The following are a sampling of recent presentations.
Social Justice in Health Education.
Health and Physical Literacy Summit, Birmingham, AL, Feb 2020
Transforming School Communities through WSCC: Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and the Role of Health Educators in Schools.
SOPHE Webinar – online
Health Education – Beyond the Classroom.
CSHS Nurse Leader Orientation, MA Department of Public Health, September 2019
Skills-Based Health Education 101.
SHAPE America National Convention, Tampa, FL, April 2019
The Pedagogy of Skill Development in the Health Education Classroom.
SHAPE America National Convention, Tampa, FL, April 2019
How do Your Health Education Assessments Measure Up?
SHAPE America National Convention, Tampa, FL, April 2019
Considerations for Skill Development in Health Education.
Maine AHPERD State Conference, Nov 2019
Meeting the Needs of “Kids Today” through Skills-Based Health Education.
Health Education Teacher Education Conference, SHAPE America, Salt Lake City, UT, October 2018
All About Those Skills: A Skills-Based Approach to Health Education.
American School Health Association, Baltimore, MD, October 2016
Some of our presentations are available online, click the links to learn more.
Navigating Health and Physical Education in a New World
A virtual event for educators and administrators involved in the physical, mental, and social-emotional health of learners.
July 20-24, 2020
Nuts and Bolts of a Skills-Based Approach
By Holly Alperin, EdM, MCHES, University of New Hampshire and Sarah Benes, EdD, CHES, Merrimack College
Why Skills-Based Health Education?
By Sarah Benes, EdD, CHES, Merrimack College and Holly Alperin, EdM, MCHES, University of New Hampshire
The video provides a brief overview of key reasons why skills-based health education is an effective approach to health education. Watch the Why Skills-Based Health Education video on YouTube.
Handouts
PODCAST – Skills Based Health Education Author Interview with Holly Alperin & Sarah Benes
by SHAPE America’s Podcast – Professional Development for Health & Physical Education Teachers
Episode Description
Collin and Matt interview Holly and Sarah about their new resource book called The Essentials Of Teaching Health Education, which is focused on a skills-based approach. They discuss where the idea came from, how an educator can use their resource to teach, and how to implement it into your curriculum.
