8th Grade Health Curriculum Focus

EMOTIONAL HEALTH

• Stress
• Depression
• Suicide
• Family Pressure/Peer Pressure
• Problem Solving/Decision Making

ATOD - 18 HOURS

• Street Drugs
• Prescription Misuse
• Date Rape Drugs
• Resources for Drug Use Help
• Drinking and Driving
• Helping Others with a Drug Problem

FAMILY LIFE AND SEXUALITY

• Birth Control
• Types of Birth Control
• Dating
• AIDS
• AIDS Q and A
• Abstinence
• Relationship Responsibilities (Planning a Family)
• Family Help Resources
• Media Influences on Relationships
• STD/STI

INJURY PREVENTION

• Communicable and Non-Communicable Disease
• Drug Overdose Help
• Safety and Prescription Drugs
• Steroids
• Fitness Shakes/Fat Burner Awareness
• Planning Substitutes for Safe Physical Fitness

*OPTIONAL (PERSONAL AND CONSUMER HEALTH

(NEW) ANGER MANAGEMENT - VIOLENCE PREVENTION

• Increasing Personal Physical Fitness
• Internet Research (ATOD)
• Internet Fitness Strategy
• Commercial Advertising (Drugs and Alcohol)

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