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.
As part of Head Start’s comprehensive services, every Head Start program provides services to promote health, behavioral health, and safety for children and families. New and experienced health services staff can use these resources to learn more about health services and the role of health services staff. This topic area also includes professional development resources for health services staff, child care health consultants, and others who support health services across all early care and education settings.
Watch this short webinar to learn about why the VEEC is important, who contributed to it, and to get a quick overview.
Health Services Advisory Committees (HSAC) help programs make decisions about health services. Use this kit to help plan, recruit, engage, and evaluate the work of the HSAC.
This webinar discusses challenging behaviors and how the environment can impact behavior. Learn strategies to better identify triggers and how to help children manage their emotions.
This webinar focuses on caregivers stress and wellness. Learn what wellness is and strategies to identify and reduce stress.
Caring for Our Children Basics (CFOC Basics) represents the minimum health and safety standards required in Head Start and child care programs, family child care homes, and other places children are cared for outside of their own home. These standards seek to reduce redundancy across requirements for programs with multiple funding streams.
Read this companion document to the Tool to Support Health Managers and Staff. Program directors, health managers, and health staff can use it to promote successful job performance and support career development.
Explore this tool supporting learning of the Head Start health services competencies.