Accidents that happen to students in schools and during the learning process cause many children’s injuries. For this reason, implementing safe learning is one of the most important organizational issues in education (American Academy of Pediatrics et al., 2019). Because there is a clear connection between trauma and children’s personalities, school-based injury prevention should be tailored to these characteristics.
The main form of child injury prevention at school is safety training for both teachers and students. School personnel should have several essential goals in mind. It is necessary to ensure regular preventive conversations with students and parents about the need to follow the rules of conduct at school and the requirements for students’ clothing and footwear. Implementing effective monitoring of the learning environment and compliance with sanitary and epidemiological rules is essential (Bastable et al., 2021). Besides, there is a need for adequate daily inspections of classrooms in educational institutions.
For these goals to be successfully achieved, all school personnel must become familiar with the various guidelines. Because the educational staff consists of people with different cultural backgrounds, education levels, and academic profiles, the literature to be reviewed should be simple and well-structured (Webb, 2019). This is necessary to ensure that the safety instructions are fully understood. The most appropriate type of material for school personnel would be a handbook that includes question-and-answer explanations of how to deal with various situations that threaten student safety.
The manual should include the school’s basic legal provisions governing injury prevention. Lists of safety hazards that exist in different types of lessons and stages of the learning process are an essential component. The following suggestions can be included when drafting instructions:
- “Every staff member should know the legal basis for school safety.”
- “Injury prevention at recess and walks is as important as safety during lessons.”
- “As much as the staff, children should be aware of their health risks.
References
American Academy of Pediatrics, American Public Health Association, & National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education. (2019). Caring for our children: national health and safety performance standards; guidelines for early care and education programs (Fourth ed.). American Academy of Pediatrics.
Bastable, S. B., Sopczyk, D., Gramet, P., & Jacobs, K. (2021). Health professional as educator: principles of teaching and learning (2nd ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Webb, S. (2019). Education in a violent world: a practical guide to keeping our kids safe. Prominent Books, LLC.