05/07/2025: An Occupational Safety and Health Approach to Injuries Caused By Student Behaviors

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An Occupational Safety and Health Approach to Injuries Caused By Student Behaviors

About the webinar:

In this webinar we will use occupational and safety health principles on how to improve conditions and reduce the risk of injuries to look at the problem of injuries caused by student behaviors affecting paraeducators, special education teachers and other affected staff. We will also have an expert available to answer questions around managing incidents.

This presentation by LOHP in collaboration with COEH is based on the School Action for Safety and Health (SASH) administered by the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation in the California Department of Industrial Relations through an interagency agreement with the Labor Occupational Health Program at the University of California, Berkeley.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this activity, the learner will be able to:

Describe the risk of injuries from student behaviors to paraeducators while avoiding stigmatizing students.
Describe factors that increase the risk of injury for paraeducators.
Identify ways to prevent injuries caused by student behaviors and strategies to reduce the risk of harmful behaviors at multiple levels by addressing underlying causes.
Identify an action to take individually or collectively to advocate for conditions that reduce the risk of injuries caused by student behaviors.

Panelist: Monique Hosein, DrPH, MPH

Monique is a Coordinator of Public Programs at LOHP, leading the WOSHTEP (Worker Occupational Safety and Health Training and Education Program) and SASH (School Action for Safety and Health) programs. She holds a Doctor of Public Health from UC Berkeley and a Master of Public Health in Community Health Education from San Francisco State University. With extensive experience in program management, health education, and cross-sector collaboration, Monique has worked in areas like HIV/AIDS, youth development, and sexual and reproductive health. Her areas of focus include health equity, the intersection of race and gender, and cultural humility. Monique’s involvement in LOHP’s Social Justice and Worker Health seminar and Academic Advisory Committee deepened her passion for advancing safe and healthy workplaces as a key determinant of overall health.

Panelist: Robin Randall, MD, MPH

Dr. Randall received his MD and MPH degrees from Tulane University School of Medicine and Tulane School of Public Health. He completed his adult and child and adolescent psychiatry training at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He is board certified in general psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He joined Edgewood Center for Children and Families in 1999 as Associate Medical Director serving youth and their families in residential, school and community-based settings. He has served as Medical Director of Edgewood since 2002. Dr. Randall has also served as Interim Division Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Interim Program Training Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UCSF. He is also a volunteer clinical faculty member at UCSF and Site Training Director for the UCSF Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Training Program on the Edgewood campus. Dr. Randall has also held several offices in local and statewide professional psychiatry organizations including the Northern California Psychiatric Society, the Northern California Regional Organization of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the California Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Panelist: Robert Ybarra

Robert Ybarra is a Paraeducator III with the Ventura Unified School District (VUSD), where he has served for over ten years. Prior to his work in education, he held the position of Supervisor with the Ventura Superior Court. Throughout his tenure at VUSD, Robert has dedicated his efforts to supporting students with Extensive Support Needs (ESN). He has completed Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) training modules through the district and played a key role in the introduction of the Paraeducator tier classification system at VUSD, which now includes Tier I, II, and III roles. Robert is an active member of the district’s Special Education (SPED) collaboration team and regularly serves on interview panels for new paraeducator candidates. In addition to his work within the school district, Robert serves as Vice President of the Ventura Educational Support Professionals Association (VESPA).

Certificates of Completion

Certificates of Completion will be available to webinar participants who are present for the complete, live webinar, and logged in with their registered email address. Call-in attendees are not eligible for certificates at this time - Please download the Zoom app to log in via email on your smartphone whenever possible.

In order to receive your Certificate of Completion, qualified learners must complete the post-webinar evaluation within 7 days of the webinar. A link to the evaluation will be emailed to qualified learners 24 hours after the webinar via no-reply@zoom.us. Qualified learners who submit their evaluation will receive a Certificate of Completion via email, and can also print/save the certificate from their browser after submitting their evaluation.

If you're not able to attend the live presentation, no problem! We record most presentations and will host them on our website provided we have permission to do so. Presentation recordings are not eligible for Certificates of Completion.

ACCESSIBILITY:

If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting/CART captioning, alternative media formats, etc.) to fully participate in this event, please contact Will Bellamy at (510) 642-8365 or wbellamy@berkeley.edu with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7-10 days in advance of the event.

ACCREDITATION

The Center for Occupational and Environmental Health designates this activity for a maximum of 1 Contact Hour. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 12983, for 1 Contact Hour.