast and lunch programs, and school health services; (2) Board of Education policy on homework, tests,…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Ancillary School Services, Board of Education Policy, Breakfast Programs
