STUDENT HEALTH AND SAFETY

Second Annual ParaEducator Conference

SCCOE

August 2012

WELCOME !!! Introductions Overview

General session reminders and updates

Packet: supplemental/explanatory review for more information

And, if there are still questions, feel free to ask your school nurse.

WHAT IS IN

THE PACKET? Health and Safety Manual Reminder from the Nurse (parents) When do I call the School Nurse?

(staff) Accident report Bullying Standard Precautions/Handwashing Guidelines for Medications SZ documents: protocols, log W/C Safety

HEALTH AND SAFETY MANUAL

Everything you want to know about health and safety in the classroom.

Every classroom MUST have one.

If you don’t have one, ask your teacher, your principal, your OC.

WHEN DO I CALL THE SCHOOL NURSE?? Reminder from the Nurse (for

parents)Health guidelines for student

attendance

Reminder from the Nurse (for staff)Medical Emergencies/Accidents

head injury bites with bleeding 911 calls

Accident Reports

ACCIDENT REPORTS Legal document Instructions are on the back ONLY the witness completes it Only objective factual statements Never use another student’s name Complete every blank/answer every

question Copy goes home the day of event Call the parent/guardian Document every bruise or slight injury,

even those on arrival at school Especially important with blood

exposure and head injury (dedicated box and extra form)

WHAT IS BULLYING?

Bullying is a learned behavior.

Intentional Harmful Repeated Involves a power imbalance

BULLYING AT SCHOOL

Our SpEd students are at higher risk for being bullied.

Kids with LD and ADHD are likely to be bullied; also are more likely to be bullies!

Kids with medical conditions that affect appearance (CP, MD, SB) more likely to be victimized.

Kids with hemiplegia (one-sided paralysis) are more likely to be victimized, to be rated as less popular, and to have fewer friends.

TYPES OF BULLYING Physical: actions harming another person’s body Verbal: speaking to a person or about a person in a

demeaning way Emotional: isolating, humiliating, or upsetting

another person Sexual: singling out a person for unwelcome sexual

attention Racial: rejection/isolation

because of ethnicity Cyberbullying: Using technology

(text messages, websites)to harass, humiliate, threaten, embarrass, or otherwise harm others.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BULLY

Displays aggressive behavior Thrives on feelings of power Does not respect the needs of

others Avoids accepting responsibility

for actions Deliberately displays harmful

behavior towards others Uses threats, isolation, peer

pressure, intimidation, or charm to control others

SCCOEBULLYING POLICY

There is one! Copy in packet.

If anyone needs help with resources for interventions, let your teacher, nurse, or principal know.

List of resources in your packet.

CONFIDENTIALITY

What happens here, stays here.• SPHC aides and transport aides are not to

talk about class happenings and other students with families

• No talking about the student in the classroom• Do not mention other students in ARs • CPS/APS referrals are COMPLETELY

confidential• Files are to be locked up. Blue books

accessible but private. • Personal protocols are not posted• First names or initials for posting allergies• No personal (medical or educational) info in

the public domain

MANDATED REPORTERWho?

Anyone who is authorized to oversee a child’s, or dependent adult’s, welfare or work with children, whether a permanent or temporary worker

(substitute teacher, for example), whether credentialed or not, whether degreed or not.

The responsibility for reporting rests solely with the mandated reporter. Reporting suspected abuse to an employer, supervisor, school principal, school counselor, coworker, or other person is not a substitute for reporting to a child protective agency

MANDATED REPORTER

What?

Physical Sexual Neglect Emotional

Financial Abuse

MANDATED REPORTER

When?Must be reported when you have

“knowledge of or observes a child/dependent adult in his or her professional capacity, or within the scope of his or her employment whom he or she knows or reasonably suspects has been the victim of abuse..."

You are not required to prove that abuse has occurred. That will be determined through investigation by the welfare professionals or law enforcement.

MANDATED REPORTERWhen? You must make a report

immediately (or as soon as practically possible) by phone. A written report must be forwarded within 36 hours of

receiving the information regarding the incident

Different forms for APS and CPS Your school nurse, teacher, or principal

can help you with the call and report.

MANDATED REPORTERWhere?

At home, at school, after-school program, anywhere in the life of the student.

Mandated reporters must make their report to a child/adult protective agency.

Santa Clara County: San Jose Area (408) 299-2071

Gilroy/Morgan Hill (408) 683-0601 Palo Alto Area (650) 493-1186

AND, everything you need to know is online! Just search for “child (or adult) protective services santa clara county”

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS & STANDARD PRECAUTIONS

YOU are your own best protection!!

Wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) anytime you WILL or MIGHT come in contact with body fluids.

If you need gowns, masks, or eye protection, ask your teacher or school nurse.

Do NOT wear gloves all the time.

MEDICATIONS Parent/MD order Med in proper container Call the nurse at the beginning of

the school day for any irregularity

Meds to bus driver by parent/ student

Bus driver gives it to staff Meds in a locked container When to call the nurse about

meds Medication admin documentation

SEIZURES Two types of seizures

GeneralizedNon-generalized

Two types of seizure protocols

•Standard• IndividualizedGeneralizedNon-generalized

MOVING STUDENTS Transporting Lifting Transferring

W/C safety flyer

Back Safety Trainingcoming up from Risk Management for ALL staff

THANK YOU!!