ERIC ED361320: Education for Self-Responsibility III: Prevention of HIV/AIDS and Other Communicable Diseases. Curriculum Guide. Grades 6-8.

416 Pages·1992·7.8 MB·English

by  ERIC

DOCUMENT RESUME
ED 361 320
SP 034 720
TITLE
Education for Self-Responsibility III: Prevention of
HIV/AIDS and Other Communicable Diseases. Curriculum
Guide. Grades 6-8.
INSTITUTION
Texas Education Agency, Austin.
SPONS AGENCY
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (DHHS/CDC), Atlanta, GA. Adolescent and
School Health Div.
REPORT NO
TEA-CU3-301-03
PUB DATE
92
NOTE
439p.; For related curriculum guides, see SP 034
718-719.
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DESCRIPTORS
*Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; *Communicable
Diseases; Decision Making Skills; *Disease Control;
Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Guidelines; *Health
Promotion; *Interdisciplinary Approach; Junior High
Schools; Junior High School Students; Learning
Activities; Learning Strategies; State Curriculum
Guides; Student Behavior
IDENTIFIERS
*Age Appropriateness; *Comprehensive School Health
Education; Diversity (Student); Texas Education
Agency
ABSTRACT
This curriculum guide encourages students to learn
behaviors that will reduce the potential for Human Immunodeficiency
Virus (HIV) infection when confronted with choices at a later age.
The curriculum is designed for integration within a comprehensive
program of school health education (in grades 6-8, lessons on
communicable disease, including HIV, can interface with language
arts, mathematics, vocational education, social studies, and life
science units) and offers opportunities for students to practice
sequential, age-appropriate decision-making skills. In addition to
classroom lessons and the concomitant teacher resovrces and
worksheets, the guide offers information for all school personnel as
well as for classroom teachers; provides a historical perspective and
other facts on HIV/AIDS; presents the rationale for HIV prevention
education; discusses classroom strategies; and provides guidelines
for ensuring appropriateness and efficacy for diverse student
populations. Appendices include a glossary of terms, additional
resources on HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases, guidelines for
effective HIV education, discussions of legal issues and policy
development, universal precautions, illustrations for transparencies,
and listings to teacher resources which contain approximately 100
references to print materials, 50 to video sources, and 50 to
national and Texas organizations. (LL)
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Grades 6-8
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Texas Education Agency
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701
Texas Education Agency
This publication was developed under the.direction of Agency staff members in the Office of the
Associate Commissioner for Curriculum and Assessment.
Lionel R. Meno
Commissioner of Education
Associate Commissioner
Marvin Veselka
for Curriculum and Assessmer,
Leroy F. Psencik
Senior Director of Curriculum Development
Director of Programs
Sunny Thomas-Allcorn
Comprehensive School Health
Program Director
MaryAnn Ricketsor,
HIV Education Program
Education Spec;alist
Tommy Fleming
HIV Educaton Program
Pat Folmar Robinson
Editor, Division cf Curriculum Development
This curriculum guide was developed by the Texas Education Agency under a cooperative
agreement with the Division of Adolescent School Heatth, Centers for Disease Control.
State Board of Education
Carolyn Honea Crawford, Beaumont
Chairman of the State Board of Education
District 7
Mary Helen Bertanga, Corpus Christi
Bob Alkin, Commerce
Secretary of the State Board of Education
Vice Chairman of the State Board of Education
District 2
District 9
Board Members
Geraldine Miller, Dallas
Raymond A. Alexander, Houston
District 12
District 4
Jane Nelson, Double Oak
Jack Christie, Houston
District 11
District 6
Rene Nu Liez, El Paso
Emmett J. Conrad, Dallas
District 1
District 13
Mary Knotts Perkins, Lufkin
Will D. Davis, Austin
District 8
District 10
John H. Shields, San Antonio
Monte Has le, Lubbock
District 3
District 15
Esteban Sosa, San Antonio
William L. Hudson, Wichita Falls
District 3
District 14
Lionel R. Meno, Commissioner of Education
(Executive Officer of the State Board of Education)
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Committees
of the
State Board of Education
LONG-RANGE PLANNING
PERSONNEL
Emmett J. Conrad, Chairman
Rene Nuñez, Chairman
Raymond A. Alexander
Jack Christie
Jack Christie
Emmett J. Conrad
Carolyn Honea Crawford
Carolyn Honea Crawford
Will D. Davis
John H. Shields
Jane Nelson
Mary Knotts Perkins
John H. Shields
STUDENTS
Geraldine Miller, Chairman
Raymond A. Alexander
PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND
Mary Helen Berlanga
Esteban Sosa, Chairman
Monte Hasie
Bob Aikin
Mary Knotts Perkins
Mary Helen Berlanga
Monte Hasie
William L. Hudson
SCHOOL FINANCE
Geraldine Miller
Will D. Davis, Chairman
Rene Nuilez
Bob Aikin
William L. Hudson
Jane Nelson
Esteban Sosa
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The HIV Education Program staff at the Texas Education Agency produced the Education for Self-
Responsibility III: Prevention of HIV/AIDS and Other Communicable Diseases curriculum guide with
the help of committees of representatives from school districts, education service centers, universi-
ties, and other agencies and organizations from different geographic regions of Texas.
Contributing Writers
Angie Rose
Diane McGowan
Curriculum Review Committee
Sylvia Ostos
Sandy Allen
Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers
Northeast ISD
Barbara Pearce
Molly Berger
Georgetown ISD
Region IV Education Service Center
Carol Peterson
Sue Bradshaw
Pflugervilie ISD
Alvin ISO
Katy Pruitt
Carolyn Christian
Bryan ISD
Texas Department of Health
Roger Rodriquez
Clara Contreras
San Antonio ISD
Region I Education Service Center
Kim Schenck
Jill DeVillier
Texas Network of Youth Services
Cypress-Fairbanks ISO
Phyllis Simpson
Mattye Glass
Dallas ISD
Houston ISO
Mary Sowder
Rosemary Hanicak
Worker's Assistance Program
Texas Department of Health
Polly Stringfield
Catherine Harris
Fort Worth ISD
Region XVIII Education Service Center
Beth Thompson
Robert W. Huie
Texas Department of Health
Texas Regional AIDS Interfaith Network
Edward P. Tyson
Cora LaGrone
Adj. Asst. Professor/UT at Austin
Region XVI Education Service Center
John Williams
Jim Lang
Brazosport ISD
Silsbee ISD
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Contents
THE HIV EDUCATION PROGRAM
1
Education for Self-Responsibility
1
Communicable Diseases Throughout History
7
A Bril History of HIV/AIDS
10
Communicable Disease Chart for Schools
14
Basic Information About HIV Disease
21
IMPLEMENTING THE EER III CURRICULUM GUIDE
39
ESR III Goals and Objectives
39
ESR III Scope and Sequence
40
as
Organization of ESR III
,iassroom Strategies
48
Ini,Nortant Issues
55
Red Flags
58
Recommendations For Using ESR III
59
Using Other Curricular Materials
59
Evaluation
60
ADAPTING ESR III FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS
62
Special Education
63
Compensatory Education
64
Bilingual Education
65
Migrant Students
66
Gifted/Talented Students
68
Multicultural Sensitivity
69
SAMPLE LESSONS FOR ESR III
Grade 6
71
Grades 7/8
121
APPENDICES
Appendix A: Comprehensive School Health Education
277
Appendix B: Glossary of Terms
285
Appendix C: Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Reports
291
Appendix D: Guidelines for Effective HIV Education
325
Appendix E: Cultural Sensitivity
335
Appendix F: Legal Issues
339
Appendix G: Policy Development
349
Appendix H: Universal Precautions
367
Sample Parent Letters (English/Spanish)
Appendix I:
386
Appendix J: Transparencies
399
Appendix K: Teacher Resources
425
Appendix L: Evaluation
443
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The HIV Education
Program
EDUCATION FOR SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
In the United States, the first cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(AIDS) were reported in 1981. Since that time, the human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) that causes AIDS and other HIV-related conditions has precipitated
an epidemic unprecedented in modem history. At the present time, no vaccines
or cures have been developed for HIV/AIDS.
HIV is transmitted almost exclusively by behaviors that individuals can modify.
(See Flgure 1.) Therefore, educational programs that influence relevant behav-
iors are critical to prevent the spread of HIV. Education for Self-Responsibility
III: Prevention of HIWAIDS and Other Communicable Diseases (ESR III)
is
designed to encourage Texas students to make behavioral choices that will
prevent infection with HIV and other communicable diseases and will enhance
In ESR Ill, students practice sequential, age-appropriate
total wellness.
decision-making skills throughout the entire curriculum, prekindergarten-Grade
12. The foundational skills learned early in the curriculum will be valuable when
students are confronted by behavioral choices at a later age.
The ESR Series of Publications
ESR III is one in a series of publications developed by the Texas Education
Agency in response to the State Board of Education plan to reduce the number
of students leaving school before graduation. The first ESR document was a
framework addressing the prevention of school-age pregnancy in 1987. Also
available to schools are Education for Self-Responsibility II: Prevention of Drug
Use (ESR Nand Education for Self Responsibility IV: Nutrition Education (ESR
IV).
The classroom materials in the ESR series are supplemental. They correlate
with the Texas essential elements of instruction and cover most subject areas
prekindergartenGrade 12. School district personnel may want to instruct staff
to plan how these materials can be used to the optimum benefit of students. For
example, because HIV infection is a disease with many social and political
ramifications, it is therefore an appropriate topic for a variety of subjects and
courses. Incorporating HIV materials into the context of other issues may also
diffuse some of the fear surrounding the HIV epidemic.
1991
OUT OF
100
STUDENTS:
TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL
had sexual intercourse
72
had multiple sexual partners
20
used alcohol
81
used illicit drugs
40
contracted a STD
16
suffered in poverty
25
dropped out of school
22
became pregnant
8
risk for H1V/AIDS
These behaviors put students at
by HIV
were infected
Figure 1