Strategies for teaching safety education to children with special needs.
A nurse describes how a student community health project was used to develop a unique safety education program. Seat belt safety was presented to a group of school-age children who had special physical and emotional needs. The author lists the overall principles of conducting an educational session and provides examples of how those principles were applied with this student group.
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Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, One Children's Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
D002648:Child; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000193:education*; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012449:Safety; D012573:School Nursing / Q000379:methods; D012622:Seat Belts; D013663:Teaching