Ergonomics for Children and Educational Environments

Latest update: 2010/01/06
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Chair
Prof. Karen Jacobs
Program Director,
On-line Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Programs
Boston University
College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College
Department of Occupational Therapy & Rehabilitation Counseling
635 Commonwealth Avenue-Room 511A
Boston, MA 02215
Tel +1-617-353-7516
Fax +1-617-353-2926
Email kjacobs@bu.edu
http://people.bu.edu/kjacobs/

Some ECEE TC members who met at the IEA Congress in Beijing.

Objectives

The purpose of the EECE TC is to provide a forum for the international exchange of scientific and technical ergonomics information related to children and educational environments.

The Committee promotes professional and public awareness of ergonomics related to children of all abilities in all aspects of their lives and the application of ergonomics in all educational environments.

For Objectives see:
http://www.iea.cc/ECEE/objectives.html

Activities	Description	Responsible	Milestone/ Timeline	Deliverable/Timeline
1. Maintain website	Update members	Chair	Ongoing	NA
2. Maintain membership list with privacy preferences	Determines web listing and networking	Chair	Ongoing	NA
3. TC Bulletin	Provide information and communication	Pedro Henrique Aparício	Quarterly	Next: February 2010
4. Encourage submissions of papers to the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society Conference in September 2010	Presentation of research and applied activities	All	2010	2-4 papers on topics related to children

Links

Click here to learn about this area of ergonomics:
Ergonomics for Children and Educational Environments

Researchers, clinicians and scholars share their thoughts on making an ergonomic lifestyle for children, youth and students. Karen Jacobs - NES conference, August 2008

Children and Handguns. Hal Hendrick - 2008 HFES conference

Latest update: 2010/01/06

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