Reviewed health education techniques, strategies, and methods that can be applied in designing and implementing a drug education program. Analyzed the roles and functions of the drug educator in program planning and evaluation, organization and promotion of drug education, and extension of drug education through communication. (LLL)

This book is written for parents, teachers, and counselors who have both a desire and a commitment to help children who experience a death. The first chapter provides an introduction and discusses when death education should occur. The second chapter emphasizes the importance of creating a caring relationship with children when death is…

The article discusses the benefits of teacher leader programs and outlines a schemata for a program of professional development for teacher leaders. The knowledge domain of a teacher leader program, such as local district needs and interpersonal development, is described. (JL)

The PRECEDE model, a conceptual model of comprehensive program development and implementation for health education, was used as a framework for a school-based drug (including alcohol and tobacco) education program specific to each individual classroom teacher's situation. A dual-purpose workshop was held for elementary and secondary school…

This report recommends a statewide plan of action to ensure that Pennsylvania schools provide quality school health education programs. It is the culmination of a process undertaken by the Quality School Health Education Project, initiated in response to the Year 2000 national health objective on school health education. The project identified…