Nnstaying healthy in child care booklet

But pediatrician visits are just as important for healthy children. The centers for disease control and prevention cdc has written this handbook to help you, the child care provider, reduce sickness, injury, and other health. Because of their size, stage of development, and behavior, children are at greater risk than adults for adverse health effects caused by exposure to. Epa releases new booklet to help houses of worship identify and reduce. Licensing includes an onsite visit to assure that basic requirements for health, safety, and childstaff ratios have been met and periodic inspections to monitor. Besides tracking your child s growth and development, you can learn about topics such as developmental disabilities. Federal mandate requires national criminal history record checks fingerprints for all child care workers.

You can also promote children s health by encouraging your child to eat a variety of healthy foods and control portion sizes. It is for use by doctors, nurses and other health workers who are responsible for the care of young children at the first level referral hospitals. Of course, other children s health issues matter, too such as vaccines, child safety and social issues. The bright futures american academy of pediatrics aap developed a set of comprehensive health guidelines for well child care, known as the periodicity schedule. The child care health program offers health promotion and disease prevention services to child care facilities throughout seattle and king county including onsite consultation about health policies, immunizations, communicable disease control, nutrition, child development and child behavioral issues. Providing a safe and loving home and spending time together playing, singing, reading, and even just talking can make a big difference. Ccl inspects child care operations, making sure they meet the standards texas has set. Second edition this is the second edition of the pocket book for hospital care for children. This doublesided newsletter is designed to be distributed by child care providers to parents of children 3 to 5 years old. Enhanced guidelines for child care facilities to prevent the. We put the reports of every inspection online so parents can make the. English version of healthy celebrations, lasting memories.

Parents play a critical role in their child s development. Group of children this disease handbook was prepared by the division of public health services, bureau of infectious disease control, for childcare providers. Child care programs must take extraordinary precautions beyond what is. It is a schedule of screenings and assessments recommended at each well child visit from infancy. The healthy child care resources assist pediatric health providers in collaborating with early education and child care providers to increase the quality of care, promote early education and improve children s health and wellbeing. Child care licensing is a statewide program that regulates child care operations and child placing agencies to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of children in outofhome care.