Health Resources for Schools
Personal Safety & Injury Prevention
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Personal safety and injury prevention are essential to active and healthy living. Education in these areas plays a key role in applying health knowledge and making decisions about personal health. Positive behaviours in personal safety affect overall health and well-being.
Resources for
Personal Safety & Injury Prevention
Concussions
- Access Ophea's new online resource Ontario Physical Activity Safety Standards in Education
- Check Parachute Canada’s Concussion Guide for Teachers for information on concussion symptoms and how they may impact a student at school
Check the Ministry of Sport’s concussion awareness resources
Concussions
- Give opportunities to community members, parents, teachers and students to voice issues and engage in dialogue and problem solving related to helmet use and injury prevention
- Encourage students to regularly wear helmets.
- Check Rowan’s Law: Concussion safety for information and resources related to the provincial concussion safety legislation and current provincial school board policies on concussions
Concussions
- Get involved by participating in Rowan’s Law Day and use the Rowan’s Law Day Toolkit for Schools
- Practice with students how to properly wear a helmet and other school safety tips
- Free lesson plans and classroom activities related to concussions for grades 3-5
- Ask students to identify what their school is currently doing to support concussion awareness and ways their school could get more involved in concussion prevention
- Provide opportunities for students to share their perspectives and solutions on injury prevention issues through media and arts project
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