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Heat stress from hot summer weather can result in sudden, catastrophic -- and preventable -- injury to student athletes or summer camp participants. The Center for Disease Control reports that heat stress is a leading cause of death and disability among high school athletes with an estimated 9,300 injuries occurring annually.Football players are at higher risk of heat stress injuries, as are youth who are overweight, fatigued, or out of condition. Sixty-six percent of all heat-related injuries to student athletes occur during the month of August. Coaches, trainers and and summer counselors should be aware of the risks of heat-related illness, and be able to recognize the symptoms and respond quickly to a medical emergency. Visit CIRMA's Heat Stress & Sports webpage.
View CIRMA E-Learning program on Youth Sports Injuries.
Over the past decade, aggressive behavior by students has increased dramatically in school districts across nation and in CIRMA-member schools here in Connecticut. CIRMA, in partnership with the Connecticut Department of Education and our School District Advisory Committee, has responded to this troubling trend by developing a number of risk management resources to help public school leaders and staff improve the social and emotional well-being of students -- the foundation of a safer, more cooperative school community.
Emotional and social intelligence is defined as "competencies linked to self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management, which enable people to understand and manage their own and others' emotions in social interactions. These qualities and the behavior management techniques that build them are crucial in classroom management and the development of students' self-control and ability to learn.
CIRMA's new resources include:
Whitepaper - Managing Behavior: Implementing Best Practices to Improve School Climate and Culture
Whitepaper - Teacher Interventions: Managing Liability Before, During, and After a Student Altercation - PDF
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School Announcement series - This new series presents the facts of an actual claim, and discusses how similar incidents could be avoided.
- 1 Managing Bullying Events_040618.PDF - 2 Summer Maintenance Employee 082018.PDF - 3 Cyber Phishing Scam_101118.PDF NEW!
E-Learning Center Courses for Emotional & Social Intelligence Awareness:
Bullying in Schools Bullying in Schools - Changing Behaviors Bullying in the Workplace
Dealing with Angry Employees - managers
Sexual Harassment Awareness for Managers Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Violence in the Workplace - managers Volunteers Working with Children and Adolescents - volunteers and employees Fighting in Schools: Prevention and Intervention - New! Workplace Bullying Workplace Harassment
Working with Students with Special Educational Needs 101 - teachers and paraprofessionals Working with Students with Special Educational Needs 102 - teachers and paraprofessionals
For more information, please contact your CIRMA Risk Management Consultant.
HSB's Online Assessment Tools - Equipment and Operation Efficiency for Public Schools
CIRMA's reinsurance partner, The Hartford Steam Boiler Company (HSB), is committed to helping CIRMA members save money and reduce losses by providing self-assessment tools and expert preventive maintenance resources for the care of their facilities and equipment. Visit the Online Portal.
Cyber Liability and Drone Coverage
We've expanded our Liability-Auto-Property Program to offer coverage for two important emerging exposures: Cyber Liability and drones.
TULIP Coverage
Renting your facilities for events?
Tenant User Liability Insurance Program -
International Travel Insurance Program Brochure- PDF
Plan for your Winter and Spring break traips abroad!
CIRMA & HSB Equipment & Operational Efficiency Self-Assessment - New!
Money Saving Tips Designed Just for Schools. On average, it costs $4.00 a square foot to heat, cool and light a typical school building. This number is significantly higher than what schools spend on textbooks, computers, and supplies. With these figures in mind, the potential savings through improved energy efficiency is enormous. Improving energy efficiency can provide schools with an estimated saving of 20%, while also yielding additional benefits, such as:
So, how do you decide which energy efficient options have the best payback? Our energy savings portal offers simple steps for schools to take to save energy and keep crucial equipment operating smoothly. HSB's Equipment Operation and Efficiency Program offers money saving and energy efficiency tips in the following categories: space heating, lighting, water heating, space cooling, ventilation, cooking and refrigeration, and electrical.
Employment Practices Liability Helpline Program for CIRMA LAP Pool Members!
Under CIRMA's Employment Practices Liability Helpline program, Rose Kallor attorneys will provide CIRMA LAP members expert legal advice on all aspects of employment practices law. The EPL Helpline provides access to one hour of expert legal advice per month for no charge on issues relating to employment practices.
Call the EPL Helpline at 833-544-4110Or e-mail at cirmahotline@rosekallor.com
LAP Members may also sign up for the biweekly Employment Practices Liability News & Alerts service. Please email your contact information to cfield@ccm-ct.org to subscribe.
Please contact your CIRMA Risk Management Consultant for more information about these risk management programs.
INSTRUCTOR-LED PROGRAMS
Visit our Training Page for a complete list of upcoming programs!
CIRMA E-Learning Center -- Online training for School Staff!Motivating Students to Learn 101Motivating Students to Learn 102Working with Students with Special Educational Needs 101 - teachers and paraprofessionalsWorking with Students with Special Educational Needs 102 - teachers and paraprofessionals
Also of interest to Schools:
Back Injury PreventionBullying in Schools Bullying in Schools - Changing Behaviors Confidentiality and Professionalism for SchoolsComputer Security Basics Cyberbullying Fighting in Schools: Prevention and Intervention Kitchen Equipment Safety Ladder Safety 101 Ladder Safety 201Meeting ManagementParaprofessionals Roles and Responsibiities Power Tool SafetyPreventing Slips, Trips & Falls - Local GovernmentUnderstanding Asperger Syndrome Understanding and Managing Asthma The Risks of Social MediaVolunteers Working with Children and Adolescents - volunteers and employeesYouth Sports Injuries
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White Papers
Managing Behavior: Implementing Best Practices to Improve School Climate and Culture
Teacher Interventions: Managing Liability Before, During, and After a Student Altercation - PDF
Public Act 16:112: An Act Concerning the Filing of Workers' Compensation Claims - PDF
Deferred Maintenance: The Cost of Doing Nothing - PDF
Security Surveillance: Managing the Use of CCTV
Creating Your Own BYOD Program: Risk Management for Business Use of Personal Devices- PDF
Salary Continuation Benefits, April 2018, No. 7
Claims Reporting - WC 30C Filing, April 2017, No. 6
School Leaders Liability, March 2015, No. 5
Employee Training, February 2015, No. 4
Seasonal Employees, March 2014, No. 3
Cold Weather Property Protection, October 2013 No. 2
Training Kits
Summer Maintenance Safety Orientation
Summer Camp Counselor Safety Orientation
Order through our Learning Media Library
Warming Up - PDF
Safe Lifting - PDF
Keep in Shape - PDF
Preventing Slips & Falls Training Kit
CIRMA's Preventing Slip & Fall Awareness Month Poster
Poster
Handout
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