The period from birth to twelve years is crucial in a child's development and can significantly impact future educational success, resilience and participation in society. "Health and Wellbeing in Childhood, 2nd Edition" provides readers with a comprehensive foundation in health and wellbeing education across key priority areas, covering…

Career and technical education (CTE) students find themselves in school environments using equipment and tools that could cause injury if mishandled. It is imperative that these students be wide awake and alert when operating these tools. But many adolescents are not getting the sleep they need to be refreshed and alert. Sleep restores brain…

This study guide was prepared to accompany "Here's to Your Health," a telecourse focusing on lifestyle factors influencing health, which was designed to provide the tools necessary for achieving and maintaining an optimal, healthy lifestyle. For each of 27 lessons, the study guide presents learning objectives, an overview of content, study…

This workbook provides a means of assessing the health maintenance and promotion skills of youth in foster care and offers exercises to develop those skills. The workbook is designed to be used collaboratively by foster parents and youth in substitute care, enabling them to assess, develop, and practice independent living skills, and to maintain a…

This book presents practical ideas related to the college experience for college-bound students and their parents. The first chapter discusses tying up loose ends. College applications, starting a file, doing laundry, taking care of medical needs, and graduation gift ideas are included. The second chapter discusses insurance needs, and the third…

A volume of materials for limited English-speaking native Vietnamese-speaking students designed to supplement a high school health education course contains a series of topical chapters in English, each followed by a translation in Vietnamese. The topics covered include a holistic approach to health and wellness, interpersonal relations, emotions,…

A volume of materials for limited English-speaking native Khmer-speaking Cambodian students designed to supplement a high school health education course contains a series of chapters in English, with each page faced by a translation in Khmer. The topics covered include a holistic approach to health and wellness, interpersonal relations, emotions,…

A volume of materials for limited English-speaking native Lao-speaking students designed to supplement a high school health education course contains a series of chapters in English, with each page faced by a translation in Lao. The topics covered include a holistic approach to health and wellness, interpersonal relations, emotions, stress,…

A guide to support student success in extended orientation courses, freshman seminars, and study skills classes is presented, using exercises such as journal-keeping, stories of 12 people who have mastered specific skills, practical suggestions, and forms and charts. The major topics are: time management, memory, reading, note-taking, test-taking,…

In response to many requests for information and references on the education of Negroes, a selected bibliography covering a 3-year period, 1928 to 1930, was issued by the Office of Education in 1931. Since that time similar requests have been so numerous that it seemed appropriate to bring the bibliography up to date, which is the purpose of the…