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"Teachers
and related school personnel have an important role in identifying learning and
social challenges... including ADHD, but teachers should never give a diagnosis
for the purpose of medication use, or advise the use of medications."
Clarke
Ross, CEO of CHADD (Children & Adults with ADHD)
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Bullying: Recognition
& Response
Do
you know when an incident is "bullying" and not just a "fight"? Bullying incidents
have 3 main characteristics:
1. Harm:
someone gets hurt physically, emotionally or socially.
2. Unfair match:
the recipient does not
have the skills to contest the bully.
3. Repeated:
the incidents are repeated
over a period of time.
Be sure you know how to
recognize and respond to bullying incidents in your district with SafeSchools Bullying Recognition & Response training. |
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 Benefits of Online
Training
In past issues, we've discussed how the SafeSchools online safety training system can save your district
money. (If you need a refresher on the topic, however, feel free to check out
our ROI calculator!)
But did you know that training your
staff online offers more than just financial benefits?
- Studies have shown that online training saves valuable time - between 25-75% less than a classroom course!
- Employees that receive multimedia instruction
have 25-50% higher retention rates
than those who receive content through classroom instruction.
- Studies report high levels of employee satisfaction with online training.
- The SafeSchools system offers scenario-based,
expertly-offered content, which has
proven to be an effective learning method.
But don't take our word for it - just ask the thousands of school
employees who completed optional courses (in addition to their mandatory and
suggested training assignments) this past school year alone!
For more information about
how online training can benefit your school or district, give us a call at
1-800-434-0154 or join us for an Introduction to SafeSchools webinar where we'll review
the benefits of online training and give a brief overview of the SafeSchools system.
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|  Bloodborne Pathogens
SPOILER ALERT: Stop reading if you don't want to find out
our most completed course of the 2009-2010 school year two articles from now.
Although the title of this article might be enough to tip you off in and of
itself...
This past school year,
as in just about every other school year, Bloodborne
Pathogens Exposure Prevention was the #1 most completed course by all
2,300+ SafeSchools customer districts. Why? Because exposure to bloodborne
pathogens is a risk faced by all school district employees, regardless of
position. Whether you are a teacher or a support staff member, chances are
you'll come across blood, vomit, or other bodily fluids at some point on school
grounds. For this reason, annual training on bloodborne pathogens exposure
prevention is mandated by OSHA. The SafeSchools online training system offers a
quick, easy, and informative solution to make sure your school staff members
are up-to-date - this year and every
year. Through tutorials and true-to-life, school-specific scenarios, school
employees will learn how to protect themselves and others from potential
exposures.
For
more information about SafeSchools' Bloodborne Pathogens course, click here.
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|  Online Policy Acceptance with SafeSchools
Making sure your school staff reads and understands your district
policies is an important, but often cumbersome, process. Both the storage and the surprisingly steep
cost of keeping track of paper trails can certainly end up being a road to
nowhere (but disorganization!) In
situations like this, SafeSchools offers a convenient, hassle-free solution to
easily create, track and store your crucial policy acceptance records. With the SafeSchools online safety training
system, you can now upload your school or district's policies as custom
courses, then assign them to your staff right alongside their other SafeSchools
trainings. Policy courses are simple to
create, and staff cannot earn a certificate of completion without signing off
on the policy acceptance.
Would you like to see what
the top of your desk looks like again? Online policy course acceptance is just one way SafeSchools can help you
get there. Give us a call at 1-800-434-0154 for more information!
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| Limited Time "30 for
$300" Promotion
Have
you been wanting to try out the nation's leader in safety and compliance
solutions for schools? Now's an
opportune time, as SafeSchools' "30 for $300" promotion is still going on! From now until December, you can purchase
full access for 30 staff members to the SafeSchools online safety training
program for $300. For more information,
send an email to info@safeschools.com
and mention the "30 for $300" promotion.
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| SafeSchools' Top
Courses Giveaway Results
Well the trivia question we asked last month turned out to be a bit
more challenging than anticipated! Many
of you replied, but no one was able to put our top 10 completions from the
2009-2010 school year in order from most completions to least. But, Linda Gould from Michigan did come very
close and she's won a $25 American Express Gift Card. Here is the correct
order:
Bloodborne Pathogen
Exposure Prevention - Sexual Harassment:
Staff-to-Staff
- Slips, Trips and Falls
- Hazard Communications:
Right to Know
- Back Injury and
Lifting
- Sexual Harassment:
Student Issues & Response
- Fire Extinguisher
Safety
- Bullying: Recognition
& Response
- FERPA: Confidentiality
of Records
- Child Abuse: Identification
& Intervention
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School Safety News
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School Bullying Summit's
Big Hope: An Anti-Bullying Tipping Point
The
Department of Education convened its first summit on school bullying Wednesday.
It comes as state lawmakers nationwide step up their efforts to pass
anti-bullying laws.
READ MORE
Teacher Allegedly Fakes
Fall to Avoid Performance Review
Novice
teacher appears to stage injury to avoid classroom observation by supervisor.
READ MORE
H1N1 Pandemic Is Over,
Health Director Says
"We
are moving out of the pandemic and into the post-pandemic period," said Margaret Chan, director-general of the WHO.
READ MORE
Why Are Food Allergies on the Rise?
109 Atlanta Educators Suspected of Test Cheating
Cheerleading, Not a Sport, But Produces Injuries
School Bus Reaches 367 MPH
2 Dead, 50 Injured in MO School Bus Accident
Professor Says He Was Fired, Discriminated against for Being Straight
Blind Student Robbed, Again
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