School & Community Health Prog.

Catalog description

This course demonstrates the organization and administration of comprehensive school and community health programs. Topics include: student safety, child abuse, and other legal issues, health services, instruction, program planning and assessment, the role of administration in comprehensive school health, personal health and fitness, active lifestyles and health, environmental, mental and emotional health, family disruptions, nutrition, tobacco, alcohol and other drugs, school and consumer health, and disease prevention and treatment. An overview of the knowledge, skills, and processes needed to teach school health on the elementary, middle, and secondary levels is also provided.