This project provides a comprehensive overview of the research literature on social anxiety disorder (SAD) in adolescents and concludes by offering a set of 10 group therapy lesson plans for SAD that therapists can use in their practice. The overview includes a description of social anxiety disorder and highlights various theories of anxiety. The…

Presents a three-day unit designed to help adolescents identify their life-time goals, analyze how people show commitment to goals, and determine their personal commitment to their own long-term goals. (LRA)

This guide on nutrition instruction can be used on the school district level for curriculum development or by teachers as a basis for daily lesson planning. The text is arranged by topic, subtopic, objectives, learning activities, and teacher information. Topics include nutritional status, adolescent development, diet, body weight, and…

The Family Life Education optional unit of the Manitoba (Canada) Health Education curriculum reflects the current emphasis in health education on preventive medicine, total well-being, and the assumption of individual responsibility for health. The unit as a whole consists of four components: an overview and three grade level guides designed for…

This document is the first volume of the Louisiana curriculum guide for teaching a one-semester course in child and adolescent development in grades 10-12. The first of the guide's two major units, entitled "Growth and Development of the Adolescent," focuses on many of the physical, emotional, intellectual, and social experiences of the…

This interim guide is a component of the Northwest Territories (Canada) School Health Program. It contains instructional strategies, lesson plans, reproducibles, and teacher background materials for seventh grade classes. The material is organized around the three curriculum units: mental and emotional well-being, growth and development, and…

The Family Life Education optional unit of the Manitoba (Canada) Health Education curriculum reflects the current emphasis in health education on preventive medicine, total well-being, and the assumption of individual responsibility for health. The unit as a whole consists of four components: an overview and three grade level guides designed for…

The Family Life Education optional unit of the Manitoba (Canada) Health Education curriculum reflects the current emphasis in health education on preventive medicine, total well-being, and the assumption of individual responsibility for health. The unit as a whole consists of four components: an overview and three grade level guides designed for…

This document is the second volume of the Louisiana curriculum guide for teaching a one-semester course in child and adolescent development in grades 10-12. This volume presents basic information regarding the development of children from infancy through school age, including prenatal development. Many lessons of the volume's five major units also…

This interim guide, a component of the Northwest Territories (Canada) School Health Program, includes instructional strategies, lesson plans, reproducibles, and teacher background materials for ninth grade classes. The material is organized around the three curriculum units: (1) the mental and emotional well-being unit which has three lessons on…

This interim guide, a component of the Northwest Territories (Canada) School Health Program, contains instructional strategies, lesson plans, reproducibles, and teacher background materials for eighth grade classes. The material is organized around the three curriculum units: mental and emotional well-being, growth and development, and family…