For Teachers & Principals
The US’ Center for Disease Control and Prevention has produced an excellent strategy guide: School Connectedness: Strategies for Increasing Protective Factors Among Youth (PDF). Families, schools and communities all need to work together to create an environment...
For Parents, For Teachers & Principals
Carol Dweck, a renowned psychologist, researches “growth mindset” — the idea that we can grow our brain’s capacity to learn and to solve problems. In this talk, she describes two ways to think about a problem that’s slightly too hard for you to solve. Are you...
For Parents, For Teachers & Principals
CDC Healthy Schools (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – US) have published an informative report on Characteristics of an Effective Health Education Curriculum. Countries have direct contact with the major portion of young people aged 5 to 17 years...
For Parents, For Teachers & Principals
The Office of Population Affairs offers helpful resources for parents and other adults who care for and work with adolescents: Adolescent Development Explained. Teens’ lives are complex, can change quickly, and can present issues that did not exist (e.g. social...
For Parents, For Teachers & Principals
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Adolescence and School Health Videos These videos provide valuable information about taking a school health approach. Investing in Student Health – The Importance of Partnerships – The video outlines how...
For Parents, For Teachers & Principals
Even mild to moderate drinking poses risk of developing the disease, WHO researchers say. The findings are part of a modelling study from the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) published in the journal Lancet Oncology. ...
