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Our most recent publications include:

Now is the Time

The President’s plan to reduce gun violence in our schools and communities.

Healthy Meeting Toolkit

The Healthy Meeting Toolkit is a useful resource to help you begin offering healthier food and beverage options, physical activity, a tobacco-free environment, and sustainability practices during your institution’s meetings and conferences.

Preventing Violent Behavior Guide

Developed by the National Education Association (NEA) and the NEA Health Information Network (NEA HIN) in consultation with the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) and the American Psychological Association (APA), this resource, focuses on taking a proactive prevention approach to making your working & learning environment safe and violence free for students and educators.

Supporting Your Students After the Death of a Family Member or Friend

Helping them through the loss of a loved one can be difficult but this guide offers helpful information on how to make the transition easier for them and ways to approach the subject in the classroom.

What Do You Know About Prescription Drug Abuse?

Statistics on prescription drug abuse and tips for teaching students about the importance of proper use and consequences of misuse

Healthy Steps for Healthy Lives 2013® (MyPlate)

Welcome to the 2013 Healthy Steps for Healthy Lives® program brought to you by Nestlé and the National Education Association Health Information Network. The Healthy Steps for Healthy Lives program was developed as a resource for educators to help support your ongoing efforts to teach students in grades 3-6 about being healthy. Parents, after-school programs, and caregivers can also use the materials in the program.

Rx for Understanding: Preventing Prescription Drug Abuse (Grades 9-12)

Rx for Understanding: Preventing Prescription Drug Abuse is a standards-based, cross-curricular teaching resource geared for students in grades 9-12. It contains 10 lessons that lead students through an inquiry-based, technology inspired project enabling an opportunity apply the key concepts learned about the misuse, abuse, and proper use of prescription drugs.

The Educator’s Resource Guide for grades 9-12 includes background information, lesson plans, a reproducible student journal, teaching resources, parent information, and national academic standards alignment charts (including National Health Education Standards and Common Core State Standards).

Bag the Junk: Advocacy Website for Healthier School Foods

BagtheJunk.org aims to educate, mobilize, and empower members of the school community to replace junk snack foods and sugary drinks with healthier options.

(PDF) PTSD: The Basics

Information provided by the Office on Women’s Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of
Mental Health, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

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