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| Semester: | Summer 2021 |
| Number: | 0834-610-002 |
| Instructor: | Stacey Balducci |
| Days: | Thursday 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm |
| Note: | Online, Both synchronous and asynchronous |
| Location: | Online |
| Credits: | 1 |
| Status: | This Course is Filled to Capacity |
| Course Meets: | May 26 - June 30 |
| Notes: |
Course Meets Online 5/27 |
| Course Materials: | View Text Books |
| Description: |
Explore health issues such as chronic and communicable diseases, puberty, HIV/AIDS, tobacco, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, physical fitness, child abuse and abduction, mental health and violence. Satisfies NYS mandate in violence prevention, child abuse and substance abuse. |
| Learning Goals: |
Upon completion of this course, students will: 1. Cite and discuss the need for comprehensive health throughout a child’s educational experience. 2. Identify the main components of the school health program and their relationship to a child’s health. 3. Discuss the concepts of wellness, prevention and risk reduction and their relationship to health behavior. 4. Demonstrate a knowledge base in the following health content areas: nutrition & physical fitness, chronic & communicable diseases, HIV/AIDS, tobacco, alcohol & other drugs, mental health and stress, child abuse, neglect & prevention and violence prevention, including bullying and NYSED Project SAVE and The Dignity Act. 5. Demonstrate an understanding of the difference between health knowledge and health behavior. 6. Devise learner-centered teaching strategies in health education including research, analysis and reflection assignments. 7. Explain concepts and definitions basic to teaching health education: health, wellness, illness, disease, health risk factors, protective factors, health behavior, healthy lifestyle, and levels of protection. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here. |
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