Community Health & Wellness for Educators

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The focus of this course is on the overall health & wellness with an Anishinaabe perspective of the early childhood-6th grade elementary school community. Development of teaching strategies appropriate for the holistic health and wellness including physical education activities, healthy nutritional choices, mental health, and spirituality for a balanced sense of self that will be appropriate for early childhood through elementary school children. Discussion will be about the prevention of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco use, reduced risk and control of diseases and the health and wellness in the communities. An introduction to the regulations, standards, policies, and procedures, prevention techniques, and early childhood curriculum related to health, safety, and nutrition. Early Child Development students complete fifteen (15) hours of field experience. Elementary Education students complete ten (10) hours of field experience. HISTORY The mission of the History department is to increase student understanding of the modern world through an examination of economic, social, and political history.