The Healthy Behaviors Initiative addresses serious health problems facing students in low-income communities throughout California and most at risk of obesity. Through its work, Healthy Behaviors is demonstrating the important role that afterschool programs can play in addressing the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States.
Resources for preventing childhood obesity and for improving care of children who are overweight.
The resources in this toolkit are designed to help primary care practice teams provide coordinated, integrated and multidisciplinary services to both prevent obesity and improve care for children who are already overweight or at risk for becoming overweight. Includes tools for prevention, assessment and diagnosis, management and treatment and community resources.
HealthyChildren.org is a website designed for parents by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Healthy Green Schools provides information to teachers and administrators about green schools and why they are important.
From healthy, quick snack ideas to fun cooking activities to do in out-of-school-time programs, Healthy Kids Out of School's website, Healthy Kids Hub, is filled with free educational materials, discounted products, and other special offers to help out-of-school-time programs promote healthy eating habits.
Healthy Kids Snacks is a great website that gives you healthier alternatives to junk food. These recipes are quick and easy and full of flavor, the quick snacks suggestions are easy enough for even the busiest of schedules. You can also sign up for their Newsletter where you can find news and recipes, articles, tips, and information about healthy snacking.
Healthy recipes give tons of recipes that are nutritious and fun to make. The recipes are easy for children to prepare, is a great way to get kids involved in the kitchen. This site gives an opportunity for kids to vote and rank recipes that they have tried, this innovative process helps children get involved with what they eat and is also a learning process. They can practice math, meal preparation, and learn eating habits for life.
Healthy Teen Network builds a network among professionals and organizations through education, advocacy, and networking to assist all adolescents in information about health and other life questions.
Teachers can use this website for curriculum ideas for their P.E. classes.
Heinemann supports teachers as they refine their craft and adjust to the shifting educational landscape.
Help Kids Cope is an app designed to assist parents in talking to their children about different disasters they may experience or have already experienced. This app includes 10 different disaster types with sections in each on how to explain, prepare, respond, and heal from the event their family is concerned with. Each section gives guidance on talking to preschool, school-age, and adolescent children, as well as, includes ways parents can help themselves cope and support their children’s reactions. Parent audio icons are located throughout the app—simply tap on these to hear a parent’s personal story. Make sure your device is not on mute or vibrate to hear these stories.
Helpguide is a nonprofit website that is dedicated to metal health issues.
This article is about how to help children when there are tragic events transpiring.
Helping Traumatized Children Learn is the result of an extraordinary collaboration among educators, parents, mental health professionals, community groups, and attorneys determined to help children experiencing the traumatic effects of exposure to family violence succeed in school.
This report from Child Trends and the National Center for Children in Poverty includes a review of the prevalence of early childhood trauma and its effects. The report offers promising strategies for child care and preschool programs looking to help young children who have endured trauma, and presents recommendations for policymakers to support trauma-informed early care.
This report offers suggestions to improve and sustain relations between youth development organizations and schools. Additionally, it outlines aspects of positive youth development, such as physical development, intellectual development, psychological and emotional development, and social development.
Strategies for helping children make sense of a violent world include historical perspective, risk assessment of their daily lives, writing to leaders, and reaching out to victims.
A support site for teens that is monitored by moderators and administrators that provides teens with resources and outlets to solve their problems. The site includes support forums, a live chat option, and informational articles.
Here are 21 free resources for social justice lesson plans.
From data-rich activities and case studies to high-quality videos and interactive media, BioInteractive's resources are designed to connect students to big ideas in biology, promote engagement with science practices, and instill awe and wonder about the living world. In addition, the BioInteractive website provides educators with planning tools to build resource playlists and storylines, and professional learning materials and opportunities to deepen their scientific and pedagogical expertise.