Health and Safety for Young ChildrenKeeping Healthy During Flu SeasonUpdate from the CDC - May 9, 2009 http://www.cdc.gov/
Keep All Children Safe and Healthy Recalled ProductsDid you know that the Consumer Product Safety Commission issues recall for many of the products you may have in your home or child care building? Be sure to visit their website at http://www.cpsc.gov/ to see what items have been recalled.
For recent recall information go to www.cpsc.gov
Indiana Nurse/Health Consultants - FSSADid you know the State of Indiana has a free child care health consultation program for child care providers?Serving the Northern Counties in Indiana:More information about the Indiana Health Consultants, please visit their website! Helping Children Cope with TraumaFind information here from NACCRRA, the Partnership for Disaster Preparedness, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and Save the Children that will help you and parents protect children before, during and after an emergency. TRUCE Releases List of Toys to Get and Toys to AvoidTRUCE (Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children's Entertainment), a national organization of educators concerned about the impact of media and commercial culture on children, provides a list of toys and trends to avoid as well as toys of value. See the 9th Annual Toy Action Guide free online, available in both English and Spanish at www.truceteachers.org.TRUCE's Goals: - To raise public awareness about the negative effects of violent and stereotyped toys and media on children, families, schools and society.
- To work to limit the harmful influence of unhealthy children's entertainment.
- To provide children with toys and activities that promote healthy play and non-violent behavior at home and school.
- To create a broad-based effort to eliminate marketing to children and to reduce the sale of toys of violence.
- To support parents' and teachers' efforts to deal with the issues regarding media.
Policy Templates for Your Child Care Program
Are you looking for a policy on disaster preparedness for your child care? Do you need to put together a health plan for asthma at your site? What abour your ill staff policy, does it need updated? You will find all of this and more on the Policy Template page that was created by the Indiana Child Care Health Consultant Program. The ICCHCP is no longer in operation, but their resources are still available at their website. SafeKids WorldwideAre you familiar with SafeKids? Safe Kids Worldwide is the first and only international nonprofit organization dedicated solely to preventing unintentional childhood injury. Learn more by visiting their website at http://www.safekids.org/.Did you know that Natalie Massey, 4C's Mentor, is SafeKids trained? Call or email her with your questions, (574)289-7815 x.217 or natalie@4csindiana.org. Are you prepared? - Disaster PreparednessEmergencies can happen at anytime. Besides having CPR and First Aid Training, there is more that you can do in order to be prepared. Take some time and look at your emergency plans for your child care. Do you have supplies in place in case you have to stay at the child care for several days? Do you have an emergency back up location in case something happens to your building/home? Need more resources and ideas? Check out http://www.ready.gov/. Keep Children Safe - Look-a-Likes Can KillCaution needs to be used medicines and liquids are stored in your home or child care. Children often think these look like candies and juice drinks. Learn more! (Flyer gives phone number for New Jersey Poison Control - it's the same for Indiana 1-800-222-1222) Home Safety Council Have you checked out the Home Safety Council's website to see if your home is as safe as it can be? Take some time to learn how to keep your home safe for children.
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