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ERIC Number: EJ1306024
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Sep
Pages: 6
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1082-3301
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Safety Education for Children Cannot Stop for a Pandemic: Transitioning an Injury Prevention Program to a Virtual Format
Seegert, Sara; Meehan, Taylor D.; Veres, Regina A.
Early Childhood Education Journal, v49 n5 p881-886 Sep 2021
In-person safety programs for pre-kindergarten children were not able to go on in their usual way during the summer of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While some communities opted to cancel the programs, one organization in Northwest Ohio chose to reformat it, knowing that this education is a critical introduction to lifelong safety habits. Through social media, video-taped education from community safety professionals, and activity packets given to registrants, "Safety City" was able to go on. The new format incorporated all of the childhood safety topics normally presented in the live version of the program. The efforts described here indicate that it is feasible to alter presentation formats from in-person to virtual to connect even young children with important education. As such, similar programs needing to make this transition while the world continues to adjust to pandemic precautions may benefit from understanding the strengths, limitations, and insights from the process.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ohio
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