Managing Health and Safety in Childcare

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12 Clock Hours / 1.2 CEUs for CDA renewal 

Course fee for one student — $44.00

Provide a healthy and safe environment for young children. Course covers safe food handling, disease prevention, and recognizing and reporting child abuse.

Chapters cover: A Healthy Environment; A Safe Environment; Child Abuse and Neglect

5 hours in health

7 hours in safety

1. The importance of natural light for health

2. Why environmental toxins are harmful to children

3. Ways to minimize children's exposure to environmental toxins

4. Ways to prevent poisoning accidents

5. Safe food-handling procedures

6. Sanitary hand-washing and diaper changing techniques

7. Symptoms of communicable diseases that may affect children

8. General requirements of excluding children with communicable diseases from attendance

9. Guidelines for reporting instance of communicable diseases to health officials

10. Ways to minimize the spread of communicable diseases

11. What to do when a communicable disease is diagnosed for suspected

12. Ways to keep children's play equipment and their indoor and outdoor space safe

13. Special safety considerations for infants and toddlers

14. Guidelines for handling accidents and injuries

15. Automobile safety precautions

16. Fire safety precautions

17. Ways to ensure children's safety when they leave the early childhood facility

18. The definition, signs, and results of child abuse and neglect

19. How to report child abuse and neglect

20. Some reasons for child abuse and neglect

21. Common traits of abusive and neglectful parents

22. Ways to help children who have been abused and neglected

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