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Items in this list may be obtained from the sources cited. Contact information reflects the most current data about the source that has been provided to the MCH Digital Library.

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National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatits, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of Adolescent and School Health. 2015. Health education curriculum analysis tool: A guide for health education teacher preparation program in institutions of higher education. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 114 pp.

Annotation: This guide provides a series of six lessons for use by instructors in institutions of higher education who are responsible for professional teacher preparation programs in health education, and in preservice courses that focus on improving health education curriculum selection and instruction. An introduction provides instructors with a synopsis of the guide, the intended outcomes of the lessons, a description of the lesson format, and essential actions to take in preparing to implement the lessons. Lessons 1–5 introduce students to the knowledge and skills prerequisite for analyzing a written single or multiple grade-level health education curricula, and then using those skills to analyze a curriculum. In lesson 6, students apply the elements of the Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT) to develop their own health education unit plans for use in the classroom.

Contact: National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatits, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, N.E., Mailstop K-29, Atlanta, GA 30341-3724, Telephone: 800-232-4636 Secondary Telephone: (888) 232-6348 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth Available from the website.

Keywords: Curricula, Curriculum development, Outcome and process assessment, Preservice training, Program improvement, Program planning, School health education, School health programs, Teachers

Advocates for Youth, Answer, Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States. 2014. National teacher preparation standards for sexuality education. [no place]: Future of Sex Education, 7 pp.

Annotation: These standards provide guidance to programs within institutions of higher education in order to better prepare undergraduate pre-service students to deliver sexuality education to children and adolescents in middle and high schools, focusing on programs that train health and physical education teachers. Contents include seven standards, along with a rationale, set of indicators, and examples. Topics include professional disposition, diversity and equity, content knowledge, legal and professional ethics, planning, implementation, and assessment.

Contact: Future of Sex Education, Web Site: http://www.futureofsexed.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Preservice training, Professional education, Sexuality education, Standards, Teachers

Graham M, Powell A, Stabile I, Chiricos C. 2003. Partners for a healthy baby: A home visiting curriculum for new families—Baby's first six months. Tallahassee, FL: Florida State University Center for Prevention and Early Intervention Policy, 89 pp.

Annotation: This curriculum guide is for home visitors to parents of infants newborn to six months of age. The first part of the guide gives an overview of the curriculum and basic information about the role of the home visitor. The second part contains weekly and monthly plans providing detailed purposes for each visit, discussion and prompts to use for introducing topics, instructions regarding what to observe, actions to take, and additional resources. The third part of the guide contains handouts for the family. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Curricula, Health supervision, Home visiting, Infant development, Infants, Parent support services, Parenting skills, Preservice training, Spanish language materials

Rooney R, Fullagar P, Gallagher JJ. 1993. Distinctive personnel preparation models for Part H: Three case studies. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolina Institute for Child and Family Policy, Carolina Policy Studies Program, 42 pp.

Annotation: This report reveals strategies for implementing interdisciplinary personnel preparation programs for Part H of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and discusses barriers to meeting the spirit and intent of the personnel preparation components of the law. Three models of personnel preparation were explored: preservice, inservice and leadership training. For each of the three models, a personnel preparation program was selected for in-depth case study research. The three programs included: a preservice program in a university setting, a statewide outreach and inservice program, and a program representing the joint efforts of an organized parents group and a professional organization. Analysis of case study information yielded recommendations for policies affecting personnel development.

Contact: Carolina Institute for Child and Family Policy, Carolina Policy Studies Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 300 NationsBank Plaza, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, Telephone: (919) 962-7374 Available from the website.

Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Federal legislation, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Infants with special health care needs, Inservice training, Interdisciplinary training, Leadership training, Part H, Preservice training, Professional education

U.S. General Accounting Office. 1989. Foster parents: Recruiting and preservice training practices need evaluation. Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office, 65 pp.

Annotation: This report provides information on recruiting and training foster care parents. It discusses reasons for the critical shortage of foster parents, principles of effective foster parent recruiting, principles of effective foster parent preservice training, and evaluation and demonstration of effective recruiting strategies. The report ends with appendices of highlights of state foster parent programs, lists of federal and private sector professionals, comments from the Department of Health and Human Services, and a bibliography.

Contact: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 441 G Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20548, Telephone: (202) 512-3000 Secondary Telephone: E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gao.gov Available from the website. Document Number: GAO/HRD-89-86.

Keywords: , Foster parents, Preservice training, Recruitment
   

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number U02MC31613, MCH Advanced Education Policy, $3.5 M. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.