I wrote to NY a over a year ago asking if they would share this curriculum
with our task force. They graciously sent one and, after it made quick
rounds among a few other folks, made it's home on the edge of my desk. I'm
truly grateful for all the work that has been done. In hard copy, this work
is an inch+ thick...lots of paper, and while a few of those pages can handle
a few revisions, overall I thought it a worthy piece of work. I found I
had to really sit and think about how each page would fit into a rounded
curriculum before I scratched anything. IMO it is designed to develop a
healthy thought processes in the students and not merely dictate to them how
babies should be fed and nurtured.
In speaking with friends who are teachers, I found that most had no idea
what their resources were, especially books, for their students, nor how to
approach breastfeeding (even passively) as part of the health curriculum for
their particular classes. *Many* thank yous to those who contributed.
Lorri Centineo
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 1999 12:09 PM
> Subject: NYS school age BF activities
>
>
> As the coordinator of the grant that developed the
> "Breastfeeding: First Step
> to Good Health." a set of breastfeeding education materials for
> grades K-12,
> I must tell you that I am disappointed about the brief comments
> that followed
> the announcement that the materials were now available on the internet at
> http://www.health.state.ny.us/nydoh/b-feed/index.htm
> This is NOT a stand-alone curriculum, it is designed to be
> integrated into
> other mandated curriculum, e.g. history, nutrition, economics. It was
> developed by a specialist in the Dept of Education with input from a
> Breastfeeding Advisory panel. It was pilot tested by teachers at
> all grade
> levels, rewritten and revised.
> The purpose is to expose children from the early grades through
> high school
> to the concept that breastfeeding is the optimal way to feed children.
> The references to the use of pamphlets printed by formula
> companies should be
> understood in the context that students are asked in that lesson
> to compare
> literature describing breastfeeding.
> Please, friends and collegues, understand that this was designed
> for a busy
> teacher who might choose to teach this material, IN ADDITION, to
> everything
> else she/he is mandated to teach. The teacher will probably not
> have the time
> or energy to search out breastfeeding information.We hope that
> breastfeeding
> advocates will be available when a teacher looks for additional
> information
> but let's first have these materials considered by a school district.
> As one who has been trying to get this information actually used,
> I will tell
> you it is not easy. Let's congratulate the Department of Health and
> Department of Education in New York Stsate who were the first to
> attempt this
> effort!
> Barbara Hayes, RN
> New Rochelle, NY
> mail to: [log in to unmask]
>
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