Health Education Materials for Parents and Staff
All children can exhibit challenging behavior sometimes. How parents respond can be key to how a child develops. Find ways to help parents and staff positively respond to children's behavior.
All children can exhibit challenging behavior sometimes. How parents respond can be key to how a child develops. Find ways to help parents and staff positively respond to children's behavior.
Learn how timely vision screening is an important step in early detection of any possible vision problems.
Home visitors are in a unique position to assess, promote, and model good hygiene. Discover tips to improve your skills in helping families minimize the spread of germs that can cause illness.
Learn the facts about Zika, how to prevent it and what to do if someone in your program has it.
Learn the facts about Impetigo, how to prevent it and what to do if someone in your program has it.
Use this fact sheet to better understand how child health may impact assessment. It includes a list of tools that programs can use to improve child assessment strategies..
Learn the facts about Dengue, how to prevent it and what to do if someone in your program has it.
Learn more about this serious transmissible disease that can be fatal. It is caused by an Ebola virus found in several African countries. Outbreaks have been sporadic.
Families depend on programs to keep their children safe at all times. This includes when they travel to and from the program by bus. This sample sign-in sheet has a written attendance log that staff and family members can sign every time a child gets on and off the bus. There is also a space on the sheet for a photo of each child. The photos help staff with name-to-face recognition, so they always release the right child to an authorized adult. These simple injury prevention strategies can help staff account for all children who ride the bus.
Use this case study in trainings with mental health consultants, education supervisors, and other early childhood staff. Learn to observe and recognize children's temperance temperament traits and determine if the child-caregiver relationship is a good fit.