Infection Control and Prevention for School Psychologists: A Self-Care Primer

Autor/in	Shaw, Steven R.
Titel	Infection Control and Prevention for School Psychologists: A Self-Care Primer
Quelle	In: Communique, 48 (2020) 5, S.1 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0164-775X
Schlagwörter	Disease Control; Prevention; School Psychologists; Daily Living Skills; Communicable Diseases; Best Practices; Communication (Thought Transfer) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prävention; Vorbeugung; School psychologist; Psychologists; School; Schools; Schulpsychologe; Schulpsychologin; Psychologe; Psychologin; Psychologen; Schule; Alltagsfertigkeit; Contagious disease; Contagious diseases; Communicable disease; Infektionskrankheit; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke
Abstract	Self-care for school psychologists has received overdue attention in scholarly literature and training. Most work in self-care relates to mental health problems arising from the stressful and emotional nature of work in school psychology. However, there is an additional component of self-care that has yet to receive appropriate levels of attention. Infection control and prevention (ICP) is not only an important aspect of self-care for school psychologists, but is also an aspect of ethical, safe, and sustainable service delivery to students, schools, and communities. School psychologists are at risk for experiencing a variety of infections and for serving as a vector to spread infection. In addition, school psychologists often travel from school to school and can serve as a vector that transmits infection across multiple school environments. For best practices in ICP to be implemented, knowledge, skill development, supervision, and accountability of ICP behaviors require integration into the preservice training, practice, and culture of school psychology. Effective ICP practices can be most effective when introduced early in training and reinforced as a critical learning objective with every new professional milestone involving direct contact with children and families. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Association of School Psychologists. 4340 East West Highway Suite 402, Bethesda, MD 20814. Tel: 301-657-0270; Fax: 301-657-0275; e-mail: publications@naspweb.org; Web site: http://www.nasponline.org/publications/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01