Water Safety for Kids Resources and Tips

With the warm weather here, kids will be swimming in pools, lakes, ponds, rivers, and the ocean. Now would be a great time to share some water safety information with the students, and parents, in your school.

Stew Leonard's is a grocery store chain in Connecticut and New York. Stew Leonard Jr. lost his son, Stewie the III, to a drowning many years ago and created a charity and website to help spread the word on water safety to others.

On the site, http://www.stewietheduck.com/12watersafety.cfm, you can find water safety tips and links to other water safety resources. The charity helps provide water safety programs, education, and swimming lessons for kids. They also have a free iOS app about water safety.

Learn more at the Red Cross site also: http://www.redcross.org/watersafetytips

Share these resources and tips with your students and their families so that we can help make sure all of our students come back safe next year.



Source of inspiration and link: CT Post Newspaper

Free Resources on Concussions in Sports from CDC

Heads Up: Concussion in High School Sports is a great resource from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) for coaches, parents, teachers, and athletes. 

The site has posters, reference sheets, pocket cards, videos, training materials, and more, all to increase the awareness of concussions and how dangerous they are. The site and materials are meant to help prevent concussions from going unnoticed and leading to serious consequences.

All the materials are free to order and many are available as a free download. 

As a paramedic, I've treated dozens of high school students with concussions. Many where allowed to play even after showing symptoms. This is extremely dangerous and can lead to permanent brain damage, disability, and death. 

Share this information with all of the coaches, athletes, parents and faculty in your building or district and help keep our student athletes safe.

There is also a site for younger athletes: Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports.