Activities Manual for Who Killed My Daddy?

Beth Sulzer-Azaroff

Preface

By applying principles derived from the science of human behavior, the behavioral safety field has been contributing toward lowering rates of accidental injuries and death. Yet many remain unaware of the promising of this technology. The behavioral safety fable and this Activities Manual are designed to help remedy that condition.

“Who Killed My Daddy?” permits readers to perch upon the shoulders of the characters involved as they learn about, practice and assess the impact of behavioral safety methods. The themes of anguish, intrigue, mystery and romance are clearly intended to entice and propel the reader through the story while becoming familiar with the technical aspects of behavioral system.

You might ask why an activities manual, if the book covers the basic essentials of behavioral safety. To anyone familiar with behavioral principles, the answer will be quite obvious. Is recognizing and understanding, the same as being able to “talk the talk” and “walk the walk?” No more than you would want a surgeon to operate on your brain or you would feel confident about flying a 747 after only digesting an informative book on the subject, would you want readers to go out and do their thing independently when their sole experience was studying written material about behavioral safety. Nor should you try it yourself.

This manual is designed to move learners much farther along in the process toward mastery of the essential concepts and skills. Provocative discussion items are posed to stimulate thinking about related issues. Questions about concepts and skills should reinforce learning, while simulated and actual field exercise place the reader directly into the position of planning, conducting and assessing the impact of behavioral safety systems suited to their own organizational settings.

We supply few answer keys with this document because typically there are no right and wrong answers to most of the items. You will discover how right or wrong your efforts are by collecting data on safe performance, incident and injury rates and other important information. Graph and inspect the data carefully as soon as you collect it, giving each effort a fair trial of several weeks or months, because behavior does not change overnight. Observe and inquire of those involved what adjustments they would suggest and test systematically those seeming to have merit. Should you be uncertain about how to proceed or to modify your system, additional resources are available: books, consultants, courses, workshops and others. You will find listings of some of these currently available in the appendix of this volume.

Who is the Intended Audience?

These materials are directed toward anyone interested in wellness promotion, applications of behavioral principles, effective management, worker protection and those with a general thirst for knowledge. A professional or college background are not necessary. People who have read or asked to read the text include business leaders, college professors, graduate and undergraduate students, professional trainers and consultants, safety professionals, industrial hygienists, ergonomists, occupational and public health specialists, managers of loss prevention for the insurance industry and others.

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