Keeping Kids Safe, Healthy, and Smart » (New Edition)

Keeping Kids Safe, Healthy, and Smart is for all adults who interact with kids_whether they be parents, teachers, or other caregivers_and provides specific suggestions for keeping children safe from hidden and open dangers wherever they spend time. Major threats and hidden dangers to children in our country are examined, including threats in school; threats in cyberspace (bullying or harassment and child predators or child pornography), and a wide range of other threats such as self-mutilation, accidents, abuse, drugs, and mental illness.

Foreword David Hyerle Hyerle, David

Introduction

Pt. 1 Keeping Kids Safe in School and School-Related Spaces

Playground Safety

Classroom Spaces: Teacher Victimization of Students, Fires, and Bomb Threats

Getting to and from School: Safety on Buses and While Walking

Athletics: Injury, Hazing, and Bullying on Sports Teams

Promoting Safe and Healthy Developing Brains for Learning and Positive Behavior

Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Pt. II Keeping Kids Safe in Cyberspace

Cyber-Bullying: Meanness Goes Online!

Cyberspace: Online Dangers and Predators

Pt. III Keeping Kids Safe in All Spaces

Intrapersonal Violence: Suicide

Intrapersonal Violence: Self-Mutilation

Interpersonal Violence: Choking

Interpersonal Violence: Bullying

Accidents: Cars, Bicycles, Fire and Water Safety

Abuse: Psychological, Sexual, and Physical

Environmental Threats: Lead Poisoning and Other Environmental and Household Toxins

Healthy Lifestyle Choices: Reducing Childhood Obesity and Inactivity and Improving Childhood Nutrition

Alcohol and Other Drugs: Experimentation and Problem Use

Mental Health: Depression, Anxiety, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Striking a Healthy Balance between Safety and Overprotection