Healthy teens
Subtitle: facing the challenges of young lives : a practical guide for parents, caregivers, educators, and health professionals
By: Alice R. McCarthy.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Series: Healthy teens
Publisher: Bridge Communications
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Birmingham, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Teenagers -- Health and hygiene -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Healthy bodies, healthy minds: Adolescence; title: Communicating with your teen; title: Teens, families, and schools: Family involvement in health education; title: Family-school partnerships; title: Parent-teacher conferences; title: Teens and mental health: Psychological health and the development of your teen; title: Stress and the health of your adolescent; title: Depressive illnesses; title: Suicide; title: Eating disorders; title: Learning differences; title: Teen sexuality: Teens: hearing from parents; title: Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs); title: Piercing, tattooing and needle sharing.; title: Teens, an active life style: Puberty; title: Building an active lifestyle; title: Healthy eating; title: Dental health; title: Teens taking responsibility for their health; title: Common teen illnesses; title: Injury prevention; title: Teens, substance abuse: Facts about drug use; title: Tobacco; title: Alcohol; title: Marijuana; title: Heroin; title: Cocaine; title: Inhalants; title: Ecstasy; title: "Date rape" drugs; title: The answer to substance abuse: Parents and caregivers: crucial players; title: A guide to teen parties; title: Teens and driving; title: Substance abuse prevention through health education.; title: Teens and sexual harassment: Harassment; title: Educational policy; title: Legal issues.; title: Teen safety and crime prevention: Awareness first; title: Sexual assault; title: Dating and sexual assault; title: Sexual abuse; title: Teens and violence: The face of violence; title: School violence; title: Violence at home; title: Teen relationship violence; title: Media violence; title: Gangs and violence; title: Teens and life after high school: Connect your teen to the future; title: Why college is important; title: Taking the right courses starts in middle school; title: Save on tuition; title: Identify types of people and skills; title: Learning about a career; title: Education for the career chosen; title: Searching for financial aid; title: Work is changing: characteristics needed.; title: Teens and a better community: Resiliency defined; title: Programming for healthy teens; title: Communities that care; title: The search institute; title: Appendices: A load off the teachers' backs: coordinated school health programs; title: The Michigan model for comprehensive school health; title: Making the grade: a guide to school drug prevention; title: When your adolescent is in trouble.