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THE 411

-Introduced in the 1980s by Kolbe and Allensworth.

-Promotes optimal physical, emotional, social, and educational development of students.

CONTINUED…

-Has 8 components:

Health education

Physical education

Health services

Nutrition services

Counseling, psychological, and social services

Staff health promotion

Family and community involvement

Healthy environment

ADVOCACY

- In my eyes, health should be implemented into all classrooms because a healthy student is an effective student. Students who experience hunger, physical/emotional abuse and inactivity are linked to low grades and poor test scores. (Carlson) Schools are critical in playing a role in the health of a student, folding 50 hours of coordinated school health into our curriculum will greatly impact our students academic careers.

AN EFFECTIVE CURRICULUM SHOULD…

-Teaching functional health information (essential knowledge)

-Shaping personal values and beliefs that support healthy behaviors

-Shaping group norms that value a healthy lifestyle

-Developing the essential health skills necessary to adopt, practice, and maintain health-enhancing behaviors.

-HEALTHY STUDENT = SUCCESSFUL STUDENT

ALSO…

-For most students, they will be in school for 6 hours a day, 5 days a week from ages 5-18. During this time students will be developing intellectually, emotionally and physically.

-Coordinated School Health can be the building blocks of a student’s academic career. If we do a better job of teaching and preparing them to be healthier we see immediate results.

CONCLUSION

-CSH can have a HUGE impact on the lives of our students. The last three slides depicted the influence that teaching healthy habits can have on a students grades.

REFERENCES

-Carlson SA, Fulton JE, Lee SM, Maynard M, Drown DR, Kohl III HW, Dietz WH. Physical education and academic achievement in elementary school: data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study. American Journal of Public Health 2008;98(4):721–727.

-MacLellan D, Taylor J, Wood K. Food intake and academic performance among adolescents. Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research 2008;69(3):141-144.

Dunkle MC, Nash MA. Beyond the Health Room. Washington, DC: Council of Chief State School Officers, Resource Center on Educational Equity; 1991.