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Infant, Maternal & Reproductive Health Unit

 
 
 
Educators Corner

 

The Anti-Drug Campaign
Curriculum and teacher's guides included.
(http://www.theantidrug.com/teachersguide/index.html)

Kid Quest
Teaching tool developed for elementary school teachers and students. Includes information on What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Why Is It Important for Me to Know about It?
(http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/kids/index.html)

National Institute of Health
Curriculum Supplement Series "Understanding Alcohol - Investigations Into Biology and Behavior"
Grades 7 & 8
(http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih3/alcohol/default.htm)

Reach to Teach [PDF; 957.18kb] - Resource from the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, for parents and teachers to use in educating elementary and middle school children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). Electronic copies of the booklet can be downloaded from SAMHSA's FASD Center for Excellence website.

Printed copies of the booklet may be ordered free of charge from SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) at 800-729-6686 or 1-800-487-4889 (TDD). The booklet is DHHS Publication No. SMA-4222.

Teaching Students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders [PDF; 1.25mb]-A manual for teachers published by the Florida Department of Education, Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services, 2005.
(http://www.fldoe.org/ese/pdf/fetalco.pdf)

 

 
 En Español - Information in Spanish
 
Alcohólicos Anónimos (AA) Alcoholics Anonymous
Outreach and support for speakers of Spanish. An international fellowship of men and women who have had a drinking problem; it is nonprofessional, self-supporting, nondenominational, multiracial, apolitical, self-help group open to anyone who wants to do something about their drinking problem.
(http://www.aa.org/)

American Lung Association Español
(http://www.lungusa.org/espanol/)

Ayuda para los fumadores embarazados [PDF; 510KB]
Help for Pregnant Smokers in Spanish
(http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tobacco/prenatalsp.pdf)
(You may need to download the free Adobe Reader to view the document).

Centers for Disease Control (Spanish)
This site includes posters, information on incidence of alcohol related birth defects and information about CDC funded activities related to prenatal alcohol use.
(http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/Spanish/fas/default.htm)

Centro de Excelencia para Información sobre el Espectro de los Desórdenes Relacionados con el Alcoholismo Fetal (EDAF) del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos, Administración de Salud Mental y Abuso de Substancias de EE.UU. (SAMHSA.)
http://www.fascenter.samhsa.gov/index.cfm

LaAntiDroga (The Anti Drug)
A fin de poder llegar a esta creciente audiencia de cibernautas hispanos, la campaña de medios (contra la drogadicción juvenil) completó recientemente el rediseño total de su página Web en www.LaAntiDroga.com, dirigida a los padres hispanos y los adultos que comparten la crianza de sus hijos.
(http://www.laantidroga.com/)

Nicotina Anónimos
http://www.nicotine-anonymous.org/index.php

Nicotina: una adicción ponderosa  [PDF; 327.05 kb]
(http://www.doh.state.fl.us/tobacco/PDF_Files/quitline-3.brochureSpan.pdf)

Publicaciones en Español
Texto completo accesible en linea. Provides online ordering of Spanish materials on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
(http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/Publications/PamphletsBrochuresPosters/Spanish/Pages/default.aspx)

Sabemos- A CDC English-Spanish language communications kit designed to promote awareness of positive social norms regarding in-home protection against secondhand smoke within the Hispanic/Latino population.
(http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/secondhand_smoke/sabemos/)

¡Soy Unica! ¡Soy Latina! - Check out this Spanish and English site dedicated to 9 - to 13 - year old Latina girls.
(http://www.soyunica.gov/door.htm)


Texto completo accesible en linea
Spanish text available online.
(http://www.cyberisle.org)


Es la marihuana de verdad tan mala para mi hijo?
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Padres. La Antidroga




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