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The purpose of the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness for Schools multimedia training is to help California school administrators and their partners increase their pandemic influenza preparedness. It consists of a video program (broadcast on May 17, 2007), a tabletop exercise, and hundreds of links to valuable planning and preparedness tools. (These tools will also help school staff and students’ families increase their pandemic influenza preparedness.) Before using the tools, please read the site disclaimer. To explore planning and preparedness tools and other online resources, go to how to use this site.
All components of the training are accessible from this website:
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» 1. Prevention
Focuses on ways to teach hand hygience and respiratory disease prevention to limit the spread of disease. Includes age-appropriate lesson plans, skits, posters and more more.
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» 2. Preparedness
Includes tools such as emergency kits, surveillance of flu-like illness and absenteesim, letters to parents in preparation for school closure, and other model preparedness guides.
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» 3. Response
Focuses on what to do if a pandemic occurs. Includes how to announce schools closure, ongoing disease surveillance, crisis, management, and other action tools.
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» 4. Recovery
Focuses on reopening a school after a pandemic. Includes counseling and mental health resources, coping with financial loss, and sample letters to parents.
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The Pandemic Influenza Preparedness for Schools training program is also available as a DVD/CD set. The DVD contains the video component of the training (broadcast on May 17, 2007). The CD contains all the materials (Facilitator Guide, Participant Guide, and PowerPoint presentation) needed to conduct the complete training, including the tabletop exercise. The DVD/CD sets are available free of charge in California. Click here to order. |
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