Updated to reflect current research and new standards, this Canadian edition of the action tool guides you through the process of assessing your school's health programming and working with the community to create a healthy school environment. It is an essential resource for educators who are committed to helping students be emotionally and physically healthy, motivated, civically engaged, and prepared for work and economic self-sufficiency.
Organizing for the Healthy School Report Card Process Boost overall school quality. As noted in the introduction, academic achievement can be affected by health-related barriers to learning. Improvements to health programming spurred by ...
Action plan understanding of how the current school environment may be promoting or discouraging healthy eating. A common vision is essential for developing and implementing necessary changes in policies and practices.
The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Approach David A. Birch, Donna M. Videto ... Henderson, Anne T., Mapp, Karen, Jordan, Catherine, Orozco, Evangelina, Averett, Amy, Donnelly, Deborah, Buttram, John L., Wood, Lacy, Fowler, ...
This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by Sandra M. Chafouleas.
Healthy Students-Healthy Schools Act: Hearing Before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress,...
Chapter. Seventeen. Creating. Healthy. School. Environments. The issue of children's health has become a growing national concern. Increases in childhood obesity, lack of exercise, additional time spent indoors, higher levels of stress, ...
For example, physical education continues to be dominated by a traditional sporting model that focuses on sport techniques, competitive sport and team games (Tannehill, 2012; Green, 2009; Kirk, 2010). Although this model may be ...
Five functions of effective school leaders. ... Leadership, myth, & metaphor: Finding common ground to guide effective school change. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. City, E. A. (2013). Leadership in challenging times.
For many children, schools are the main or only providers of mental health services.
Using School Wellness Plans to Help Fight Childhood Obesity: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities, Committee on...