Procedures for uploading TAKS data to AEIS-IT Online will be reviewed and then participants will upload their district's data.
MRSA Awareness is a packaged continuing education program for school personnel that focuses on protection from exposure in the educational setting. You can stop the Superbugs from spreading and lower infection rates by arming yourself with knowledge and practicing the basics of good hygiene. This course covers three of the common health conditions that you may help your students deal with on a day-to-day or emergency basis in school: Asthma, Epilepsy, & Diabetes. It also empowers you with the confidence and knowledge to help these students feel like they are not so different from everyone else. The Bloodborne Pathogens course is a packaged continuing education program for school personnel that focuses on protection from exposure in the educational setting. The overall goal is to increase knowledge in regards to safety while directly decreasing the risk of contamination from exposure in the school environment. It aims to- - Increase knowledge of Bloodborne Pathogens, including risks and protective factors
- Show teachers and staff how to utilize strategies to protect themselves and others from contamination
- Suggest ways to promote a safe learning environment through the use of standard precautions
Do you work with athletes? Students at recess? Whether you are a coach, a trainer, or an assistant in a school or recreation facility, working with kids at play has its risks. This means you have alot of responsibility. You may be one of the first people to help when someone gets injured. This means you have to be careful with bloodborne pathogens, or BBPs. You need to know the facts about bloodborne pathogens and how to protect yourself in high-risk situations. The increasing presence in our schools of students with chronic physical and emotional conditions, as well as learnig disorders, has made it more important than ever that school health professionals and administrators know how to handle confidential student health information. This course is intended to help school personel make thoughtful and appropriate decisions regarding student health information. More than three million students across the country receive in-school medications each day, and that number is on the rise. Usually it is the responsibility of the school nurses or trained staff members to make sure that each of these students gets the right medication, by the right route, at the right time. But all too often, mistakes happen. This course covers some of the types of medications likely to be given in the schools. It also explains suggested policies that should be in place in your school district that govern the requirements of administering medications to students.
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