GUIDEBOOKS ON AIDS PUBLISHED
SUNDAY, MAY 8, 1988
PARENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO READ A SET OF TWO GUIDEBOOKS ON PUBLISHED JOINTLY BY THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY ON AND THE BREAKTHROUGH MAGAZINE.
THE GUIDEBOOKS
——
AIDS"
AIDS
AIDS
AND
"A PARENTS' GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING AIDS"
ARE CONTAINED IN A "A CHILDREN'S GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING PUBLICATION PACKAGE ENTITLED "UNDERSTANDING AIDS".
A
SPOKESMAN FOR
THE
COMMITTEE
— —
SAID THE
WOULD GUIDEBOOKS THE DISEASE TO ANSWER PROVIDE PARENTS WITH SUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE ON
WHICH
HAVE MIGHT MATTERS CHILDREN'S QUERIES ON
RELATED TO AIDS,
PUBLICITY IN THE ARISEN AS A RESULT OF EXPOSURE TO AIDS EDUCATIONAL MEDIA.
THE 12-PAGE PARENTS'
INFORMATION
IN
GUIDE CONTAINS A MESSAGE TO
SUGGESTS WITH
DEALING
PARENTS, HOW PARENTS CHILDREN OF
STATING THE OBJECTIVES OF THE BOOKLET. IT ALSO COULD MAKE USE
THE DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND AGES.
OF
'QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS" THE LATTER PART OF THE BOOKLET ADOPTS A
THE VARIOUS FUNDAMENTAL AND CRUCIAL FACTS APPROACH IN EXPLAINING ABOUT AIDS.
It
BOOKLET USING A NARRATIVE SETTING TO GIVE CHILDREN A REASONABLE
THE CHILDREN'S GUIDE IS A 32-PAGE FORMAT AGAINST A CLASSROOM UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISEASE.
THE STORY IS ABOUT A CLASS OF PUPILS DISCUSSING AN AIDS-RELATED TEACHER ENTERING THE ISSUE BASING ON THEIR LIMITED KNOWLEDGE, AND A SCENE LATER TO CLEAR ALL MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE DISEASE.
"THE SIMPLE LANGUAGE
FOR
AND THE VIVID AND ATTRACTIVE CARTOON DRAWINGS MAKE THE BOOKLET A PIECE OF INTERESTING READING MATERIAL CHILDREN," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
LEFT "HOWEVER, WE RECOMMEND THAT ONLY OLDER CHILDREN SHOULD BE
YOUNGER CHILDREN SHOULD TO READ THE BOOKLET BEST BE GUIDED BY THEIR PARENTS,
BY
THIEMSELVES,
WHILE HE ADDED.
PUBLICATIONS
FREE OF CHARGE FROM CENTRE AND ALL
COPIES OF THE GUIDEBOOKS ARE OBTAINABLE
GOVERNMENT THE
TOMORROW (MONDAY)
DISTRICT OFFICES.
AT
FURTHER ENQUIRIES ON THE GUIDEBOOKS
AND INFORMATION ON AIDS EDUCATION SERVICE
CAN BE DIRECTED TO THE AIDS COUNSELLING AND HEALTH ON 3-7802211.
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