Shepherd Center - A Catastrophic Care Hospital

A Shepherd Center representative who specializes in injury prevention is available to make presentations throughout the Atlanta metropolitan area.

Presentations are age-appropriate and focus on messages such as wearing seat belts and helmets, avoiding drinking and checking the water before diving, as well as tips for driving, hunting and participating safely in sports.

The programs emphasize that young people can lead full, exciting lives, but that personal vulnerability and the consequences of risk taking behaviors must be considered. These presentations, which are free of charge, are typically made in schools, civic clubs, camps, congregations and public and private sector places of employment.

Prevention programs include:

Grades 1-6

The program features a comprehensive curriculum designed to educate kids about the prevention of brain, spinal cord and other traumatic injuries. This program is designed for use in grades 1-6 and includes: easy-to-use, grade specific curriculum manual, 12-minute animated video, interactive comic strips for each grade, and classroom posters.

The research-based curriculum provides:

• Bicycle safety
• Water safety
• Playground, recreation and sports safety
• Vehicle and pedestrian safety
• Gun safety, violence prevention, and conflict resolution

Grades 7-12

The program is a presentation for grades 7-12 that educates young people about personal vulnerability and risk-taking.  It emphasizes that young people can have fun, exciting lives if they use their minds to protect their bodies.

The presentation includes:

• Films which feature testimonies from teenagers with brain and spinal cord injuries
• A discussion of the anatomy of the brain and spinal cord
• A student speaker who has sustained a brain or spinal cord injury

YiPES!!

YiPES!! (Youth and Injury Prevention Education at Shepherd) was launched in 2009 to expand the hospital’s 20-year-old commitment to injury prevention. YiPES!! uses online social networking and multimedia to reach a large audience of young people with the hospital’s injury prevention messages, which come straight from people who have experienced preventable injuries first hand.