Center for Public Health Workforce Development
Making Schools Safer Through Seizure Training for 35,000+ School Personnel SEIZURE RECOGNITION AND FIRST AID COURSE
Seizures can happen anywhere It is estimated that roughly 10% of people will experience a seizure at some point in their lifetime, and roughly 50 million people worldwide are diagnosed with epilepsy. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, seizures and epilepsy are even more common. Teachers, classroom aides, bus drivers, coaches, and administrators are in close contact with large numbers of young people daily and are ideal candidates for training in seizure recognition and first aid. Committed to educating school-based professionals, Epilepsy Alliance America (EAA) approached the Community Living Education Project for assistance in developing an online training.
Making training accessible Through this partnership, Seizure Recognition and First Aid for School Personnel was developed, a 45-minute, free, online self-paced course that can be taken any time or place through an internet browser. The course provides basic information about epilepsy and seizures, how they can affect learning, and how school personnel can best respond if a student has a seizure. At the end of the training, participants receive a certificate of completion. This course was completed by over 35,000 individuals in the first twenty months, clearly meeting a need among those who work in school settings to be better informed and able to respond to seizures appropriately. Watch for a Spanish version of the course in early 2024!
CONNECTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICES
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I so appreciated the Public Health Training series created and delivered by the Center for Public Health Workforce Development for the Division of Disability Services, NJ Department of Human Services. It was engaging and relevant, and will surely improve service delivery to our constituents, as we
An exchange of ideas The Center was honored to be asked by the NJ Division of Disability Services (NJ DDS), a division of NJ Human Services, to provide a specially designed, six-month public health learning series for staff members and community partners working in disability-related program areas of NJDDS. Participants in the 1.5 hour monthly sessions learned about the ways in which the fields of human services and public health intersect, and how activities more typically within the public health arena may be applied in human service efforts. In particular, the sessions described the role of public health in looking ‘upstream’ at social determinants of health and their impact on health outcomes, cultural humility, program planning, evaluation, and health communication.
contextualize our work through a broader lens.” - Peri L. Nearon, MPA Executive Director Division of Disability Services
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