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For more information or to schedule a class, call the
North Oaks Community Education Department
at (985) 230-5723.
Focus on Health 
The Truth About Alcohol (Grades 5-12)
This class alerts students to important facts about alcohol. Subjects include a definition of the drug, how the body reacts to it, and why young people are so vulnerable to its dangers. The program encourages students to re-examine their attitudes about alcohol and helps them understand the problems caused by alcohol abuse in others.
Birth Control in the 21st Century (Grades 10-12)
This is an updated and informative class designed to educate individuals about birth control options currently offered.
Body Basics (Grades 5-8, Boys)
This class is specially designed to discuss the physical and emotional changes that occur in adolescence. The course includes a discussion of the physical changes that occur using the correct terminology in a respectful environment.
Body Beautiful I (Grades 4-5, Girls)
This class is especially designed to discuss the physical and emotional changes that occur in adolescent girls. The course includes discussion, use of illustrations and proper terminology for the female body, feminine products, and feminine hygiene.
Body Beautiful II (Grades 6-9, Girls)
This presentation is geared to boosting self-esteem, dealing with emotions, and teaching young ladies how to resist peer pressure.
Body Beautiful III (Grades 7-12, Girls)
This presentation is an expansion of the first two Body Beautiful classes. The presentation focuses on “abstinence first” with discussion on birth control methods, sexually transmitted diseases, and female health concerns. Sexuality will also be discussed.
Breast Health / BSE (Grades 11-12, Girls)
This class provides teenage females with general information about breast cancer with an emphasis on prevention and detection. In addition to lecture and discussion, an educational video demonstrating proper self-examination techniques will be shown.
Club Drug Awareness (Grades 8-12)
This program provides teens with up-to-date information on the dangers of he various types of club drugs, including death from overdose, as well as information on evaluating their options and making responsible choices.
Health and Hygiene (Grades Pre-K-12)
Through visual aids and age-appropriate videos, students are made aware of the many ways germs are spread and their relation to common illnesses. Participants will be encouraged to make proper hygiene a part of their daily routine.
HIV / AIDS Awareness (Grade 7-12)
Current information of HIV and AIDS is presented in this class. Participants will obtain clarification about any misinformation or myths they may have heard about HIV/AIDS. Transmission of HIV will be discussed, as well as ways to prevent the spread of the disease.
Prenatal (Grades 9-12)
This series is for expectant teens. Fathers are encouraged and welcomed to attend with class participants. Class topics will cover:
Nutrition: A registered dietician discusses the role of proper nutrition, healthy snacking, and meal planning for a healthy pregnancy.
Families Under Construction: This portion covers preparation of the home and vehicle for the arrival of the newborn baby. Home and car seat safety are discussed. It also explores the physical and mental changes that expectant mothers may experience. Other topics involve: preterm labor; signs of labor; true/false labor questions; and how to determine when to come to the hospital.
Labor and Delivery: Helpful tips to alleviate the anxieties associated with labor are discussed. Topics include: anesthesia in childbirth, the stages of childbirth, and medical interventions. Coping techniques and hospital procedures are also discussed.
Your Beautiful Baby: Caring for a newborn can be both exciting and exhausting! This class portion focuses on the post-partum recovery period and your amazing newborn. Hands-on demonstrations of diapering and bathing are paired with discussions of other care issues including crying, illness, and doctor visits.
Reproduction and Children (Grades 10-12)
This class gives a factual, medically based look into fetal development. The program utilizes a video of the birth process to enhance discussion. A question and answer session is also included.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Grades 7-12)
With the steady rise in the number of teenagers contracting sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), it is vital for young people to recognize the risks these diseases pose. This program presents up-to-date, detailed facts about common STDs, their symptoms and treatment. Because contraction of STDs can increase one’s vulnerability to HIV – the disease that causes AIDS – this class urges teens to take responsibility for their own health and stresses abstinence as the only sure method of preventing any STD.
Take Charge of Your Health (Grades 5-12)
This class presents information to help students or participants make healthier choices in their daily routines. The benefits of physical activity and exercise are strongly reinforced alongside current information regarding proper nutrition.
Taming Tobacco for Teens (Grades 5-12)
This class focuses on the harmful effects and the many dangers that smoking cigarettes has on the entire body.
Testicular Self-Exams / TSE (Grades 11-12, Boys)
This class provides teenage males with general information about testicular cancer with an emphasis on prevention and detection. In addition to lecture and discussion, and educational video demonstrating proper testicular self-examination techniques will be shown.
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Safety and Prevention
Basic First Aid Demonstration (Grades 6-12)
Participants will learn how to administer basic care for a person in need of first aid. Participants will also learn how to control bleeding, care for burns, respond to poisoning, immobilize joints and strained muscles, and access emergency contacts.
CPR Demonstration (Grades 6-12)
This class demonstrates the rescue breathing techniques and chest compressions for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). Instructors will also demonstrate the Heimlich maneuver on a conscious choking victim, along with abdominal thrusts for one who is unconscious.
Fire Safety (Grades K-6)
This program teaches students or participants how to prevent fire, develop a fire escape route, follow fire safety procedures, and care for burns caused from fire, chemicals or electricity.
Home Alone (Grades 4-8)
Participants learn how to respond to potentially dangerous situations they may possibly encounter while home alone.
Internet Safety (Grades 5-12)
Participants will be introduced to the dangers of Internet usage, chat rooms, identity theft, and potentially dangerous situations of the “cyber” world.
Safety in the Home (Grades K-6)
This class explores safety in and around the home, poisonings, calling for emergency assistance, and ways to prevent or respond to injuries or sudden illness.
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Life Skills
Communication Skills (Grades K-12)
Participants will explore positive ways to communicate, including effecting and reflective listening, behavior management, and building self-esteem.
Decision Making (Grades 7-12)
This class focuses on decision making as a step-by-step process and offers information on determining how a decision will bring about desired consequences. Through interactive discussion and activities, students or participants are encouraged to make decisions according to particular situations.
Self-Esteem (Grades K-12)
Building self-esteem, as well as the positive and negative effects of high and low self-esteem will be discussed in this class. Participant activities include ways to improve self-esteem.
Stranger Danger (Grades K-6)
Children are taught how to be cautious and stay safe around people they don’t know by learning common traps used by kidnappers, and how to avoid them.
Teen Issues (Grades 8-12)
Participants will discuss ways to deal with the positive and negative effects of peer pressure. The class explores ways that personal values effect actions and will focus on setting achievable goals. Students or participants will examine some of the stressors in their lives and practice stress relievers, such as positive self-talk.
Time Management (Grades 6-12)
In this one-hour program, participants will learn to recognize time as a valuable resource that needs to be managed. The class focuses on setting priorities and goals, staying motivated, and recognizing “time robbers”.
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Lagniappe
Babysitting (Grades 5-8)
This program is offered in four, 2- hour sessions. Participants will explore the many responsibilities in babysitting including basic first aid techniques, abdominal thrusts and CPR for children and infants.
Careers in Health Care (Grades 5-12)
This class is designed to provide individuals with information needed to make an informed health-related career decision. Participants are encouraged to relate their personal interests to possible health career options. Discussion includes career descriptions, educational requirements and salary averages of our area.
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