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FACT SHEETS/OTHER HANDOUTS |
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- Active Play - Environmental Rating Scale Items
This document prepared by Michelle Bossers, M.Ed - (Project Manager Keystone STARS Environmental Rating Scale Assessment) references the standards and describes the current measurement of compliance with national recommendations for safe, active play areas in the Keystone STARS program. The material was presented during an ECELS "Let's Talk" audioconference on Safe Active Play in August 2004. Note - for more information about Safe Active Play, see the ECELS self-learning module (SLM - Safe Active Play) listed in the Self-Learning Modules subsection of this Section. - Active Play Areas Safety Checklist (Brief)
Elizabeth Hope Caesar developed this checklist for a Let's Talk audioconference held in September 2004. The checklist is based on the recommendations of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission and the American Society for Testing and Materials Standards. Ms. Caesar is an early education provider and an instructor for Certified Playground Safety Inspectors. Use this checklist to evaluate the safety of your playground. - Asthma
General information for parents and caregivers about asthma, the most frequently occuring chronic illness in children. - Asthma and Smoking
General information for parents and caregivers about the adverse effects of smoking on children with asthma.
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- Behavioral Data Collection Sheet
A form that helps early education providers document for parents and health professionls observations of the child. This documentation facilitates communication when there are concerns about a child's behavior. - Care Plan for a Child with Special Needs in Child Care
When children with special needs are in group care, information should be shared by parents and the child’s primary health care provider (PCP) with those who care for him/her. This Care Plan is used to communicate information to child care practitioners who are non-medical professionals. Child care practitioners should make sure they understand the information and obtain any training necessary. Children with special needs will require the completion of the parts of this Care Plan that document their daily or emergency needs. Additional information may be required for some children. The supplemental forms referred to in the Care Plan can be found in the “Forms” section of the ECELS website. For an explanation of each of the parts of the Care Plan, click here.8/30/12
- CY-47 Form: Report of Suspected Child Abuse
PA Department of Public Welfare’s form for mandated reporters to document information about suspected child abuse and neglect. Mandated reporters call ChildLine at 800/932-0313 to report suspected abuse and submit this completed form within 48 hours to the county children and youth agency. For more information and professional development on child abuse and neglect, see the online ECELS Child Abuse and Neglect Self-Learning Module. 5/24/12 - Emergency Information Form for Children with Special Health Care Needs
This hyperlink is to a form that is posted on the website of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The form records health information for children with special health care needs. It can also be used to prepare for emergencies so that a child's medical history, medications, and treatments are accessible to emergency services personnel.
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- Use Current Version of Adobe for Active PDF Website Links
To read and use weblinks in PDF documents on this website, be sure you have Adobe Reader, Version 7 or a more current version. It is free to download from www.adobe.com. - Child Care Health & Safety Print and Web Resources
The American Academy of Pediatrics worked with the Healthy Child Care Consultant Network Support Center to create a list of essential books, manuals, articles, policies, and web sites for improving health and safety in group care settings. Click here to view the webpage that was posted 12/06. - Child Care Health Advocate Course - Nutrition and Physical Activity
With permission from the California Training Institute, Susan S. Aronson, MD updated the Child Care Health Advocate curriculum reading material in the Nutrition and Physical Activity module. The first edition module, dated 2006, is available online at www.ucsfchildcarehealth.org. The resulting updated chapter includes the content of the early released standards from the 3rd edition of Caring for Our Children. This updated chapter is required reading for the college credit-bearing Child Care Health Advocate Course now taught at Northampton Community College as an on-campus or online course. Reviewers were: Bobbie Rose, RN, Child Care Health Consultant for the California Childcare Health Program, and Kristen Copeland, MD, Cincinnati Children's Hospital for the material that cited her work. - Diapering Poster
Download a fully Illustrated, up to date, tri-fold Diapering Poster. CCA Global created the poster with guidance from the staff of ECELS. The Delaware Valley Association for the Education of Young Children (DVAEYC) facilitated the arrangement. CCA Global is DVAEYC’s provider of shared services. Reproduce and distribute the poster freely to child care professionals. Be sure to retain the citation and copyright. CCA Global gave permission for this free access. Nobody may sell the poster without permission from CCA Global. The poster demonstrates the procedure for safe and sanitary diapering. The source of the steps in the poster is Caring for Our Children, 3rd Edition, a publication of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Public Health Association, and the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education.
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SELF-LEARNING MODULES |
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- Health Capsule-Professional Development Online in PA from ECELS
Is it difficult or costly to get to a workshop or have a workshop on site? Are you interested in learning the latest information about health and safety? ECELS-Healthy Child Care PA offers 22 topics online to help PA early education and child care providers earn professional development credit. Anyone with access to the internet may use the self-learning modules. For those who work in Pennsylvania, the self-learning modules meet STAR Level 2 Performance Standards for Health and Safety. Most of the modules provide 2 hours of professional development credit. The online self-learning modules are easy to access and complete at your convenience. With 22 module topics and frequent updates, there is always something new to learn. Read about how Pennsylvania early education and child care professionals can take advantage of a limited time, no-fee offer for ECELS to review completed modules and to award state-authorized training credit for one of the new, media-rich self-learning modules.Click here to learn more. 9/10/12 - Self-Learning Modules: To Order Materials and Obtain Professional Development Credit
 ECELS offers self-learning modules for use and review for credit by ECELS-Healthy Child Care PA staff to Pennsylvania early learning and child care practitioners. Beginning July 1, 2010, ECELS requires a $10 per person co-pay for review of completed self-learning modules. Payment is by check, payable to the PA Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. ECELS encourages use of online materials on this website by anyone who wants to improve care for children. The self-learning modules are listed below in the following order for each type of format: 1) Online learning materials 2) Online learning materials combined with hard-copy print and/or audiovisual materials and 3) hard-copy print materials only. Each self-learning module offers state-authorized Professional Development credit. Read the descriptions on this web page to learn about each self-learning module.Note many of the modules are approved to meet the STAR Level 2 Performance Standard for Health and Safety. Some require materials you must obtain from ECELS and some include A-V materials from ECELS that you can keep to use over and over again. Click on the title “Self-Learning Modules: To Order Materials and ...“ above this text to view the following details: registering for credit and how to obtain the hard-copy and A-V materials that some of the self-learning modules require. If you already have the module materials and only need a Registration Form for ECELS Self-Learning Modules, click on the link provided here. If sending a check for the completion of a module by more than one person in a program, include the Module Review Payment Form, and for each individual seeking credit, a Registration Form and the individually completed self-learning module. (Updated 2/14/11) - SLM Online - Active Play (Safe Active Play) [Available for Order]
Learn how to keep your indoor and outdoor active play areas safe. Uses Safe Active Play video/DVD and Dirty Dozen online activities to recognize hazards and a checklist based on current CPSC and ASTM guidelines to asses the areas where children play. Submit completed module with the Registration Form and $10 per person fee for ECELS to review the work for professional development credit. Revised 10/08. Instructions updated 2/19/10 (ECERS-ITERS: Space and Furnishings, Activities, Interaction. K7C2-84-2 hours credit.Meets STAR Level 2 Performance Standard for Health and Safety) - SLM Online - Asthma [Available for Order]
Asthma is one of the most common chronic illnesses of childhood. Learn about asthma and how teachers/caregivers can take care of young children with asthma. Includes easy-to-understand print material on asthma and a link to an on-line video to view. PA child care practitioners may submit a self-assessment for professional development credit. Click on the title of the self-learning module for the instructions and active links to access all parts of this self-learning module. Alternately, click on "Available For Order" next to the title of the self-learning module or on "Request Self-Learning Modules" on the left pane of this page to order the video for this module, and use the other active links for the Asthma Handbook and the Asthma Self-Learning Module content. Be sure to submit the completed module with a Registration Form and a check for the $10 per person fee required for ECELS to review each module for state-authorized professional development credit. Updated 2/19/10 (ECERS-ITERS: Program Structure. Personal Care Routines. K7C2-84; 2 hours credit. Meets STARS Level 2 Performance Standard for Health and Safety)
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- ACF - Administration for Children and Families
The US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families website provides comprehensive information on federal programs serviing families: Adoption and Foster Care, Child Abuse and Neglect, Child Care, Child Support, Head Start, TANF and more. - American Academy of Pediatrics
The professional organization of pediatricians, pediatric medical and surgical specialists whose mission is to serve as advocates for children and pediatrics. View standards of child health supervision, including immunizations. Publications about common childhood illnesses, child development, behavior management and other problems may be purchased.The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) also offers free handouts with useful tips on seasonally appropriate topics. Feel free to give out this information or include the information in your newsletters as long as you cite the AAP as the source. - California Child Care Health Program
This regularly updated website includes health and safety obseration and policy checklists, lesson plans for health professionals to teach health and safety to early education and child care providers, fact sheets, posters and information packets, as well as content-rich newsletters for providers and health consultants. The Asthma, Oral Health, and Lead Poisoning modules are rich resources. The module on asthma includes a downloadable video that is specific to management of this health problem in child care, as well as posters on triggers and handling asthma emergencies in the group care setting. The state-specific references to California may not apply elsewhere, but are easy to identify in the materials. - Center for the Developing Child
The mission of this Harvard-based center is to leverage scientific evidence to enhance child well-being. The center's website has a series of easily understood short videos and longer well-referenced policy papers. These tools have excellent graphics to explain how both positive and negative early influences on the young child affect the development of the child's brain and life-long health. The evidence discussed in the website materials clearly indicate the economic, social and community benefits of investment in quality experiences from the prenatal period onward.
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- Workshop Request Procedure (Please Read First)
ECELS arranges on-site health and safety workshops for early education and child care providers in Pennsylvania. Workshops can be subsidized if funding is available, or arranged on a fee-for-service basis. To learn more about the procedure and which topics the state has approved to meet the STAR Level 2 Performance Standard for Health and Safety, click on the title above this text. To view an updated list of all the individual workshops that are available, click here or scroll down the list of topics below. If a workshop on a health or safety topic is desired that is not specifically listed, ask ECELS to arrange for a workshop provided by a health professional who is an expert on this topic. You may discuss your workshop request by e-mail or telephone using the contact information in the Handy Tools on the left pane of this page. (Updated 10/08) - WKSHP-Active Play (Safe Active Play)
Highlights 12 most common active play hazards. Emphasizes the use of certified playground inspectors, facility checklists and injury reports to identify and remove significant hazards, and teaches how to maintain safe play areas. Workshop was revised in 2008. (ECERS-ITERS: Space and Furnishings, Interaction, Activities. K7C2-84; 2 hours credit. Meets STAR Level 2 Performance Standard for Health and Safety) - WKSHP-Asthma
Interactive discussion, visual aids and hands-on demonstrations to address the causes, symptoms, bodily responses, and current prevention and management for asthma episodes. (ECERS-ITERS: Program Structure, Personal Care Routines. K7C2-84; 2 hours credit; meets STAR Level 2 Performance Standard for Health and Safety) - WKSHP-Blood-borne Pathogens: Keeping Safe While Touching Blood or Other Body Fluids
This workshop highlights special practices needed to protect staff and children from contact with blood or other potentially infectious body fluids. Learn how to minimize your risk of exposure to disease causing pathogens (germs, viruses, etc.) Learn how to meet Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements. Explore your facility's policies and Exposure Control Plan. Discuss how to handle a biting incident. (ECERS-ITERS: Personal Care Routines, Parents and Staff. K7 C2-84; 2 hours credit. Meets STAR Level 2 Performance Standard for Health and Safety)
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