About Health

Type of Resource: Student tools and information, Teacher Tools and Information, Research Resources
Free or Fee: Fee - products for sale
Computer Needs: Acrobat PDF
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Recommendation:

The information here is presented in a respectful, kid-to-kid format that feels like story sharing with an underlying message. The video topics are varied and have been used in schools and for corporate presentations around the country. This is a valuable resource for teachers to share with parents and for teachers to be aware of in the widening role teachers have as parent educators and support for families in areas beyond academics.

Description:

From the website: "Family Health Productions helps young people, their peers and families, learn to talk about the challenges kids face growing up. "Exciting as it is to grow up, sometimes it's overwhelming. At About Health, kids talk to kids. They tell how they've handled things like underage drinking, bullying, body image and sexual health. "Parents, educators and other professionals can order products and services that help them talk with kids about making smart choices. They can read columns here to get kids' perspectives."

Possible uses:

This site is a resource for pre-teens and teenagers, their teachers and their parents. Students can read accounts written by other teens about a variety of health and safety issues. Parents can share this site with their children and discuss various topics. Teachers can use this as a resource to share with parents or for use with classroom topics. Videos and a TV show are available for purchase. The discussion guides for the videos are available for download and contain discussion questions and guidance for conversations that are useful with or without the videos. About Health offers workshops for professional development.

Related Resources:

4-5, 6-8, 9-12+

Professional Development : Teaching & Learning
PE/Health : Nutrition
PE/Health : Drugs/Alcohol
PE/Health : Safety
Social Curriculum : Teens

Student tools and information, Teacher Tools and Information, Research Resources

Acrobat PDF