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Standard |
Updated: 03/18/04
11/28/05
ECE 105 - Health, Safety and Nutrition
Introduces the theory, practices, and requirements for establishing and
maintaining a safe, healthy learning environment. Topics include: CPR and first aid,
health issues, safety issues, child abuse and neglect, and nutritional needs of
children.
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Competency Areas |
Hours
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CPR and
First Aid |
Class |
5 |
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Health
Issues |
D. Lab |
0 |
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Safety
Issues |
P.
Lab/O.B.I. |
0 |
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Child
Abuse and Neglect |
Credit |
5 |
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Nutritional
Needs of Children |
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Prerequisite: |
Provisional
admission |
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Course Guide |
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Competency |
After completing this section, the
student will: |
Hours |
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Class |
D.Lab
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P.Lab/ O.B.I. |
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CPR and First Aid |
10 |
0
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0 |
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Certification |
Obtain certification
in CPR and first air |
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15 |
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Symptoms
of illness |
Recognize
symptoms of common illnesses |
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Communicable
diseases |
Describe precautions
to take in preventing the spread of communicable diseases, including Standard
Precautions |
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Identify
child care center exclusion policies and procedures |
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Health
Records |
Outline procedures
for: maintaining health and immunization records; administering prescribed
medications. |
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Safety
Issues |
10 |
0
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0 |
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Identify
potential indoor safety hazards |
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Describe procedures
for emergency drills |
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Identify
potential outdoor safety hazards |
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Describe
safe utilization and adult supervision of outdoor equipment and materials |
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Describe use
of approved safety restraint when transporting a child |
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Describe
safety procedures for arrival/departure/loading/unloading children |
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Examine
examples of accident, injury, and illness reports. |
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Review
examples of health and safety education activities for children. |
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CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT |
5 |
0
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0 |
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Identify symptoms
of abuse and neglect |
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Describe
protocol for reporting abuse and neglect |
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Discuss
techniques for working with an abused or neglect |
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NUTRITIONAL NEEDS FOR CHILDREN |
10 |
0
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0 |
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Identify
nutritional needs for children |
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Describe
procedures for serving meal and snacks |
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Suggested Resources |
Books
Robertson, C. (2003). Safety, nutrition and health in early
education. 2nd ed. New York: Delmar.
Beaty, J. J. (2004). Safety in preschool programs. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, Merrill
Prentice Hall.
Endres, J. B.,
Rockwell, R. E., & Mense, C. G. (2004). Food,
nutrition, and the young child. 5th
ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, Merrill Prentice Hall
Aronson, S. S. Ed. (2002). Healthy young children: A manual for programs. Washington, DC:
National Association for the Young Children.
American Academy of Pediatrics
(2002). Caring for our children:
National health and safety performance standards: Guidelines for out-of-home
child care programs. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of
Pediatrics. Available for free download at http://nrc.uchsc.edu/CFOC/PDFversion/list.html.
Aronson, S.S. (2002). Model child care health policies. 4th ed. Rosemont, PA: American
Academy of Pediatrics. Can be ordered through NAEYC.
Dietz, W. H., & Stern, L.
(1999). Guide to your child's
nutrition: Making peace at the table and building healthy eating habits for
life. New York: American Academy of Pediatrics.
Videos and Websites
Safe from the start (2000?).
Running time: 23 minutes. I am your child video series. Parents Action for
Children. Available to order at
www.parentsaction.org. VIDEO
The
incredible ride (1994). Colgate-Palmolive:
A Global Oral Health Initiative. VIDEO
Caring for our children (1995). Series of six videos -
running time for each: 30 minutes. From
American Public Health Association and American Academy of Pediatrics. Available through NAEYC at www.naeyc.org. VIDEO
Beyond
nutrition: Eating for health. (1999). Running time: 22
minutes. Published by Learning
Seed. Available from
www.learningseed.com. VIDEO.
www.aap.org
(2004). Website for the American Academy
of Pediatrics. WEBSITE
www.kidshealth.org
(2004). Website for KidsHealth. WEBSITE
www.cpsc.gov
(2004). Website for Consumer Product Safety Commission. WEBSITE
www.preventchildabusega.org
(2004). Website for Prevent Child Abuse
Georgia. WEBSITE
www.zerotothree.org (2004). Website for Zero to
Three. WEBSITE
www.nncc.org (2004).
Website for the National Network for Child Care.
WEBSITE
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