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- ECELS Health and Safety Checklist and Reference Document May 2010
 The staff and Pediatric Advisors from the Early Childhood Education Linkage System-Healthy Child Care Pennsylvania (ECELS) drafted the following two assessment tools.
ECELS Health and Safety Checklist - Version 1.3 – May 2010 (Revisions Shown) is a 167 item observational tool for health professionals who provide child care health consultation. It was developed to: 1) assess health and safety in the facilities and practices of early care and education (ECE) programs, 2) assess compliance with key National Health and Safety Performance Standards (Caring for Our Children, 2nd edition published by the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Public Health Association and National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care, 2002), and 3) help users develop indicated interventions. For the ECELS Health and Safety Checklist, click here.
The companion to the ECELS checklist is the References for the ECELS Health and Safety Checklist Document - Version 1.3 – May 2010 (Revisions Shown). This tool guides the user to the appropriate health and safety standard(s) and other references that are related to each item. Each item on the Health and Safety Checklist is cross-referenced with corresponding National Health and Safety Performance Standards, items from the Environmental Rating Scales (ITERS-R, the Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale – Revised Edition, ECERS-R, the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale – Revised Edition) and the Pennsylvania Child Care Facility Licensing Regulations. For the References for the ECELS Health and Safety Checklist Document, click here .
ECELS gratefully acknowledges and thanks Healthy Child Care America, the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care, the Head Start Bureau, state leaders and agency staff in CA, PA, CO, IN, NC and IA,. Their prior work and advice provided the foundation for the development of the ECELS Health and Safety Checklist and References for the ECELS Health and Safety Checklist Document. By collaborating, we leverage our limited resources and build upon the good work done by others before us. - Audioconference May 27, 2010 - Let's Talk, Child Care Health Consultants
This audioconference was conducted from 9:00 to 10:30 AM on May 27, 2010. You can listen to the audiofile by clicking here. Allow 2-3 minutes for the file to download. For questions about the audioconference for Child Care Health Consultants contact ECELS at ecels@paaap.org or 800/243-2357.
Agenda:
- Introduction
- Updates and Issued Raised by the Online CCHC Survey. See Handout.
- Keystone Babies
- STARS and STARS Awards. See Handout (Scroll down to "Health and Safety" in the handout.)
- Child Care Health Consultant Checklist Reference Document See Handout.
- Child Care Health Consultant Business Aspects
- PA Facility Regulations
- National Accreditation Systems
- Child Care Health Advocate Course. See Handout.
- ECELS Health Capsules
- Social Emotional Health
- Environmental Rating Scales (ERS) Scores. See Handout.
- Obesity Risk Reduction
- Staff Health
- Healthy Futures Medication Administration. See Handout A. and Handout B.
- Children with Special Health Care Needs
- Question and Answer
- Wrap Up
- 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. - Classroom Observation Guidelines
Suggestions to enhance the quality of observations of early education programs by health professionals - Continuum of Liability Exposure for Child Care Health Consultants
A list of services, ranked in the order of liability risk. The list was prepared in 2002 for the California Child Care Law Center. It includes specific types of services that Child Care Health Consultants might be asked to provide for early education and child care programs. This article was prepared by the Child Care Law Center for the California Child Care Health Linkages Project of the California Child Care Health Program in 2002, funded by the California Children and Families Commission. The California Child Care Health Program is a community-based organization, dedicated to enhancing the quality of child care, and is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing. Additional information is available by contacting Healthline@ucsfchildcarehealth.org or click here. - Efficacy of Child Care Health Consultants - Research Findings
Several states have conducted studies to determine the impact of the use of child care health consultants on child outcomes and program performance. The findings affirm that child care health consultants help early education and child care providers to improve health and safety in their programs. - Health and Safety Consultation in Child Care - DVD Multimedia Training [Available for Order]
A new Self Study Module is Now Available for Health Professionals and Program Directors - Health & Safety Consultation in Child Care is available to health professionals and early education/child care program directors for 3 hours of CME or 0.3 CEU credits from the U of Pittsburgh. The interactive, multi-media 2 DVD set includes a self-learning module based on the 5-part video/DVD series. The DVD set has the videos as well as electronic copies of many helpful forms and documents. These include the full text of Caring for Our Children,-The National Health and Safety Performance Standards, Model Child Care Health Policies and 12 other helpful documents. The DVD set Health & Safety Consultation in Child Care is free to PA health professionals and early education directors. (In PA, conventional videotapes of the video material on the DVD set may be borrowed from ECELS.) PA health professionals and early education directors should click on "Available for Order" and complete the form that opens. Non-Pennsylvania health professionals and early education directors may purchase the DVD or conventional video set for $99 prepaid, including postage and handling. To purchase one or more sets, follow the instructions on the flyer that appears when you click on the Title above. To view the work required for the self-learning module, click on Publicatons/Media and select Self-Learning Modules. Then click on SLM-Health Consultation. - Health Consultant Do's!
Recommendations for success as a child care health consultant. - Health Consultant Role in Food Safety and Facility Sanitation
Brochure describing the role of an environmental health professional or sanitarian as a Child Care Health Consultant to improve food safety and facility sanitation in early education programs - How to Choose and Use a Child Care Health Consultant
A brochure that describes how to find a child care health consultant to provide technical assistance and instruction on health and safety for staff and families. The text of the brochure also addresses how to assess the knowledge, skills, and work of health professionals who provide health and safety consultation and professional development for early childhood programs. This handout can be used by early educators, health consultants, policy makers and others to define and discuss the role of health consultants. Updated 4/22/09 - Knowledge and Skills of a Health Consultant
A comprehensive list of knowledge and skills that a health consultant should either have or be able to collaborate with colleagues to obtain for early education and child care providers - Liability for Providing Child Care Health Consulation
An article prepared in 2002 for the California Child Care Law Center that describes liability exposure and how to minimize risk for Child Care Health Consultants who provide services to early education and child care programs.
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