Presented is a sex education curriculum guide for teachers of trainable retarded students ages 12 to 21 years. The guide is divided into six units: body parts, gender identification, and restroom signs; living things; reproduction; growth; adolescence, menstruation, and street language; and maturity (including sexual feelings and birth control).…

This teaching guide to health education includes instruction units for grades K-12. Section 1 discusses the need for health education and includes a scope and sequence chart for each of the instruction units. Section 2 consists of instruction units in the areas of physical development, social and emotional development, chemicals and addiction, and…

This book is concerned with an individualized approach to the teaching of games for the six to thirteen year age group. It is designed for physical education teachers and classroom teachers involved in the teaching of physical education. It points out that modern classroom teaching techniques are closely allied to those recommended for teaching…

This manual shows health providers how to perform precisely and expertly each step of several procedures used in screening children for nutritional problems. It is intended for all health providers who are involved in weighing and measuring children, recording and plotting measurements on growth charts, taking blood samples to test for iron…

This resource guide is a collection of recommended health education materials concerning the preschool child. It has been developed to strengthen and to expand the skills and knowledge of Head Start staff members, and to provide them with communication tools to reach preschool children and parents of preschoolers on the importance of the health…

In this book, the many factors necessary to make city spaces more child-sensitive are considered. Particular attention is given to dwellings and play spaces. Child development as it relates to the spatial environment and the child's use of various spaces (houses, apartments, service areas, playgrounds) at different ages are investigated. The…

Designed for integration into existing school curriculum, this is the fifth in a series of five career education curriculum kits for teachers of grades K-3. Each kit pertains to one of five specified career education program goals. The goal for this curriculum kit is, "Students will develop physical and mental skills related to occupational…

As part of the Project ACTIVE (All Children Totally InVolved Exercising) Teacher Training Model Kit, the manual is designed to provide ACTIVE adopters and potential adopters with: a realistic basis for assessing and evaluating the physical and motor proficiency of ambulatory individuals who are mentally retarded, learning disabled, or emotionally…

This bibliography of learning resources lists pamphlets, books and audiovisual materials by CDA competency area. The competency areas are: (A) Setting Up and Maintaining a Safe and Healthy Learning Environment, (B) Advancing Physical and Intellectual Competence, (C) Building Positive Self Concept and Individual Strength, (D) Organizing and…

Designed for integration into existing school curriculum, this is the fifth in a series of five career education curriculum kits for teachers of grades 4-8. Each kit pertains to one of five specified career education program goals. The goal for this curriculum kit is, "The students will develop physical and mental skills related to occupational…

Presented is a curriculum guide and description of a program for educable mentally retarded elementary school children. Considered are such program aspects as philosophy and rationale, pupil selection and school-community relations. Goals, activities and suggested topics for experience units are listed for grades K-3, 4-6, and 7-8 in the following…

Presented is a module in mental health and family life education adapted from the New York State Health Education curriculum to meet the needs of physically disabled students in grades K-12. It is explained that physically disabled students need to understand regular health habits in addition to special health concerns relating to their…

This paper presents guidelines for family support programs prepared for the Child and Family Resource Program (CFRP) and other child development programs. Section I contains a brief description of the CFRP philosophy, a listing of CFRP's long range goals, detailed objectives/minimum performance standards for implementing each of these goals, and…

One of a series of four guides developed for use by parents of children enrolled in a Title I reading improvement program, this booklet provides learning activities and suggestions for developing reading readiness in preschool children. The areas covered include language development, following directions, likenesses and differences, television,…

Presented are two curriculum guides written and field tested by teachers for junior and senior high school educable retarded students. In each guide behavioral objectives are set forth for basic skills (listening, speaking, reading, arithmetic, writing, environmental awareness, and consumerism), vocational competencies (attitudes, choosing a job,…