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| So far this year TargetSolutions has developed 32 new courses for school districts and enhanced 28 previously-existing courses from its catalog. Fourteen of the 32 new courses are set for release on July 1. |
Education professionals constantly face new challenges in maintaining a safe learning environment for students at all grade levels. To assist school districts and their staffs in addressing these challenges, TargetSolutions recently embarked on a project to modernize its training catalog. As a result, TargetSolutions has completely revamped its EDU catalog with 32 new courses, while enhancing 28 previously-existing titles with engaging content and practical lessons.
Delivered in video-driven modules, these courses offer strategies to ensure safety while utilizing an on-screen instructor to guide learners through each lesson. To improve retention of key topics, courses feature quizzes and case studies to keep learners engaged. In an effort to accommodate educators’ busy schedules, many of the courses are offered in 20- or 30-minute sessions, providing educators with more time to focus on students.
TargetSolutions’ new courses highlight the following three categories:
Transportation Safety Training
When transporting students, staff are faced with higher risks for distracted driving. Additionally, they are presented with unique challenges when driving students with disabilities to ensure they receive the proper care and are as safe as possible. To protect both bus drivers and students, TargetSolutions developed these courses:
- Bus Drivers: Ergonomics and Avoiding Injury (EDU)
- Safe Use of Utility Vehicles (EDU)
- Special Education Transportation: Handling Needs on Mixed Buses (EDU)
- Special Education Transportation: Laws and Regulations (EDU)
- Special Education Transportation: Lifts and Mobility Equipment (EDU)
- Special Education Transportation: Transportation Problems (EDU)
- Special Education Transportation: Types of Disabilities and Special Needs (EDU)
- Wheelchair Securement and Safety (EDU)
Classroom Safety Training
From an active shooter event to natural disasters, to everyday classroom safety, teachers and other school staff must be prepared for all situation types and have procedures in place to respond appropriately. TargetSolutions’ all-new courses explain the various risks school staff and students face on campus and offer solutions to de-escalate potential scenarios. These courses include:
- Classroom Safety – Special Education (EDU)
- Evacuating Students with Disabilities (EDU)
- Emergency Operations Plans in Action (EDU)
- Planning for an Emergency (EDU)
- Safety in the Science Lab (EDU)
- Science Laboratory: Chemical Spill Safety (EDU)
- Techniques for De-Escalation (EDU)
General Safety & Compliance Training
To help prevent dangers to students both in and out of the classroom and to promote a safe school environment, TargetSolutions also released these new courses:
- Asbestos Safety (EDU)
- Athletes and Sudden Cardiac Arrest (EDU)
- California Integrated Pest Management (EDU)
- Child Abuse: Mandated Reporter Training (California AB 1432)
- Liability in Sports (EDU)
- Managing Difficult Behaviors (EDU)
- Preventing Cyberbullying (EDU)
- Preventing Sexual Harassment: Students (EDU)
- Sexual Misconduct in Schools (EDU)
- Spanish Version – Mandated Reporter Training for California (EDU)
- Student Safety Restraint Systems (EDU)
- Supervision and Oversight of Students (EDU)
- Title IX and Sexual Misconduct (EDU)
- Title IX in Higher Education: Sexual Misconduct (EDU)
- Working in Extreme Temperatures: Working in Cold Climates (EDU)
- Working in Extreme Temperatures: Heat Illness Prevention (EDU)
Revamped Courses with Full Content Revisions
In addition to extending TargetSolutions’ comprehensive EDU catalog, 28 highly utilized courses have received full-content revisions with lessons presented in 100 percent video-driven formats. With new-and-improved visuals, learning exercises, and an on-screen instructor, school staff can comply with state and federal standards and be better equipped to protect students and themselves.
These courses include:
- Adjusting to Changing Driving Conditions (EDU)
- Aerosol Transmissible Diseases (EDU)
- Avoiding Slips, Trips, and Falls (EDU)
- Bloodborne Pathogens Safety (EDU)
- Breaking Up Student Fights (EDU)
- Crossing Guard Safety (EDU)
- Defensive Driving Strategies (EDU)
- Distracted Driving (EDU)
- Ethics in the Workplace (EDU)
- Everyday Safety in Classrooms (EDU)
- FERPA: Protecting Student Privacy (EDU)
- Fire Extinguisher Safety (EDU)
- Food Safety, Foodborne Illness & Kitchen Sanitation (EDU)
- Food Service General Safety (EDU)
- Food Services Proper Lifting (EDU)
- General Office Ergonomics (EDU)
- Maintaining Professional Staff/Student Boundaries (EDU)
- Passenger Van Safety (EDU)
- Playground Supervision (EDU)
- Principal’s Recognition of Hazards on a School Campus (EDU)
- Recognizing and Preventing Youth Suicide (EDU)
- School Bullying (EDU)
- School Shooting Awareness (EDU)
- School Violence and Weapons (EDU)
- Sexual Harassment Awareness (EDU)
- Student Concussions (EDU)
- Workplace Diversity (EDU)
- Workplace Violence (EDU)
For questions about TargetSolutions’ all-new EDU courses, or recently enhanced courses, please contact us today!
Originally from North Carolina, Amy Cline moved to San Diego about six years ago on a whim. Looking for an opportunity where she could make a difference by giving back and helping first responders, she came across TargetSolutions.
Kelly Chuckta joined the TargetSolutions team in August 2018 as an Account Manager focusing on implementation. After being raised in Orange County, CA, where she would meet her spouse, they made San Diego home.
For students with disabilities, the public school classroom environment may present certain challenges that need additional consideration. It’s important that a student with a disability receives an education in line with that particular student’s needs, in the least restrictive environment (LRE) possible.
