AgDARE - Agricultural Disability Awareness and Risk Education

Spinal Cord Injury - Lesson Plan

Background: Spinal cord injuries are some of the most severe injuries in agricultural occupations. The results can range from minor nerve damage to paralysis.

Objective: For the student to recognize the sources of spinal cord injury on the farm and to be able to perform the following tasks:

• Name the long-term physical consequences of a spinal cord injury.
• Name ways spinal cord injuries can affect both the injured and others.
• Identify specific ways to prevent spinal cord injuries when performing farm jobs.
• Name safety equipment, innovations, and technology that can help prevent spinal cord injury to workers and others on the farm.

Situation Development: Things to be brought out by the instructor in discussion to generate interest in the lesson: (See fact sheet.)

• Ask students about farm incidents in which spinal injury occurred, and they or someone they knew were involved. Allow for examples of different types of injuries, such as falling from ladders or barns, tractor rollovers, ATV rollovers or crashes, etc.
• Ask students what may cause spinal injury on the farm.

Problem Statement: Identify the lesson topic and what the students will be answering in their activities.

• What are the causes of spinal cord injuries in agricultural occupations, and how can we prevent these injuries?

Analysis: Things to consider in analyzing the topic and reaching the conclusion:

• Evaluate the sources and reasons for incidents that lead to spinal injury.
• Identify the effects of spinal cord injury.
• Identify ways to prevent spinal cord injury in agriculture.
• Identify safety equipment and practices.

Directed Study: Listed below are activities that will present the concepts of spinal cord injury and its prevention. Choose the activities that best fit your time restraints, student abilities, and resource availability. Student reference sheets are enclosed, which give information about spinal cord injury. Duplicate these fact sheets, and use as a reference tool when conducting the activities.

• Narrative Simulation
• Physical Simulation
• Supplemental Activities:
  Study Sheet
  Guest Speaker
  Group Activity

Conclusion: After completing the activities, the teacher will lead in discussion of the topic with the class, approaching the points outlined in the analysis. The students should provide information and knowledge as gained from the activities and reference materials.

 

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