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Heads Up! for Kids: Secrets of the Mind-Body Connection Program Overview
Heads Up Kentucky! Psychology Promotes Healthy Living
was an enormously successful
project by the KPA Foundation that brought pertinent information about
Psychology and Health to the
The second step in this ground-breaking program was Heads Up! for Kids: Secrets of the Mind-Body Connection, a statewide educational outreach program to teach children about the relationship between psychology and health, using art and content written by KPA Members for the Heads Up! KY program. We believe this is the largest school outreach effort ever mounted by a state psychological association. Heads Up! for Kids provides fun, interactive
curriculum for use by teachers in the classroom that covers material
included on the annual CATS testing required by the Kentucky Educational
Reform Act (KERA).
The Heads Up! for Kids committee has developed a straightforward 10-20 minute presentations on Kids and various subjects including sleep, resilience, health and nutrition, exercise, self esteem, and more for volunteers to use, and the curriculum is self-explanatory. The program has been very popular with teachers, administrators, parents and students alike! Brochures on each topic and additional information on all topics are available at the Heads Up! KY website, located at http://www.headsupkentucky.org/ |
community, garnered national praise, and is being replicated by multiple
state psychological associations. 
