Comprehensive Health Education Dr. Rebecca Johns-Wommack Health Education Specialist Tennessee Department of Education.

Comprehensive Health Education

Dr. Rebecca Johns-WommackHealth Education Specialist

Tennessee Department of Education

Objectives

• What is Comprehensive Health Education (CHE)?

• New State Standards

• Comprehensive Health Education Curriculums

• How can CHE be integrated into your LEAs?

• SUDIA – a wonderful partner

• Family Life/HIV Education

Coordinated School Health Program

School Counseling,Psychological, and

Social Services

Comprehensive School Health

Education

School HealthServices

School-siteHealth Promotion

For Staff

School Nutrition Services

HealthySchool

Environment

PhysicalEducation

Family & CommunityInvolvement inSchool Health

1.OBESITY2.ATTENDANCE3.SAFETY

4.ACADEMICS

Questions ???

• What is Comprehensive Health Education?

Comprehensive Health Education

1. Focuses on all dimensions of health: Spiritual, Social, Physical, Environmental, Emotional, Intellectual

2. Develops skills and knowledge.

3. Teaches Children to Adopt and Maintain Healthy Behaviors.

Health Is Academic

Content Areas in Comprehensive Health

Education:• Nutrition

• Personal health

• Family life (sex education, aging, death & dying)

• Substance abuse

• Mental/Emotional Health

• Safety

• Consumer health (hospitals, medications, dealing with own health)

• The environment

• Chronic & Infectious Diseases

New State Standards!

• From “Healthful Living” to “Health Education Standards” Pre k-12

• Moving from “Health literacy” to students adopting and maintaining healthy behavior

• The new standards can be found on the CSH website

CHE Curriculums

• Grades K-12• Planned and sequential• Age-appropriate• Aligned to National and State Standards• Skills Based• Developed by qualified professionals• Evidence Based

The ComprehensiveComprehensive Approach to School Health Education

Model health curricula for grades K-12

Elementary modules are organized by GRADE

Secondary modules are organized by TOPIC

All major risk behaviors, as identified by CDC, are addressed

The Ultimate Goal of the Michigan Model for Health® is that young people adopt healthy lifestyles.

Three means of meeting this goal include:

1) Meeting Health

Education Standards

2) Increase and Maintain

Positive Health Behaviors

3) Extend Learning & Reinforcement of Health Behaviors Beyond the

Classroom

Discovery Education

Education for the Whole Student

Effective, Engaging Tools at Your Fingertips

400 chaptered videos correlated to state standards

14 complete curriculum programs covering 9 key topic areas

Hundreds of lesson plans, teacher’s guides, and worksheets

3 Model and 2 Promising Programs

Literacy strategies proven to increase

reading comprehension

•“PLEASE contact Rebecca Johns-Wommack before you purchase ANY curriculum”.

Connie Givens

Comprehensive Health Education

Questions ???

HIV/AIDS Education

Tony LundryHIV Education Specialist

Tennessee Department of Education

*Based on data from 33 statesSource: CDC HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, 2006. http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2006report/pdf/2006SurveillanceReport.pdf

•Nationally, 5,259 youth, ages 13-24 were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 2006*.

•Estimated number of 15-19 year olds diagnosed with HIV/AIDS increased by 34% from 2003 to 2006.

HIV/AIDS Among Adolescents

No “One Size Fits All” Rx

• There is no one size fits all teacher training solution!

• You will be contacted individually during September & October, to gauge where Coordinated School Health can offer help with LEA HIV/AIDS-STI education.

New Teacher Training Center

• We are in the midst of establishing a new virtual

Teacher Training Center (TTC) through a Higher Education Institution.

Questions ???

Reducing the Barriers to Learning

Community and Parental Involvement is one component of CSH

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No AYP

ADHD

Bullying

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Diabetic

Everyday in America, Children come to school not ready to learn.

Websites

• TN Coordinated School Health – TDOE

http://www.state.tn.us/education/schoolhealth

• Michigan Model

http://www.emc.cmich.edu/

• Discovery Health

http://health.discoveryeducation.com/

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONOFFICE OF COORDINATED SCHOOL HEALTH

Dr. Rebecca R. Johns-WommackHealth Education Specialist

Tennessee Department of EducationRebecca.Johns-Wommack@state.tn.us

615-253-0065