Comprehensive Health Education

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Comprehensive Health Education

• Sue Habkirk, Ph.D.
• Program Administrator
• Bullying/Intimidation Stats and Facts

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Bullying/IntimidationScope of the Problem

• Nationally, 160,000 students stay home every day
  due to fear of being bullied.
• Nearly half of middle schoolers report daily
  incidents of harassment.
• State-wide 5 percent of students in the past 30
  days did not go to school because they felt
  unsafe.
• Safe and Drug-Free Schools Report (TUSD) findings
• U.S.Dept. of Justice National Assoc. of School
  Psychologists
• Child Development, 2005
• Arizona Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2003

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Safe and Drug-Free Schools SurveyTucson Unified
School District
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TUSD Bullying/IntimidationIncident Rates
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The Commitment

• A safe, supportive, and healthy school
  environment creates a setting for positive
  learning experiences.
• Issue should not be another project-of-the-year
  for schools
• Systemic change through a coordinated,
  comprehensive approach