...Child Health, Safety and Nutrition CDCG 110 5-8-2012 What did I learn from this course? Health, safety and nutrition are three of the most important factors to consider when raising a child. In other words, every child should be raised with proper nutrition, good health and safety as possible, allowing him or her to grow with a great well-being. Something that I've learned about this class is that in today’s fast-paced world where the child’s safety and health issues are rapidly growing, more than fifty sites online present health and safety guidelines for the public to consider. These websites given to us has really opened up a door for me to look into my own life as well as my child's development. Another thing I've learned about this course is that the interrelationship between health, safety, and nutrition regarding children is very important. Understanding certain guidelines, and potential hazardous conditions can help prevent physical and emotional incidents. I never really thought all three of these subjects were all correlated, of course I thought they all meant something important but together they really do emphasize the importance of a child well-being as a whole. Through the projects and online discussions I've also found that even though we all talk about a different subject we all have a common goal and that is to further understand that health, safety and nutrition starts with the family and how it all can affect one's life as they get older. Some of...
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...Article: On the Folly of Rewarding A, While Hoping for B Author: Steven Kerr Situation # 2 Every year bonuses are given only to employees who have reached a certain level of education (which includes industry trainings). Once this education level has been reached you are guaranteed this bonus for as long as you work for my company. Concept # 2 Reward systems are to be created to reinforce good performance/ behavior. Rewards should be frequent and immediate. You should never use punishment to train someone. Experience # 2 Since the current reward system rewards only the few who are able to sit through two 10-hour long courses on a weekend; I do not feel as though it is a goal that should be reinforced. If training is of importance to a company, it should be provided at a convenient time. If we want to increase employee training, then we should reward continued training participation (this one time achievement should not be rewarded every year). Instead, a good measure in the cafeterias for performance is percentage of participation. In certain areas of the district is it very easy to have 90% participation when other schools just meet 30%. I have recently proposed a reward system for increased participation. Schools will post district-wide the increase of participation based on percentage. The district will be divided into 4 sections based on starting participation and the schools within those sections with the highest increase each week, gets a recognition letter sent to...
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...for Elizabeth Darkhabani’s EC120/EEC1734 Section 01 Health Safety and Nutrition Spring 2013. Ensuring a well-run, purposeful program responsive to participant’s needs As an early childhood educator I must have knowledge and understanding of children and their process of development and growth, training in the policies and guidelines of the childcare facility, skills to implement developmentally appropriate practices, age appropriate curriculum and effective communication skills to build and maintain relationships with the families in order to ensure a well-run, purposeful high-quality program responsive to participant’s needs. High quality standards in early education for children are met with implementing these six major goals. The first goal is to maximize the health status of the child. I would implement this goal by keeping the environment and the toys that the children use clean and sanitized daily. I would also discuss with parents care routines such as brushing and flossing and suitable times for bed to maintain the well-being of their child at home. The second goal is minimizing risks. Posting emergency procedures and practicing them periodically is what I would do to minimize risks of panics in an actual emergency. The third goal is using education as a tool. I would access community resources such as dentists and doctors to come and speak with the children about their health and nutrition. I would also send home information pamphlets and websites that will encourage...
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...are open. This is important to know if you will have enough time to pick up and drop off your child without being rushed. This can be crucial for not only you but also your child, a parent who is not rushed is a parent that will usually be more calm and less stressed. Making not only you but also your child more comfortable and at ease to continue the rest of the day. Payments: What kind of payments do they accept? It is important to ask the staff what type of payments they accept as for this can determine what would be the easiest way for you to pay for the quality of care. Ask if there are payment plans available and when these payments will be due....
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...Title: SAFETY PRACTICES AND POLICIES By: Cheryl Wilcox Walden University Edu- 1005-1 Professor Erin Eissler While reading "Safety, Nutrition, and health in early childhood and working as a teacher for Head Start, I have learned about the different hazardous situations and safety threats, safety policy, ways to prevent these hazardous situations and safety threats from happening, and how families ensure the safety of a child at home. HAZARDOUS SITUATIONS AND SAFETY THREATS First, poison is one of the most common items found in households and early childhood education environment. These items are cleaners, medicines, plants, pesticides, and certain foods that can poison children if it gets into their system. In my classroom Head Start requires me to keep chemicals and other poisonous items in a locked cabinet unreachable to children, and post poison control number by the phone. Plants that are poisonous like poison ivy, poison oak, and sumac are not present in the classroom environment because it damages the skin by causing rashes. Families can ensure the safety of their children by storing all poisonous materials in a locked cabinet; examine all plants in home, and post poison control number by phone. It helps when the child is taught by teacher are parent what type of foods are good to eat and what is not, encourage children not to put any type of poisoning items in their mouth, and why we keep poison materials locked in a cabinet. Second, U.S PIRG Education...
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...thirty-six months of age. Their eligibility is based on families with incomes at or below 200 percent poverty level, single parent homes, and teen parent homes will have the priority and all services will be provided free of charge. Children who don’t meet the criteria, but have documented development issues will also have a priority. The First Steps Infant & Toddler Program will offer a full-day and/or full-year care for working families. The full-day/ full-year care program is supervised by professionals in early child development....
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...important to note that the term “failure to thrive” is used to describe elderly individuals with declining health, and individuals who are losing the ability to perform the functions need to survive. Children are deemed as individuals who are failing to thrive when their rate of growth does not meet the expected growth rate for a child their age. Reasons for children’s failure to thrive can be medical, such as Anorexia or their refusal to eat from chronic medical problems, such as Renal Disease, Cancer, Congenital Heart Disease, Metabolic Disorders, liver disease, HIV infection, or gastrointestinal reflux. It can range from mild to moderate to severe in individuals with diagnoses such as cerebral palsy, autism, and fetal alcohol syndrome. Other reasons that can lead to a child’s failure to thrive can be emotional or behavioral in origin. When a child is not receiving adequate nutrition or the child has an inability to receive adequate nutrition the child is unable gain weight and grow in a healthy manner. Failure to thrive has an enormous impact on the child's physical and mental growth. If the underlying conditions are not taken care of, a child who is experiencing failure to thrive will become irritable and apathetic and my not reach developmental markers at the usual ages for most...
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...Children’s Functional Health Pattern Assessment Functional Health Pattern Assessment (FHP) | Toddler Erickson’s Developmental Stage: AUTONOMY VS SHAME & DOUBT WILL TOILET TRAINING | Preschool-Aged Erickson’s Developmental Stage: INITIATIVE VS GUILT PURPOSE EXPLORATION | School-Aged Erickson’s Developmental Stage: INDUSTRY VS INFERIORITY COMPETENCE SCHOOL | Pattern of Health Perception and Health Management: List two normal assessment findings that would be characteristic for each age group. List two potential problems that a nurse may discover in an assessment of each age group. | Toddlers are ready to develop a sense of self and separate from their parents, and understanding and respecting this evolving independence is a common parental challenge. (Edelman&Mandle, 2010). Toddlers depend and rely on their parents/ caregivers for health management | Preschoolers are naturally curious And are capable of being actively involved in health promotion and prevention including oral care, bathing | School age children perceive health as it relates to the germ theory School age children are passive by asking fewer questions regarding their health. | | Parents may fall into pattern of illness care, missing the continued opportunity to receive antipatory guidance and health promotion information until preschool or school requirements bring them back in. (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2008) Parents have inaccurate...
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...for facilities to operate. States have regulations that include the requirements facilities must comply with and policies to support the enforcement of those regulations." Licensing is essential to the prevention of harm to children, including health and safety risks, injury, developmental impairment, fire and building hazards, adequate supervision, and developmentally appropriate activities. The purpose of the study was two-fold: 1) to report state care licensing programs and policies and 2) to report childcare center licensing regulations. NARA distributed the 2005 NARA Child Care Licensing Program Survey to all state childcare licensing agencies in order to gather information from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The report compiled data on childcare facility requirements, including education and training of childcare staff, supervision of children in care (child-staff ratios), health, nutrition, behavior guidance, and specialized care, activities, materials and equipment facilities are to provide, and finally, environmental safety, health safety, hygiene, transportation, and emergency preparedness. Judy Collins, president of NARA, states that regulations alone are not enough to ensure that children are...
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...Assessment of the child: Functional Health Pattern Analysis Worksheet Cristian Zambrana Grand Canyon University: NRS-434V August 8, 2014 Children’s Functional Health Pattern Assessment Functional Health Pattern Assessment (FHP) | Toddler Erickson’s Developmental Stage: Autonomy vs. Shame/Doubt (Edelman & Mandle, 2010) | Preschool-Aged Erickson’s Developmental Stage: Initiative vs. Guilt (Edelman & Mandle, 2010) | School-Aged Erickson’s Developmental Stage: Industry vs. Inferiority. (Edelman & Mandle, 2010) | Pattern of Health Perception and Health Management: List two normal assessment findings that would be characteristic for each age group. List two potential problems that a nurse may discover in an assessment of each age group. | When a toddler feels bad they say they are sick. Health management is dependent on caregivers. Brushing teeth and washing hands are basic health promotional activities that a toddler can perform at direction of parent. | Preschoolers can verbalize pain. Preschoolers are curious about body their own bodies and its functions Preschoolers have an accurate perception of the external parts of their own bodies. Preschoolers view the internal part of body as hollow. | School-age children are aware of how their own body functions and when it is ailing School-aged children have an abstract understanding of the definition of health and factors causing illness and recognize...
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...Appropriate Classroom Environment Taheera Clark Administration of Early Childhood Ed. Programs ECE312 Professor Toro January 16, 2012 Developmentally Appropriate Practices are based on research that proves overwhelmingly that quality early childhood experiences foster optimal development of the whole child. The classroom serves as a developmentally appropriate learning environment which supports children’s initiatives to explore, investigate, observe and experiment, while allowing for appropriate risk taking within safe boundaries. In a developmentally appropriate classroom, assessment of young children is ongoing, authentic, and purposeful. Observational assessment shows children’s progress over time, while work samples and documentation of students’ work help to guide the curriculum plan. Teachers adapt instruction to the developmental needs and learning styles of the students; results of assessment are used to improve and individualize instruction. Teachers create an intellectually engaging, responsive environment to promote each child’s learning and development. This environment fosters self-esteem, self-concept and social competence. The following guidelines describe aspects of a developmentally appropriate environment: * The classroom contains areas in which children can select and plan their activities. * The classroom has areas for quiet and active social interactions. * The classroom contains clearly labeled areas with words and pictures to encourage...
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...A toddler is considered a child between the ages of one and three. During these years, significant growth and changes are made cognitively, emotionally, and developmentally. Physical growth and motor development skills tend to occur at a gradual rate. According to Pillitteri, the developmental task for a toddler is to learn autonym vs. shame and doubt. Toddlers will become overjoyed with completing new tasks and find praise stimulating. Toddlers will continue to attempt to complete new task. Examples of task toddlers complete include successful toilet training, unwrapping a piece of candy, and finishing a nursery rhyme independently. Pillitteri describes that toddlers like to complete task independent, and at their own pace. At this stage they will begin to have temper tantrums and bad behaviors from frustration. (Sparks & Taylor, 2011). Toddlers thinking process is based on intuition and usually not logic. Most toddlers do not comprehend concepts such as time, comparison, and cause and effect. Rowland believes that during this stage, toddlers should be able to understand two to three steps directions, sort objects by color and shape, and repeat actions that are observed, and express a wide...
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...ECE 214 WEEK 1 ASSIGNMENT NUTRITION ISSUES To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/ece-214-week-1-assignment-nutrition-issues/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM ECE 214 WEEK 1 ASSIGNMENT NUTRITION ISSUES Proper health and nutrition is of critical importance to the growth and development of young children, yet many American children suffer from nutrition issues. Choosing either malnutrition or obesity, address the following: 1. 1. Discuss the short- and long-term impacts of this nutrition issue on children’s growth and development. 2. Describe a specific child (within the early childhood age range of birth to age eight) who has this nutrition issue. This may be a child you know or you can describe a fictitious child. In your description, address how the child’s school day is affected by the issue and describe three specific ways the early childhood teacher addresses the issue in the school or center setting. 3. Describe three specific ways to combat this nutrition issue that involve collaboration among school, family, and community (e.g., parent education, school breakfast, and lunch programs, etc.. The paper should be three to four pages in length, in addition to the title page and the reference page. Use at least two scholarly sources in addition to your text. Your paper should also be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used...
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...Shahd Goneid ID : 151981 Group : E Dr. Nancy Nour Child Labor in Egypt Due to gaps between rich and poor in the recent years, Child labor arose. Employment of children under the legal age and keeping them from attending schools is remarkably increasing. Working children issue is a threat that has a negative economic effect on every country throughout the world, especially in the development of nations. Africa and Asia combined account for over 90 percent of total child Labor (ILO, n.d). Child labor remarkably develops from country sides and rural areas where there is high capacity that leads to ignorance and poverty. Talking about Africa, Egypt in specific, the estimated number of working children in Egypt is almost 1.6 million (Feteha, 2011). The following essay will tackle down the causes, the effects, the previous solutions and their limitations of this problem as well as a suggested solution will be provided to rectify this widespread problem. According to Ragab(n.d) , in order to exempt their families’ members from education, food and clothing cost, young girls are usually sent as domestic maids to homes of the county’s elites ;moreover, they maybe also daughters of doormen, servants, or porters, usually oriented from country sides. Girls at that part are bound by their employers’ commands as they send the girl’s family income, leaving her dependent which is a cause to child labor. One of the effects of this issue that can occur due to labor at early age is...
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