Resources for Schools

Instructional Resources^*

Health Smart Virginia is a Web site that offers quick Internet links to instructional resources and lesson plans that support the Virginia Health Education Standards of Learning. The curriculum resources address nutrition, physical health, mental health, injury and violence prevention, disease prevention, and many other health topics. This web site is sponsored by the: Virginia Department of Education, Virginia Department of Health and Prince William County Public Schools

Inhalant Abuse Prevention: Staff Education and Student Curriculum: The information provided in the guide provides information about inhalant abuse prevention for educators and lessons for students, K-12. National reports continue to indicate that inhalants are most commonly abused among preteens and young teens. The age of use for inhalants appears to peak around the eighth grade (12-15 years old).

Injury Prevention Education: Subject-Integrated Elementary School Curriculum for Teachers was developed by the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH), Injury Prevention Service. Permission was granted from OSDH for use in Virginia. (.pdf document, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

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Resource for eliminating bullying and harassment at the elementary level. The five lessons support "No Name Calling Week (January 22-26, 2007) and may be downloaded from http://www.nonamecallingweek.org

The Love Is Not Abuse Curriculum is a step-by step guide to teaching high school students about the issue of dating violence. Using literature and poetry, this program provides teachers with the tools to teach about this sensitive subject and is intended to be taught in either Health or English/Language Arts classes. http://www.loveisnotabuse.com/teen_curriculum_request.htm

Safe Dates: An Adolescent Dating Abuse Prevention Curriculum
Safe Dates is a research-based program with strong long-term outcomes and consists of nine-sessions that deal with attitudes and behaviors associated with dating abuse and violence. It can be used as a dating abuse prevention tool for middle and high school students, both male and female. Safe Dates would fit well within a health education, family life, or general life skills curriculum. A school counselor could offer Safe Dates as part of a support group or counseling/education program, or it could be used in after-school, community youth enrichment and faith-based youth programs. Each of the nine-sessions can be completed in about fifty minutes. http://www.hazelden.org/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte

Choose Respect: CDC nationwide campaign
According to the CDC, one out of four 8th and 9th graders reports being a victim of dating violence. Even more startling, many adolescents do not grasp the seriousness of dating abuse. CDC research shows that a majority of young people think that emotional and verbal abuse are "normal" parts of relationships. To increase positive relationship behaviors and healthy relationships among young people ages 11-14, CDC's Division of Violence Prevention is launching a nationwide campaign, Choose Respect. The materials on the Choose Respect website include a teacher's guide, a community action kit including a section for schools, a downloadable 13 minute video, sample radio and TV PSAs, and fact sheets. http://www.chooserespect.org/

The Home Safety Council Helps Elementary Students Prepare for Unexpected Emergencies
The Home Safety Council is introducing a new home safety education program designed to help children learn how to work with their families to prepare for unexpected emergencies. Produced in partnership with the leading education publisher, Weekly Reader, Get Ready With Freddie! has been distributed to more than 75,000 classrooms nationwide, free of charge. http://homesafetycouncil.org/home/home_jan06_w002.aspx

What Can Schools Do To Prevent Suicide? The National Suicide Prevention Resource Center provides recommendations and resources for school based suicide prevention at www.sprc.org/featured_resources/customized/pdf/school_mentalhealth.pdf

CodeRedRover.org:
An interactive home safety website which offers games, activities, home safety checklists and tips for parents and kids that will help families take actions to make their homes safer. The newly re-vamped site also includes home safety lessons that teachers can share in the classroom and children can access at home. The site can be found at http://www.coderedrover.org/

Weekly Reader curriculum: The Home Safety Council, in partnership with Weekly Reader, a leading education company, has developed two home-safety classroom curricula. The first, Safety Rangers Spot Dangers, teaches children how to spot home hazards. The second, Safety Rangers Know the Drill, is dedicated to fire safety. Both programs include lesson plans, children's activities, and home safety checklists. They are available online at http://www.homesafetycouncil.org/home/home_april_w002.aspx

The Great Safety Adventure is a traveling exhibit that unfolds into a 1,200 square foot house that features a true-to-life living space in which children learn about four important home safety risk areas: fire and burn prevention; falls prevention; choking, suffocation and strangulation prevention; and poison prevention. For more information on bringing the Great Safety Adventure to your community, see http://www.homesafetycouncil.org/programs/pr_gsa_w001.aspx,/

Free CDC Tool Kit on Concussion for High School Coaches!
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with the support of partners and experts in the field, has developed a tool kit for coaches titled, Heads Up: Concussion in High School Sports. This kit contains practical, easy-to-use information including a video and DVD featuring a young athlete disabled by concussion, a wallet card and clip board sticker for coaches, posters, fact sheets for parents and athletes in English and Spanish, and a CD-ROM with downloadable kit materials and additional concussion-related resources. http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/tbi/Coaches_Tool_Kit.htm

*Note: Any decision about programs or resources to be used should be made by the school division after appropriate review.