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Resources and Vocabulary

Resources

The (OSSA) was founded in 1998 by a combined private-public sector partnership sharing interests in information centralization on the subject of school and child safety.

The purpose of the OSSA is to serve the information needs of school districts, safety committees, safety professionals, and the risk management and insurance community. Its members also receive safety project funding, and the students of its member districts are eligible for scholarships!

Inger M. Williams, Ph.D.Consultant in Computer Ergonomics for Offices and Schools
Phone 716-377-7791

Vocabulary

Ergonomics - Making things work better (safe, efficient, and comfortable) with the human body.

Posture - How you position your body.

Workstation - All things that are used with a computer, for example, keyboard, monitor, mouse, and printer.