 ASHA's new Hip on Health series is now available.What is Hip on Health Mini Posters and Parent Information Sheets Series? Each mini-poster and its accompanying parent information sheet addresses a single idea or recommendation related to the health, safety and well-being of children =96 particularly young children. Mini-posters provide accurate, useful information in 10 short sentences or less. Parent information sheets provide in-depth information and describe ways to ensure their child's health and safety. The cartoon strip on each sheet and poster also helps to educates parents in a humorous way. Each Hip on Health set, which provides information in several areas of comprehensive school health education, includes 15 parent information sheets and 15 mini-posters examining 15 different topics. The reproducible white master copies can be duplicated and distributed as often as you wish. Some Suggested Uses for the Hip on Health Series: *Teachers in Head Start, preschool, elementary schools and daycare programs can print the mini-posters on brightly colored paper and post where parents are likely to see them. Parent information sheets also can be duplicated and sent home. *Mini-posters can be displayed in examination or waiting rooms of children's hospitals, health, dental and other clinics and community service offices. * Mini-posters can be prepared as overhead transparencies to illustrate a concept during workshops or discussions for parents, child care staff or babysitters-in-training. * Great as handouts for children and parents at community and school health fairs. * White paper copies can be used by children as coloring sheets. Two Hip on Health sets are now available !!! Set # 1: 15 parent information sheets 15 mini-posters topics include: Fever Bike Safety Croup Allergies Falls Choking Impetigo Throw Away Old Medicine Fitness for Children Nosebleeds Colds and Sniffles Eyes and Vision Testing Set # 2: 15 parent information sheets 15 mini-posters topics include: Selecting Child Care Asthma Hearing Testing Cars Can Get Hot HIV/AIDS Power Tool Safety Washing Hands Strep Throat Beware of Strangers Learning to Help Others Pinworms Immunization Materials were developed by Charlotte Hendricks, MS, HSD, FASHA, an ASHA member and nationally-recognized leader in preschool health and safety education. The Hip on Health series has been reviewed and approved for use by several health education professionals, medical personnel at the Children's Hospital of Alabama and early childhood education and child development professionals. Order your reproducible master copies of the Hip on Health series today! Each set is $19.95 for ASHA members ($22.95 for non members). Duplicate your master copies as often as you wish! For more information contact: American School Health Association, 7263 State Rt. 43/ P.O. Box 708, Kent, OH 44240, phone: 330/678-1601; fax: 330/678-4526. Revised July 22, 1997, Mark Tomita Health Education Professional Resources © 1996, 1997 New York University. All rights reserved. URL: /health/healthed/taub/hepr/noframes/resources/instructional_materials/1.html |