Motorcycle safety education will become a necessity in the near future due to the growing demands of secondary students for education in this area. The Motorcycle Safety Foundation is sponsored by major motorcycle industries and is involved with developing programs and materials to promote motorcycle safety education. The high rate of motorcycle…

The handbook is intended to be utilized by health occupations teachers as supplementary instructional materials for a unit on safety. The document contains general safety rules applicable to hospitals and other health care institutions. Outlined are general rules for fire safety and office and clerical safety and more specific rules for the…

This manual offers guidelines for training of personnel involved in the manufacture of bricks, including employment practices; handling and preparation of raw materials; making, drying, firing, sorting, packing, and loading of bricks. A major emphasis is placed on industrial safety. (MF)

This document is divided into two parts. Part 1, entitled "Undergraduate Preparation in Safety Education," contains in outline form statements on the following topics: basic curricula in safety education (including suggested competencies); faculty for basic programs; students in basic programs (including admission criteria); resources and…

GRADES OR AGES: 1 through 12. SUBJECT MATTER: Safety education. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The spiral-bound guide is divided into sections for grades 1-3, 4-6, 7-8, 9, and 10-12. Sections on first aid for elementary students and for high school students are included. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES: Objectives are stated for each section in…

This paper was developed by the Liaison Subcommittee of the Traffic Educational and Training Committee to: (1) delineate highway safety manpower and training problems, (2) propose activities to meet these problems, and (3) develop a proposed course of action to initate the activities. Included are: (1) a discussion of areas where manpower…

The report summarizes the work involved in developing a highway safety workshop for traffic court judges. It describes the testing of previously developed workshop materials and their evaluation, resulting in a contract modification to redesign and refocus the workshop. The report identifies the resources and procedures used in this development…

After tracing the background of the safety movement, provisions of recent safety legislation, and the ecological and environmental impact of industrial processes, the author stresses the need for safety education in technical education programs to prepare future employees for industrial safety requirements. (MF)

Discusses some basic methods for teachers to help prevent accidents involving student use of bus transportation. (RK)

Reviews eleven categories for controlling hazards in laboratories. (SL)

Addresses the concern and need for teaching safety and safety practices to students. (SL)

Based on incidents with dangerous men at his and nearby schools, a superintendent in Colorado offers advice for protection planning, which includes being prepared to handle reporters, implementing a two-way radio system, providing an emergency procedures handbook and inservice training, and knowing how your police and fire departments operate.…

Successful programs designed to encourage protective behaviors (e.g., wearing safety belts and using child safety seats) have applied such behavioral principles as a combination of rewards, feedback, guidance, contingency management, and modeling. (Author/DB)

To improve school bus safety it is important to improve school bus data collection. Includes discussion of danger potential of older bridges and the importance of school bus drivers. (MD)

Health and safety guidelines for secondary and elementary art classes are outlined. It is the teacher's responsibility to insist upon compliance. (RM)