Aim for Safety-Gun Safety
When: 4/30/2025
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When we have firearms in our homes, we must take certain steps to protect our children from unintentional shootings. Cook Children's Aim for Safety® program is designed to help reduce the number injuries we see every year among children through gun safety education. This is not political and not about whether guns are right or wrong. It's about taking the necessary steps to protect our children.
This presentation will review statistics at a national, state, and local level, discuss risk factors for different age levels, and review various methods for safely storing a firearms. We will discuss the importance of gun safety education for children at all ages, as well as the value of practicing coping skills to reduce the risk of self-harm or violence by firearms. Parents, caregivers, and professionals will leave with evidenced-based best practices regarding the safe storage of firearms.
Speaker:Eric Gonzalez, MHA
Child Safety, Injury Prevention Center for Community Health
Cooks Children's
Eric's background includes intervening with patients experiencing a mental health emergency, working with families of missing loved ones, and providing community based services to families across various socioeconomic groups. This experience guides his work today in providing education to children, families, and professionals in an empathetic, encouraging, and impactful manner.
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