Chapter Eight: Promoting Good Health for Children

1. Chapter Eight: Promoting Good Health for Children

2. Health Policies • Help manage risk to good physical and mental health • Should be developed and directed for children and staff • Promote healthy practices • Lay the foundation for child care health

3. Designing a Health Policy Establish a process (What process will be followed?) Assign responsibility (Who is responsible for making sure process is followed?) Offer guidance for action (What needs to be done? Are there any time parameters for limitations?)

4. Providing High Quality Child Care Goal One  Maximizing health status of children Goal Two  Minimizing risk to health, safety, and well-being of children Goal Three  Using education as a tool to promote health and reduce risk Goal Four  Recognizing the importance of guidelines

5. Children’s Health Records Include Health history and updates Immunization records Injury reports Assessment and screening results

6. Medication log and permission Health communication history Reports of illness in care Growth chart

7. Staff Health Health History includes Name, etc. and physician’s name Pre-employment exam Immunization records TB test results Hearing and vision screening

8. Maintaining Staff Health Exposure to infectious diseases Stress Risk for back injury Potential exposure to environmental hazards

9. Providing a Mentally Healthy Environment Check to make sure that your care Establishes a good relationship with parents Respect and mutual communication Responds with consistency, predictability, and regularity

10. Establishes daily routine = security Provides support and emotional assurance for child Attention Affection Respect Mutual communication

11. Helps children to express and identify emotions Redirects anger and aggression through play and discussion Provides quiet area so child can be away from stimulation

12. Values each child’s uniqueness, including culture Promotes responsive caregiving Is flexible and reasonable in expectations

13. Promoting Good Health Health Policies Help manage risk to good physical and mental health Should be developed and directed for children and staff Promote healthy practices Lay the foundation for child care health

14. Designing a Health Policy Health Policies Establish a process (What process will be followed?) Assign responsibility (Who is responsible for making sure process is followed?) Offer guidance for action (What needs to be done? Are there any time parameters for limitations?)

15. Implications for Caregivers Role Modeling Exhibits knowledge and practice of healthy behavior Cultural Sensitivity Education

16. Reality Check:The Resilient Child Vulnerable child Genetic abnormalities Malnutrition Preterm birth Prenatal stress Drug exposure Temperament

17. Have more difficulty adapting Parent may have more difficult time coping and attaching Insecurely attached children may be more vulnerable due to Poverty Abandonment Chaotic living environment

18. Resilient child Often first born Securely attached Has high intelligence level

19. More likely to form close relationships that are trusting Have positive qualities from both sexes Outgoing Autonomous Nurturing Emotionally sensitive

20. Caregiver’s Role Vulnerable child Extra support Responsive and stimulating care Resilient child Secure attachment “Cheerleader” support

21. Reality Check:Secondhand Smoke Can lead to Respiratory diseases (asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis, and allergies) Middle-ear infections SIDS Vitamin C deficiency Behavioral problems