Holistic Junction's Featured School of the Week: Samra University of Oriental MedicineWritten by C. Bailey-Lloyd/LadyCamelot
Holistic Junction's featured school of week is premiere teaching institution, Samra University of Oriental Medicine. Situated in beautiful Los Angeles, California; Samra University of Oriental Medicine is a private, non-profit school of Oriental Medicine. One of first schools to receive Full Institutional Approval by California State Department of Education, Samra University offers a Master of Oriental Medicine degree. Samra University's educational objectives are to "deliver a clear and coherent curriculum plan that provides means whereby students can acquire and demonstrate - 1. Understanding foundations of Oriental medicine, as indicated by students' mastery of basic Chinese medical theory and language terminology. 2. Understanding assessment and diagnostic procedures used in Oriental medicine and demonstrating capacity to accurately assess and diagnose patients' patterns of disharmony according to Oriental medical principles. 3. Understanding intervention principles and treatment modalities of Oriental medicine and demonstrating capacity to competently design and provide interventions including herbal formulas, acupuncture treatments, and nutritional, lifestyle, and energetic practice recommendations 4. Understanding foundation of Western basic and clinical sciences and when and to whom to refer patients as necessary, facilitating effective interactions with Western health care. 5. Understanding biomedical ethics, legal and professional principles of practice management." Samra University of Oriental Medicine's curriculum includes rewarding educational courses in Chinese Medical Theory, Acupuncture Theory, Chinese Herbology, clinical work and much more. As an added feature, Samra University accommodates students by instructing classes in three separate languages: English, Mandarin Chinese and Korean. Including academic courses for both degreed and non-degreed programs, Samra University offers a vast curriculum of Oriental , Herbal and Chinese Medicine - comprised of multiple instructional classes. As an added bonus, "Samra University offers an unprecedented training opportunity at Dong Zhi Men Hospital in Beijing, People's Republic of China! "
| | The Spirit of Giving Teaching TipWritten by Freda J. Glatt, M.A.
At this holiday time, take opportunity to teach children about spirit of giving.Giving takes many forms. You can give your time, such as volunteers do. You can make monetary, clothing or other donations to organizations in which you believe. You can give of yourself when you provide a hug, a listening ear, or anything else someone may need. How can you practice giving at school and at home? 1. Brainstorm ideas as to how young children CAN make a difference. All too often, they think they are too young to matter. The earlier they become involved in giving, better chance they will become giving, caring members of society. 2. Visit a nursing home or assisted living facility. Perhaps your students can perform a little skit or sing holiday songs. Instead of visiting, your children can make cards, poems, or stories to send. If you want to carry this further, have them practice addressing an envelope and adding a stamp. 3. Think about children in hospital. What would make them happy? Could you collect little goodies to put in socks and have them delivered? 4. Many organizations are collecting new toys to give children for holidays. What about collecting your students' OLD stuffed animals, board games, and books, AS LONG AS THEY ARE IN GOOD CONDITION, and give them to family shelters, local libraries, or whatever group would take them. Check, first, to see where you will be able to donate them. Children will learn valuable lesson that giving does not mean something has to be expensive! It will also correlate with a Social Studies unit on reusing items rather than throwing them away.
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