Early Education

WEEK 3 CONTENT REVIEW

Course Text:

• Safety, Nutrition, and Health in Early Education (5th ed.)
• • Chapter 5, “Emergency Response Procedures for Early Childhood Education Environments” (pp. 180−188)
  • Chapter 11, “Prevention of Illness in Early Childhood Education Environments Through Infection Control” (pp. 423−456)
  • Chapter 12, “Promoting Wellness through Supportive Health Care” (pp. 459−489)
  • Chapter 13, “Providing for Special Health Care Needs” (pp. 493−518)

Note: Peruse the following Web sites and online articles. You will need to refer to these resources when completing your Discussion and Application Assignment.

Web Sites:

• American Red Cross: Prepare for Emergencies with American Red Cross First Aid, CPR and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Courses
  http://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/Learn-About-Our-Programs
  (Includes descriptions of training in American Red Cross First Aid and CPR)
• American Heart Association: CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
  http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/CPRAndECC/CPR_UCM_001118_SubHomePage.jsp
  (Includes listings for courses on CPR and emergency cardiovascular care, including Heartsaver Pediatric First Aid, which was designed specifically to meet the needs of childcare workers)

Online Reading List for Discussion Assignment (you will choose only ONE area of interest; see Discussion for further instructions):

• Asthma and/or Allergies
• • Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
    http://www.asthmaandallergies.org/
  • Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. (n.d.). Asthma-friendly child care: A checklist for parents and providers. Retrieved February 2, 2009, from http://www.asthmaandallergies.org
  • Used by permisson of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, New England Chapter. www.asthmaandallergies.org
• Diabetes
• • Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International. (2008, November). Type 1 diabetes (juvenile diabetes) facts [Fact sheet]. Retrieved from http://jdrf.org/about-jdrf/fact-sheets/type-1-diabetes-facts/
  • American Diabetes Association. (2003). Care of children with diabetes in the school and day care setting [Position statement]. Retrieved from http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/26/suppl_1/s131.full
• HIV/AIDS
• • American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric AIDS. (2000). Education of children with human immunodeficiency virus infection [Policy statement]. Pediatrics, 105(6), 1358–1360. Retrieved from http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;105/6/1358
    Reproduced with permission of the American Academy of Pediatrics in the format Scan via Copyright Clearance Center.
  • Dunn, A. (2004, July). HIV/AIDS: What about very young children? Findings. Retrieved from http://www.asksource.info/pdf/30879_findings02-hiv-ecd_2004.pdf
• Seizure Disorders
• • Mauro, T. (n.d.). Preparing the school for your child with a seizure disorder. Retrieved November 18, 2008, from About.com: http://specialchildren.about.com/od/seizuresandepilepsy/a/SDschool.htm
  • Epilepsy.com: Guide for Teachers and Parents
    http://nichcy.org/disability/specific/epilepsy

Optional Resources

Web Sites:

• American Academy of Pediatrics: Articles Published by Early Education and Child Care Colleagues
  http://www.aap.org/en-us/Pages/Default.aspx
• Keep Kids Healthy.com: CPR and Kids
  http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/welcome/firstaid/cpr_kids.html
• Learn CPR: You Can Do It!
  http://depts.washington.edu/learncpr/
• NICHCY: Epilepsy
  http://www.nichcy.org/disabilities/specific/pages/epilepsy.aspx

Articles:

• Gupta, R. S., Shuman, S., Taveras, E. M., Kulldorff, M., & Finkelstein, J. A. (2005). Opportunities for health promotion education in child care. Pediatrics, 116(4), e499−e505. Retrieved fromhttp://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/116/4/e499.full.pdf
• Copeland, K. A., Duggan, A. K., & Shope, T. R. (2005). Knowledge and beliefs about guidelines for exclusion of ill children from child care. Ambulatory Pediatrics, 5(6), 365−371. Retrieved from
  http://auth.waldenulibrary.org/ezpws.exe?url=http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=940385041&sid=1&Fmt=6&clientId=70192&RQT=309&VName=PQD
• Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care. (n.d.). A guide to developing sample health care policies: For licensed group child care and school-age programs. Retrieved November 15, 2008, fromhttp://www.eec.state.ma.us/docs1/forms_techasst/technical_assistance/health_care_policies.pdf