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Creating Concussion Management Policy: How School Leaders, Coaches and Parents Can Work Together to Ensure Kids Stay Safer in Sport
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Faure, Caroline – American Secondary Education, 2010
School leaders, parents and coaches are challenged to ensure the safety of athletes participating in interscholastic programs, including concussion management. With an estimated 300,000 sport-related concussions occurring annually in the United States and a public perception that bell ringers are not concussions, many head-injured children are…
Descriptors: Athletes, Guidelines, Team Sports, Head Injuries
Medical and Psychosocial Problems in the Classroom: The Teacher's Role in Diagnosis and Management. Fifth Edition
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Haslam, Robert H. A., Ed.; Valletutti, Peter J., Ed. – PRO-ED, Inc., 2016
Now in its fifth edition, this outstanding resource for teachers and school professionals has been retitled "Medical and Psychosocial Problems in the Classroom" to more accurately reflect what teachers encounter during the course of their careers. Each chapter highlights the important role teachers play when interacting with health-care…
Descriptors: Special Health Problems, Medical Services, Clinical Diagnosis, Teacher Role
Follow These 10 Cardinal Rules and Stay Out of Court.
Grier, Terry B.; And Others – Executive Educator, 1991
To reduce the chances of student injury and liability charges, principals should know their legal responsibilities, communicate district and school rules, provide adequate student supervision, avoid corporal punishment, advocate appropriate instructional assignments, institute staff reporting and student injury procedures, restrict private…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Child's Play.
Thompson, Donna; Hudson, Susan D.; Mack, Mick G. – American School Board Journal, 1998
Research at the National Program for Playground Safety shows good playground policies can be summed up by the acronym SAFE: supervising the playground equipment; choosing age-appropriate playground equipment; cushioning falls; and maintaining equipment and surfaces. Sidebars include a playground safety quiz and information sources. (MLF)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Elementary Education, Equipment Standards, Guidelines
Lower Back Disability in the Campus Setting: A Longitudinal Study.
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Davis, Elaine; Johnson, Margaret – CUPA Journal, 1994
Escalation of worker's compensation claims led Saint Cloud State University (Minnesota) to implement an injury prevention program including warm-up exercises, worksite inspection, examination of work practices, employee training in safe body mechanics, and flexibility tests. The program is found to be effective in reducing injury and improving…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Environment, Higher Education, Injuries
Managing Risk in Producing Concerts and Other Major Campus Events: A Guide for Student Programmers.
German, Carol J. – Campus Activities Programming, 1999
Offers suggestions for campus-activities programmers on how to minimize liability for problems with concerts and other student-planned campus events. Discussion covers prevention of monetary loss, breach of contract issues, and preventing personal injuries and property damage. Specific preventive actions and policies are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Concerts, Contracts, Extracurricular Activities, Higher Education