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ECE 1050 - Health, Safety and Nutrition
Course Description This course 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.
Competency Areas	Hours
CPR and First Aid	Class	5
Health Issues	D. Lab	0
Safety Issues	P. Lab/O.B.I.	0
Child Abuse and Neglect	Credit	5
Nutritional Needs of Children

Prerequisite:	Provisional admission
Corequisite:

Course Guide

Competency	After completing this section, the student will be able to:	Hours
		Class	D.Lab	P.Lab/ O.B.I.
CPR and First Aid		10	0	0
Certification	Obtain certification in CPR and first aid
Health Issues		15	0	0
Symptoms of illness	Recognize symptoms of common illnesses
Communicable diseases	Describe precautions to take in preventing the spread of communicable diseases, including Standard Precautions
	Identify child care center exclusion policies and procedures
Health Records	Outline procedures for: maintaining health and immunization records; administering prescribed medications.
Safety Issues		10	0	0
Indoor safety	Identify potential indoor safety hazards
	Describe procedures for emergency drills
Outdoor safety	Identify potential outdoor safety hazards
	Describe safe utilization and adult supervision of outdoor equipment and materials
Transportation safety	Describe use of approved safety restraint when transporting a child
	Describe safety procedures for arrival/departure/loading/unloading children
Record Keeping	Examine examples of accident, injury, and illness reports.
Health and safety education	Review examples of health and safety education activities for children.
CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT		5	0	0
Physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, and neglect	Identify symptoms of abuse and neglect
	Describe protocol for reporting abuse and neglect
	Discuss techniques for working with an abused or neglected child
NUTRITIONAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN		10	0	0
Diet and nutrition	Identify nutritional needs for children
Meals and snacks	Describe procedures for serving meals and snacks

Suggested Resources

Text	Robertson, C. (2003). Safety, nutrition and health in early education. 2^nd ed. New York: Delmar
Text	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. 5^th 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. 4^th 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 & 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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Posted: 01/06/09