Understand upstream vs. downstream efforts in education
Describe how primordial prevention could be applied for students with disabilities
Establish a team and system for eliminating known risk factors in your school or district
Fix the dang bridge!
This practice brief introduces the concept of primordial prevention, a systematic approach to eliminating known risk factors. It describes how it is applied in public health and medicine, and explores the relevance of this concept for education. Using powerful examples, the brief brings the concept into focus and demonstrates its application for students with disabilities. The brief closes with implications for the field of education and a call to formally integrate primordial prevention into tiered instructional models.
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"Eliminating risk—rather than managing it— offers greater safety, access, and quality of life. Let’s just fix the dang bridge." (p. 6)
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