Special Needs - Disabilities Show 14 with Host Kaden Behan - Safety and Awareness Tips for Young Adults

Kaden’s program focuses on special needs and disabilities.

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HM. Hello, Welcome to the New Heights Show on Education.

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Missus Pamela Clark, Cataan bihand the regular host cannot be
here tonight. She had previous plans, so I'm filling in
for her. I have a bit of a cold, so
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Heights Education dot org. Four one nine seventy eighty six
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three three nine two two five. Today's show is on
safety and awareness tips for young adults, and I did

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want to talk a little bit about last week though
we had some technical problems. Hopefully that won't happen again.
Our guests had a glitch with his phone and then
on top of that, we were notified by blog Talk
Radio that they had some issues with hackers that was
causing problems with some of the shows. So hopefully today's
show will be uneventful. Like I said, today's shows on

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safety and awareness tips for young adults. As young adults
become more independent, it is important to share with your
young adult or adolescent the responsibilities of being safe and
aware in an adult world. This show will focus on
tips for these young adults as to how they can

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better protect themselves as they continue to grow more independent
and eventually go off on their own to college. Some
are safety tips. These are taken from the Central Connecticut
Health District. Now that prompt season is upon us and
summer vacation is just around the corner, young people will
be on the roads, on the sidewalks, and at any

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number of recreational areas. As much as high school and
college students look forward to their upcoming break, they need
to be reminded of safety hazards and precautions specific to
this time of the year. For the older students, summertime
usually involves driving, whether to a summertime job or for entertainment.

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While no one plans to be in a crash, accidents
do happen. In fact, traffic accidents by the leading cause
of death for sixteen to eighteen year olds, and a
thirty five mile per hour crash. The forces are similar
to those resulting from jumping head first off a three
story building. For the driver and the front seat passengers.

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Rear seat passengers can be thrown with that same force
against the front seat, causing serious injury or even death
to both passengers in the front and the back seats.
That is why it is so important that all passengers
in the motor vehicles buckle their seat belt and use
the restraint systems properly. Last year alone, nearly five thoy

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sixteen to eighteen year olds were killed or seriously injured
in accident. Two thirds of them were not wearing seatbelts.
Another safety issue for teens, especially older ones, is that
of alcohol, by itself or in combination with driving. Alcohol

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use is a confirmed problem for thrillion young people between
the ages of fourteen and seventeen. More than half of
the nation's middle and high school students drink alcoholic beverages
in more than forty percent of all sixteen to twenty
year old's death results from alcohol related crashes. Alcohol can

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also lead to death when mixed with drugs and medications,
and drinking large amounts of alcohol can cause alcohol poisoning,
leading to coma and even death. It adversely affects self controls, judgments,
every organ in your body, and your mind, making schoolwork,
and jobs difficult to perform. Water safety is another concern

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for young people during the warm weather. Swimming, boating, jet skiing,
and water skiing are some of the activities associated with
summer impose special hazards to teams. The highest drowning rates
within any age group are found among teens and young adults.
In the United States, drowning is the second leading cause

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of unintentional injury or death among teams, and is especially
prevalent among males when alcohol use is added to the picture.
The combination of water activities and alcohol accounts for twenty
five to fifty percent of adolescent deaths from water recreation.

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Alcohol is a contributing factor and up to fifty percent
of alcoholics or a adolescent boy drowning. Some tips to
keep in mind to reduce the risk of drowning are
Number one, never use alcohol while swimming, boating, or engaging
in other water recreational activities. Number two, think about how

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well you swim and how tired you are before entering
the water. Number three check the water temperature and avoid
swimming or boating in high running or swiftly moving waters.
Four wear a life jacket, especially when boating. Number five
swim only at beaches that are monitored by a lifeguard,

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never swim alone and stay close to the shore. Young
adults and teens of all ages enjoy riding bicycles, skateboards,
inline skates, and scooters. Every year, approximately twenty six thousand
people are tested in hospital emergency departments for skateboard related injuries,

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over forty thousand, five hundred for scooter related injuries, one
hundred thousands for inline skating injuries, and over five hundred
and fifty thousand for bicycle injuries. No matter which of
these forms of transportation is used, the single best protective
measures is the use of an approved and properly fitted helmet. Knee,

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elbow and wrist pads are also effective in preventing broken bones.
Wearing clothing that can be seen obeying traffic rolls and
making sure the equipment is in good condition can further
reduce can further reduce the risk of injury. Also, during
the summer, many young people work in retail or just

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like to visit the shopping mallt With no school to
worry about the next day, many will stay until closing time,
and of course a trip to the atm may be
required before getting to the mall. When going out anywhere,
especially at night, it is a good idea to practice
the following safety measures. Number One, when leaving an HM

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or store, do not display cash openly. Number two. Park
only in well lited or lighted sorry areas near other vehicles.
Close all windows locked, lock the doors, and keep all
valuables out of sight. Avoid walking alone. Carry a purse

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close to your body and do not let it swing loosely.
Walk with confidence, keeping an eye on the people in
front and in back of you. Do not talk to strangers.
Approach your vehicle with your keys in hand, and try
to avoid carrying too many packages. If followed, go immediately

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to an area where lights with lights and people contact
security or the police. Summer should be a time for
fun and relaxation, especially for young people. By exercising caution
and common sense, it can be safe. It could be
a safe time, okay. Additionally, students heading to college and

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the fall may want to be aware of some safety
advice in order to keep them safe and happy in
this new dependent venture. Here's some tips staying safe while
you're in college. While sorry, staying safe while you're in

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college it doesn't have to be complicated. These fifteen tips
can be done with minimal effort and can avoid lots
of problems later. Number one, make sure the door to
your residence hall is locked at all times. You wouldn't
just leave the front door to your house open, would you.

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Number two, don't let anyone into your hall that you
don't know. Not letting someone in doesn't make you look
like a jerk. It makes you look like a good neighbor.
And if the person is supposed to be in your hall,
he'll be grateful for it. Number three, make sure your

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room door is locked at all times. Yes, the thieven
means when you run down the hall to borrow a
book or hop in the shower. Number four, be careful
with your keys. Also, if you lose them, don't depend
on your roommates to keep letting you in thinking that

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your keys would just pop up. Pay the fine and
get a new set. If you have a car lock it,
it seems so easy to remember, yet it's so easy
to forget. If you have a car check on it.
Just because you haven't been using your car very much

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this semester doesn't mean someone else hasn't. Get a locking
device for your laptop. This may be a physical lock
or some kind of electronic tracking or locking device. Watch
your stuff in the library. You may need to take

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a quick run to the vending machine to clear your mind,
just as someone happens to walk by and see your
iPod and laptop unattended. Number nine. Keep your windows locked.
Don't be so focused on locking your door that you
forget to check the windows too. Number ten. Put emergency

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numbers in your cell phone. If your wallet is stolen,
will you know what phone number to call to cancel
your credit cards? Put important phone numbers in your cell
phone so that you could call the moment you notice
something is missing. The last thing you want is someone
crashing in on the money or cashing in on the

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money you've been budgeting for the rest semester. Excuse me,
use the campus escort service at night. You may feel embarrassed,
but it's such a smart idea, and besides, who wouldn't
want a free ride? Number twelve. Always go somewhere at

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night with a friend, male or female, big or small,
save neighborhood or not. This is always a good idea. Thirteen.
Always make sure someone knows where you are at all times.

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Heading to a club downtown, going out on a date.
There's no need to steal all the intimate details, but
do lutch someone a friend or a roommate or etc.
Know where you're going to be and what times you
expect you back. Fourteen. If you live off campus, call

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some when you get home. You're studying for finals with
a friend late one night at the library, make a
quick agreement that you'll call remem or her when you
get home later that evening. Number fifteen. Know the phone
number for campus security or campus safety. You will never know.

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You may never need it for yourself or for something
you see from far away. Knowing the number off the
top of your head, or at least having it on
your cell phone maybe the most important thing to remember
during an emergency. Especially with all the things in the
news about all these shootings at colleges and so forth,

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this is becoming more and more important. You just never
know when something's gonna happen. And hopefully there won't be
any shootings, but you never know. A website that we
came across with some safety tips is college life dot
about dot com, and then you can look up under

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their health wellness or their safety tips. If you have
some experiences that you'd like to share with our audience.
I encourage you to call in and you know, share
with other families with children, especially if you have kids

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that are in college age already, or if your household
has experienced something you know, please call in and share that. Also,
to go back a little bit to the driving tips,
one of the things that we didn't discuss is texting
and driving. And I've actually heard some kids say, well,

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I'm a better driver than the average you know person,
and they really some of them really think that. And
there's still new drivers. And you know, if you're if
you have a student that's like that, or or child
is like that, you know, maybe if if if they're

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living in your house, bill it might be a good
idea to say, okay, you're not going to be able
to use your phone at all when you're driving in
some way, that they cannot use their phone for texting
or even taking calls. Because even though they think they
may be a better driver, and maybe you even think

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they're a better driver than someone else, doesn't make it so.
And they're still young, and they still haven't had the
years of practice that an adult has had to drive.
And as we know, people that are adults that think
they're good drivers aren't either, so we really need to
be good full models about that. Again, if anyone has

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any other safety tips, please call in. Mines are open.
Another reminder for if you're out in public, going to
a movie or late at night. We talked about having

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the keys in hands to be able to get in
the car easily, and you know, sometimes keys can even
be an aid if someone does try to attack you.
I hold my keys in a very particular way. And

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also it's a good idea to have to purchase a
taser for your young adults, especially women, and those can
be purchased for about thirty five dollars. So I would
suggest that also, next week's show is going to be

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on some upcoming events that New Heights will be offering,
and maybe we'll have a special guest. Yes, we're not
quite sure yet. Also just to let some people know

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about some upcoming events that are in the area. I
know we talked about prom and when people think of prom,
they think of, you know, the public school kids attending
the prom and so forth, But homeschoolers do have proms also,
and I know that there's two proms this year for homeschoolers.

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One is a riverboat cruise that's up in Michigan by Detroit,
and if you want more information about that, you can
call us directly. And the other one is in four
in Indiana and it is part of the homeschool group

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over there, so if you want some information on that,
please give us a call on that too, six or
two four seven. We don't have any calls so and

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we've covered what we want to cover for today. So
I know this is sort of unlike us to stop
a show early, but we are going to go ahead
and do so. Thank you all for joining us, and
we hope you'll join us next week at six pm.

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And look, we look forward to maybe receiving some phone calls.
Thank you.

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