ACS CDS - Safety At Home And In The Community

2010

Bill Tapp
[email protected]
865-934-0221

This course provides an overview of methods for preventing and responding to safety issues at home and in the community away from home. Lessons include information on safety while driving, creating safe home environments, and safe handling of blood borne pathogens (universal precautions and OSHA requirements). Information for preventing and responding to specific situations such as fires, natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other emergencies is covered. Throughout the lessons, the learner is asked to think about balancing safety concerns with personal choice and opportunity for people with disabilities by reflecting on examples that represent the types of challenges DSPs face today. Because safety risks have a lot to do with individual circumstances, the learner is asked to apply learning to the policies and procedures of the specific support setting in which they work, as well as to the unique needs of each person supported. Lessons within course include: Risk, Choices, and Common Sense; Safety at Home, Fire Safety, Responding to Emergencies, Safety for All Occasions, Motor Vehicle Safety, Universal Precautions and Infection Control, Accident and Incident Reporting

Academic Course Development

Consumers/Families, Professionals, Students

Electronic (disc, CD, 508 compliant web posting)

N/A