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Early
Education and Child Care in Action
E-News for Health Professionals
An electronic newsletter for members
of the AAP Section on Early Education and
Child Care and their child care partners
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Issue #2, August 2006
1. Welcome to the New AAP
Section on Early Education and Child Care!
2. Resources
- Resources Available Regarding Lessons Learned
From Hurricane Katrina
- Nationwide Child Care Disaster Planning Initiative
- Is Child Care Ready?
- The Healthy Child Care Consultant Network Support
Center (NSC) New Website
3. News and Announcements
- International Conference on Health and Safety
in Child Care
- Child Care and Australia
- Abstract Reviewers Needed for the 2007 PAS Meeting
- Call for Articles
4. Upcoming Conferences
- Early Childhood Networking Meeting: Implementing
Comprehensive Systems for Early Childhood
- AAP National Convention and Exhibition (NCE)
- American Public Health Association (APHA)
- National Association for the Education of Young
Children (NAEYC)
- National Association of Child Care Resource and
Referral Agencies
- Pediatrics Academic Society
5. Funding Opportunity
1. Welcome to
the New AAP Section on Early Education and Child Care:
Message from the Chairperson
Elaine Donoghue, MD
We Need Your Help - Complete the Survey Today!
Welcome to the fall…In last month's newsletter,
we asked you to complete our online survey to document
your interests/activities in early education and child
care. Thank you to the 33 members who have completed
this! If you have not yet done this, please do so right
away - the Executive Committee would like to discuss
the results in early October, and your feedback is very
important to us as we begin our work as a new Section.
If you complete the survey and send a message to childcare@aap.org
we will send you a new resource and will put your name
in a drawing to receive a packet of AAP resources.
PLEASE
CLICK HERE to complete the Section online survey
NOW.
Membership Update
I want to take this opportunity to provide you with
an update regarding our Section on Early Education and
Child Care membership. During July 2006, membership
in the Section increased from 203 to 225, or a total
of 22 members! This is exciting news as we continue
our recruitment efforts.
Thank you for your continued support in the Section
on Early Education and Child Care Initiatives.
Sincerely,
Elaine
2. Resources:
Resources Available Regarding Lessons Learned From
Hurricane Katrina:
There are 2 new resources to help you plan ahead for
unexpected emergencies or disasters. As you review these,
please remember that a majority of young children are
in early education and child care settings during the
day, so it's important to remind parents to talk to
their child's caregiver or teacher about how to communicate
and where to meet, if something unexpected occurs. In
your work with child care programs and other child health
advocates, you can emphasize the need to communicate
up front as well.
- A Disaster Preparedness Plan for Pediatricians
Disaster Preparedness Plan for Pediatricians -- One
of Hurricane Katrina's harshest lessons was the importance
of a solid and comprehensive disaster plan. Pediatricians
need to prepare themselves and their practices so
that we can better care for children during and after
the next catastrophe. This preparedness handbook is
targeted specifically to pediatricians and draws upon
the experiences of physicians, nurses, and families
who witnessed Katrina first-hand, as well as input
from other experts in preparedness.
- A Family Readiness Kit
A family readiness kit has been prepared to help Mississippians
prepare themselves and their families for future disasters.
The lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina taught
that we have not done enough to prepare ourselves
for what might occur. This kit contains information
about how to prepare yourself as well as how to work
with your neighborhood and community and how to deal
with the situations that children may encounter after
a disaster.
Click here
for additional information on both documents.
In addition, the National Association for Child
Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) has just
launched their
Nationwide Child Care Disaster Planning Initiative
- Is Child Care Ready?
on their web site here.
These resources include:
Is
Child Care Ready?: A Disaster-Planning Guide for Child
Care Resource & Referral Agencies
Disaster
Preparation: A Training for Child Care Centers
Disaster
Preparation: A Training for Family Child Care Providers
and for parents:
What's
the Plan?: Ask Your Child Care Provider Before A Disaster
The Healthy Child Care Consultant Network Support
Center (NSC) is delighted to announce the launch of
our new website and to invite you to visit it here.
The NSC, funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau,
supports the goals of Healthy Child Care America and
the state Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems by strengthening
statewide networks of child care health consultants
(CCHCs). The website is designed to support CCHCs, local
child care providers, state health and child care leaders,
and others interested in child care health consulting.
It includes:
CCHC Registry - The Registry contains profiles
of active CCHCs who were trained by the National Training
Institute for Child Care Health Consultants (NTI) or
by NTI graduates. State and national policy makers and
child care providers can search the Registry for information
about CCHCs in a given state or geographic area, and/or
with specific expertise.
State CCHC Profiles - The profiles tell the
story of CCHC activities in each state and territory.
Each profile includes information on ways that states
and territories define, fund, train, and use health
consultants as well as selected demographic data and
contact information for child care and health care leaders.
A powerful Facts Wizard enables site users to search
and compare CCHC data across states and territories.
Resources - Resources include links to relevant
websites, articles and other publications, and state
CCHC resources. It also includes the NSC's recent publication,
The Influence of Child Care Health Consultants in Promoting
Children's Health and Well-Being: A Report of Selected
Resources.
3. News and Announcements:
International Conference on Health and Safety in
Child Care
The AAP Provisional Section on Early Education and Child
Care and Section on International Child Health are working
in partnership with key leadership organizations to
plan an international child care health and safety conference
that will likely be held sometime in 2008. About 27
representatives from 17 national organizations (including
the American Public Health Association, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, Canadian Paediatric
Society, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases,
Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, National
Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, Maternal
and Child Health Bureau and the Office of Head Start)
met July 25-26, 2006 to begin planning the first international
conference on child care health and safety. The AAP
had worked with some of these organizations to coordinate
similar national conferences in 1984 and 1992. During
this Conference Organizing Committee meeting, the group
clarified the conference goals and educational objectives,
identified key sponsors and funding organizations, and
developed an organizing structure to facilitate future
planning. Participants concluded that there is a clear
need for an international conference to occur within
the next few years. The Executive Committee for the
Conference Organizing Committee will facilitate the
work of 3 subcommittees to move the planning forward
(Finance and Budget, Program Committee, and Marketing
and Promotions).
For more information, see
International Conference Health and Safety in Child
Care 2008. If you are interested in getting involved,
please contact tcalabrese@aap.org.
Child Care and Australia:
The Centre for Community Child Health based out of the
University of Melbourne, produces and distributes a
broad range of products for parents and the many professionals
that work with families and children. The Centre for
Community Child Health is an internationally recognised
centre of excellence supporting and empowering communities
to continually improve the health, wellbeing and quality
of life of children and their families, now and for
the future. The Centre has a commitment to early education
and childhood and have recently been focusing on translating
research findings into practice by providing educational
programs for health care and child care professionals
that are linked with accreditation. Additionally, they
have produced parent information sheets that are translated
into eight
languages.
Click here for additional information regarding the
Centre or for a variety of resources and publications
geared towards parents and professionals who work with
parents and families.
Click here
for products and publications.
Click here
for posters
Click here
for policy briefs.
Click here
for additional information regarding the Centre or for
a variety of resources and publications geared towards
parents and professionals who work with parents and
families.
Abstract Reviewers Needed for the 2007 PAS Meeting
(Respond by September 1, 2006)
Volunteers needed to review abstracts for the upcoming
Spring PAS Meeting in Toronto. Each abstract is scored
by a team of 6-7 reviewers using a standardized scale.
These teams are selected to ensure adequate expertise
and an appropriate balance of senior and junior reviewers.
The deadline for online abstract submission this
year is December 5, 2006. It is anticipated that
reviewers will be responsible for approximately 50-75
abstracts, this will depend upon the number of reviewers
available and the volume of abstracts submitted. Online
access to assigned packets is anticipated for mid-December.
If you are interested in volunteering your time and
talents, please click on the link below and choose 3
topic preferences to review. This is an excellent
opportunity to ensure that child care health and safety
and the EECC is represented at this meeting!
Click here
to submit choices.
Call for Articles
Infant Mental Health Promotion (IMP) is a coalition
of individuals and professional agencies dedicated to
promoting optimal mental health outcomes for infants
with a focus on the first three years of life. The IMP
is committed to developing and supporting best practices
through education and training, dissemination of current
information, networking and advocacy and is currently
seeking articles for publication in upcoming volumes
of IMPrint, the membership newsletter which is produced
three times per year. IMPrint enables local and international
experts, service providers and advocates for children
to communicate information about their programs and
resources to a large and diverse audience across Canada.
If you are interested in submitting an article for publication
in IMPrint, please contact Brenda Miles (Director IMP,
Editor IMPrint) for further details, or see the IMPrint
Newsletter section here
for an up-to-date list of previous articles and for
Author guidelines.
Any submissions should be made to Brenda Miles at brenda.miles@sickkids.ca.
4.
Upcoming Conferences:
Early Childhood Networking Meeting: Implementing
Comprehensive Systems for Early Childhood
The ECCS/HCCA conference will occur September 25
and 26, 2006, in Reston, Virginia. For more information,
click here.
This meeting will provide an opportunity for early
childhood partners to come together to discuss and develop
strategies for moving forward on implementing comprehensive
systems for early childhood. Both Early Childhood Comprehensive
Systems grantees and Healthy Child Care America colleagues
will be in attendance. Section members are encouraged
to attend as advocates for healthy and safe early education
and child care.
AAP National Convention
and Exhibition (NCE)
Please plan to attend the AAP National Conference and
Exhibition (NCE) in Atlanta, GA, October 7-10, 2006.
The Section is coordinating several educational sessions
and has exciting plans for a Section dinner and networking
meeting on Monday, October 9th from 6:00 - 9:00 pm.
If you would like to attend this free dinner, please
RSVP to childcare@aap.org.
You do not need to be registered for the NCE in order
to attend the dinner. Click here
to view Section Activities at the NCE.
American
Public Health Association (APHA)
November 4-8, 2006
- "Reducing the Risk of SIDS in Child Care Evaluation
Project: Lessons Learned". 4049.0, From Research
to Action: Reducing Perinatal Mortality and SIDS Risks
in Multiple Settings, Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at
8:30 AM. Presented by Rachel Moon, MD, FAAP and Trisha
Calabrese.
National
Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
November 7-11, 2006
- An Afternoon with the AAP November 10, 2006 1pm-5pm
- Cutting Edge News
- Fighting the War on Germs: Spit Happens!
- Emerging Practices and Practical Realities
National
Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
February 26- March 3, 2007
- Call for proposals are due September 22, 2006
Pediatrics
Academic Society
May 5-8, 2007
- Abstracts are due September 6, 2006
5.
Funding Opportunity:
Resources by State:
This state
and territory map located on the AAP Community Pediatrics
Web site allows you to click on your area of interest
to view detailed information about programs in that
state. After clicking on your state, click on the "State
Contact Information" section. Here you can learn
how to contact your State Medicaid Director, State MCH
contact, State CSHCN contact, and SCHIP Captain. You
can also learn how to contact your state's Community
Foundations and Conversion Foundations and identify
Foundation Center Information.
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and Safety E-News for caregivers and teachers?
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