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Chan, Hsiang-Lin; Hsieh, Yi-Hsuan; Lin, Chiao-Fan; Liang, Hsin-Yi; Lee, Su-Shin; Weng, Jun-Cheng; Lee, Min-Jing; Chen, Yi-Lung; Chen, Vincent Chin-Hung; Gossop, Michael – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Little research has examined burn injury in the pediatric population with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We used data from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database to identify 15,844 participants aged <18 years with ASD and 130,860 participants without ASD. Our results revealed that the hazard ratios differed across three age…
Descriptors: Fire Protection, Injuries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children
Amy Foxman – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may have challenges with communication, changes in routine, and processing social information and communication that can affect their ability to learn and respond successfully to safety threats. When given behavioral skills training (BST), children with and without ASD have demonstrated gains in safety…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Behavior Modification, Fire Protection, Safety
Szymendera, Scott D. – Congressional Research Service, 2022
The Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) program provides cash benefits to federal, state, and local law enforcement officers; firefighters; employees of emergency management agencies; and members of emergency medical services agencies who are killed or permanently and totally disabled as the result of personal injuries sustained in the line of…
Descriptors: Police, Government Employees, Public Agencies, Emergency Programs
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Molan, Safa; Weber, Delene; Kor, Matin – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2022
A problem-based immersive virtual environment (IVE) about bushfire safety was developed as a learning tool for children aged 10-12. Its effectiveness was assessed in relation to children's ability to determine how to be safer in a bushfire incident. A series of experiential activities were developed in the IVE with digital storytelling and…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Virtual Classrooms, Children, Fire Protection
Szymendera, Scott D. – Congressional Research Service, 2021
The Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) program provides cash benefits to federal, state, and local law enforcement officers; firefighters; employees of emergency management agencies; and members of emergency medical services agencies who are killed or permanently and totally disabled as the result of personal injuries sustained in the line of…
Descriptors: Police, Fire Protection, Professional Personnel, Emergency Medical Technicians
Szymendera, Scott D. – Congressional Research Service, 2020
The Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) program provides cash benefits to federal, state, and local law enforcement officers; firefighters; employees of emergency management agencies; and members of emergency medical services agencies who are killed or permanently and totally disabled as the result of personal injuries sustained in the line of…
Descriptors: Police, Fire Protection, Professional Personnel, Emergency Medical Technicians
Szymendera, Scott D. – Congressional Research Service, 2022
The Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) program provides cash benefits to federal, state, and local law enforcement officers; firefighters; employees of emergency management agencies; and members of emergency medical services agencies who are killed or permanently and totally disabled as the result of personal injuries sustained in the line of…
Descriptors: Police, Government Employees, Fire Protection, Emergency Medical Technicians
Szymendera, Scott D. – Congressional Research Service, 2020
The Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) program provides cash benefits to federal, state, and local law enforcement officers; firefighters; employees of emergency management agencies; and members of emergency medical services agencies who are killed or permanently and totally disabled as the result of personal injuries sustained in the line of…
Descriptors: Police, Fire Protection, Emergency Medical Technicians, Emergency Programs
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Osgood, Jayne; Andersen, Camilla Eline – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2019
In this paper we grapple with the ways in which real-world issues directly impact children's lives and ask "what else" gets produced through encounters with children's global news media, specifically within the contexts of the United Kingdom and Norway. Our aim is to experiment with storytelling and worldling practices as a means to open…
Descriptors: Feminism, Mass Media, News Media, Children
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Kaylie V. Wiseman; Laura E. McArdell; Summer B. Bottini; Jennifer M. Gillis – Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
Safety skills are a crucial area of instruction for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The present meta-analysis of single-case studies evaluated the effectiveness of safety skill interventions for individuals with ASD. Targeted skills included abduction prevention, seeking assistance when lost, fire safety, and household safety.…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Safety Education, Skill Development, Intervention
Szymendera, Scott D. – Congressional Research Service, 2020
The Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) program provides cash benefits to federal, state, and local law enforcement officers; firefighters; employees of emergency management agencies; and members of emergency medical services agencies who are killed or permanently and totally disabled as the result of personal injuries sustained in the line of…
Descriptors: Police, Professional Personnel, Fire Protection, Emergency Medical Technicians
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Söküt Açar, Tugba; Inalpulat, Melis; Ayman Oz, Nilgun; Genc, Levent; Arslan, Hasan; Bobek Bagran, Asli – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2019
The study aimed to statistically analyze forest fire perceptions and cognitive deficits of children through drawings. Results showed that children's perceptions on forest fire were under desirable levels. Also, perception levels were significantly impacted by gender and grade level, whereas impact of school type was not significant. Since…
Descriptors: Ecology, Forestry, Childrens Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Healthy Schools Network, Inc., 2012
Chemical flame-retardants are used in a variety of products to prevent the spread and occurrence of fire. While fire safety is critical, this family of chemicals, known as Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are highly toxic. They are found in carpeting, foam cushions, polyester clothing and bedding, wallpaper, toys, household dust, a variety…
Descriptors: Animals, Fire Protection, Females, Children
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Roy, Amit; Kihoza, Patrick; Suhonen, Jarkko; Vesisenaho, Mikko; Tukiaianen, Markku – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2014
One of the goals of education is to create responsible citizens who can adequately understand the problems faced by their societies and who can then act to help solve them. Such behaviour can be fostered through proper education that facilitates expert knowledge about social issues, nurtures the ability to think critically and grows the skills…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Information Technology, Problem Based Learning
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Lambie, Ian; Ioane, Julia; Randell, Isabel; Seymour, Fred – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Background: To assess the postintervention arson recidivism and other offending rates of a group of 182 firesetting children and adolescents referred to the New Zealand Fire Awareness and Intervention Program (FAIP) over a follow-up period of 10 years. To investigate predictors of offending behaviour as well as variables associated with previous…
Descriptors: Intervention, Recidivism, Crime, Children
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