School‐Based Brain Health Curriculum: Teaching the skill of advocacy through the lens of brain health for middle and high school students

It is estimated that 250,000 children and young adults in the U.S. provide care to family members with dementia, according to the Alzheimer’s Association Facts and Figures from 2015. Research increasingly demonstrates that lifestyle choices throughout life affect later brain health. This knowledge provided the impetus for the Wisconsin Departments of Health Services and Public Instruction to develop the Advocacy for Self or Others: Brain Health curriculum. The purpose of this presentation is to describe the curriculum and discuss implications for the future.