Tammi A. Reynolds has taught within the non-profit setting, county health department, and Chicago Public Schools. She has held adjunct faculty positions at Elmhurst College and Northern Illinois University. Ms. Reynolds' community health interests include early childhood health education, breast cancer awareness, putting theory to practice, behavior change, human sexuality and creative teaching methods. She is a certified health education teacher, HIV counselor, MammaCare® Breast Self-Exam Instructor, as well as a qualified Myers-Briggs Type Indicator facilitator.
Ms. Reynolds earned her Bachelor of Science degree in School Health Education from Western Illinois University and her MSEd in Community Health from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. She holds professional memberships with the Illinois Society for Public Health Education (ISOPHE) and the Illinois School Health Association (ISHA). She also is a lifetime member of Eta Sigma Gamma, the National Health Sciences Honorary.
Ms. Reynolds champions the words of Ernest Boyer who once said, "No knowledge is more crucial than knowledge about health. Without it, no other life goal can be successfully achieved."
Girls ROCK! (Realizing Our Capabilities through Knowledge)
The Girls ROCK! is a female specific health education program that focuses on the physical and mental well-being of girls. Topics addressed include alcohol, smoking, addiction, body image, healthy relationships and relationship abuse.
Healthy Habits for Every Child
The goal of Healthy Habits for Every child is to help children make healthy lifestyle choices and develop good health habits. The Healthy Habits for Every Child program addresses hand-washing, passing germs, oral health, basic hygiene and healthy eating.
Breast Cancer Awareness
The On the Road to Breast Cancer Prevention program was developed in an effort to provide women and teen girls with messages that are likely to persuade them to take healthy actions regarding their breast health. Participants learn how the breasts work, what increases their chance for breast cancer, how and why to examine their breasts, what to do if they find a lump in their breast and what happens during a mammogram.
The U and I Aware of Breast Cancer program is a two-hour workshop that focuses on early detection methods. The overall goal of the program is for participants to leave the program knowing how to properly conduct a breast self-exam using the MammaCare® method. This method teaches women to detect, not diagnose, changes in their own breast tissue during their breast self-exam. The MammaCare® method was developed with the support of the National Cancer Institute and is the recognized standard for performing and teaching breast examination.
Quitting Smoking–Steps to Success
Quitting Smoking–Steps to Success will to guide you to the next stage of change in your attempt to quit smoking. In this program, smokers examine their smoking habit and determine if they are truly ready to quit smoking. Smokers also identify their reasons to quit smoking, practice skills to resist cravings to smoke and prepare a personal seven-point plan to kick the habit.
Youth-to-Youth Health Educator Program
Youth are involved in assessing, planning and delivering health education programming to other youth in their community. Health topics are determined by youth and the community through surveys and brief interviews. Youth health educators receive training on health topics, team-building and teaching strategies.
Is Quitting for Me?
Is Quitting for Me? is a one-time workshop designed to help you identify your personal stage of change in quitting smoking, understand your smoking behavior and increase your motivation to quit smoking. Participants also get tips to help them move to the next stage of change.
R.I.S.K. (Real Issues of a Sexual Kind)
RISK is a simulation activity and guided discussion that provides teens with a visual understanding of the costs associated with sexual behavior. The purpose of RISK is to impact the beliefs and attitudes teens have about sexual risk-taking.
