Creating Healthy and Safe Environments
This webinar explores how child care health consultants can collaborate with Head Start directors and teachers to create healthy and safe learning environments.
Safe environments
Making sure environments are safe allows children to explore and learn with less risk. Promoting a culture of safety prevents injury and illness.
Review these resources to learn more about how to create safe environments.
Partner with a CCHC to Improve Health and Safety: Tips for Early Care and Education Programs
Learn how programs can find and connect with child care health consultants (CCHCs). Explore ways CCHCs can help improve program safety as well as provide professional development opportunities for staff.
Health and Safety Screener
Programs that serve young children are required to ensure that policies and procedures are in place to protect children and keep them healthy and safe. This screener will help to identify where programs need to make changes and build capacity to meet children's needs. It also contains best practices and requirements found in the Head Start Program Performance Standards.
Virtual Early Education Center: Room by Room Practices for Health and Safety
Watch this short webinar to learn about why the VEEC is important, who contributed to it, and to get a quick overview.