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Trends in Adolescent Sexuality
During this comprehensive in-service for K-12
teachers, nurses and counselors, participants
will review the key concepts commonly taught in
sexuality education, discuss statistics, facts, myths
and risks associated with teen sexual activity, and
demonstrate how adults/school faculty can open up
dialogue about sexuality with a young person.
Altered States: The Integral Role Educators Play
in Preventing Substance Abuse
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Accredited Provider
in PA & NJ
The Weller Center is an
approved provider of continuing
professional education
activities under Pennsylvania's
Act 48 and the New Jersey
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More than half of American high school students and a
quarter of middle school students know whom to go to in their schools to buy drugs. Substance abuse in schools will add more than $41 billion to the costs of elementary and secondary education due to class disruption, truancy, teacher turnover, children left behind, injury and counseling. Learn about the latest trends in drug use and abuse in schools, the general signs and symptoms of possible drug use and what educators can do to help reduce substance abuse in their schools. Specific information on heroin, ecstasy, OxyContin, date rape drugs, Special K, marijuana and inhalants and their effects on the human body provided.
STOP Bullying in Your School
All students have a right to learn in a safe environment without fear. However, 15 percent of today’s students are either bullied regularly or are bullies themselves. Bullying behavior can have serious negative effects not only on the students involved in the incident, but also on the overall school climate. Learn how to bully-proof your school and implement specific strategies to manage and stop bullying behavior. Explore the signs of bullying, the various stages of bullying and why students bully. The different characteristics of victims and the short- and long-term consequences of bullying are also discussed.
Integrating the Weller Center in Your Curriculum
Frequent, facilitated health education provides students with the tools to make positive, often life-saving, decisions regarding their health and well-being. Learn the strategies to incorporate high-impact health education into your curricula. Explore how Weller Center programs address state academic standards in health and science and how to use these programs to motivate children to make healthy choices for improved overall health. Discuss effective and appropriate methods to present sensitive information on drug prevention and growth and development issues.
Sexual Harassment 101: Understanding and Reducing School Liability
Eighty-one percent of all students are the target of harassment at least once by the time they graduate from high school. By the eighth grade, 65 percent of girls and 55 percent of boys had at least one experience that they defined as sexual harassment. The Supreme Court has ruled that students sexually harassed by other students can sue their schools. Recognizing their liability, schools across the country are struggling to define sexual harassment and establish guidelines to govern this sensitive issue and protect themselves and their students. This program is designed to help the entire school community understand the legal obligations of administrators to establish and enforce anti-harassment policies and to help teachers understand the rights and limits of students’ behaviors.
Information
- Total contact hours for attendance at each workshop is three hours.
- A minimum of 20 participants will be accepted for each workshop.
- For prices and scheduling information, call 610-258-8500, ext. 10.
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