Charlotte M. Hendricks is a certified health education specialist with over twenty-five years experience in early childhood health education and research. She has experience working with Head Start, Healthy Child Care America, health departments, universities, foundations, professional organizations, and grants. She earned her doctoral degree in health and safety from Indiana University. As a nationally recognized leader in health and safety education for child care and preschool, Dr. Hendricks received the "Distinguished Service Award" from the American School Health Association in 2000. Dr. Hendricks has written four health curriculums for the preschool and early elementary grades; a series of health information materials for parents; book chapters for the National Association for the Education of Young Children and the American School Health Association; and over twenty-five articles in national refereed journals. She is president of Healthy Childcare Consultants, Inc., project director for the Sun Safe Child Care Project of the Sun Safety Alliance, and editor for Healthy Childcare magazine. Publications: Growing, Growing Strong: A Whole Health Curriculum for Young Children Redleaf Press, 1997 CHIPR Staff and Parent Training Programs Child Health Online, 2005 HIP on Health Parent Information Series Programs Child Health Online, 2005 Website: www.childhealthonline.org Dr. Hendricks has served as a health consultant for the Region IV Head Start Quality Improvement Center and has presented to audiences nationally and internationally as an advocate for the health and safety of young children.

Growing, Growing Strong: A Whole Health Curriculum for Young Children, Revised Edition Authors: Connie Jo Smith, EdD, Charlotte M. Hendricks, HSD, Becky S. Bennett, EdD Product Code: 181001 Price: $25.95 Make health education a fun and interactive part of your curriculum! Growing, Growing Strong reinforces the importance of teaching self-care, as well as tackling difficult topics such as death, alcohol and drug use, and dealing with difficult emotions. Read the Table of Contents or a sample chapter of this book! Adobe Reader is required. . The family information and activity bulletins are now available in Spanish and can be downloaded here. Qty:

Growing, Growing Strong Training Module Author: Charlotte M. Hendricks, HSD Product Code: 181088 Number of Pieces: 31  Price: $99.95 This training is designed for programs implementing the comprehensive health education curriculum, Growing, Growing Strong, which provides developmentally appropriate activities in health and safety education, nutrition, transportation, mental health, self-help skills, and other topic areas. This training program emphasizes the importance of early childhood health education with activities and topics including those that are familiar (such as handwashing) and those in which early care and education staff may feel less comfortable with (such as emotions and emotional situations). Ready-to-use materials include a PowerPoint presentation, trainer?s guide, reproducible handouts in both English and Spanish, and evaluation forms. At the end of the session, the participants will be able to: identify appropriate and essential health education topics for children identify ways to integrate Growing, Growing Strong curriculum in their daily lesson plans Qty:

Medical Emergencies in Early Childhood Settings Author: Charlotte M. Hendricks, HSD Product Code: 150171 Price: $14.95 Qty: