The Curriculum for Managing Infectious Diseases in Early Education and Child Care Settings is designed as an educational tool for child care providers with all levels of understanding about infectious diseases. With this curriculum, participants will learn how to prevent, recognize, and manage infectious diseases in early education and child care settings.This curriculum includes PowerPoint presentations, video clips, activities, forms, and pre- and post-assessments. The curriculum is estimated to take 3 1/2 hours to present.

The documents in this curriculum are listed individually. Click on the "Supporting Documents" to reveal these materials. For printing convenience, PDFs of the modules have also been listed, as well as a PDF of the entire curriculum.

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Introduction
	Getting Started (Slides, Speaker's Notes, & Supporting Documents)   PowerPoint: Getting Started Supporting Documents Exercise: Scavenger Hunt Pre-assessment: For Participants For the answer key, email jvanorsdal@aap.org.
	Module 1: Understanding Infectious Diseases (Slides, Speaker's Notes, & Supporting Documents)   PowerPoint: Understanding Infectious Diseases Supporting Documents Handout: Enrollment/Attendance/Symptom Record Exercise: Bingo Resources: Module 1 Resources
	Module 2: Preventing Infectious Diseases (Slides, Speaker's Notes, & Supporting Documents)   PowerPoint: Preventing Infectious Diseases Video: Informing Parents and Staff Supporting Documents Handouts / Exercises: Enrollment/Attendance/Symptom Record Diaper Changing Insect Repellent: Safety Considerations Cleaning and Sanitizing Chart Immunization Schedules Hand Hygiene Why Is Hand Hygiene Important? Sanitation, Disinfection, and Maintenance CFOC 2nd Ed Standard 3.069: Staff Exclusion for Illness CFOC 2nd Ed Standard 2.063: Staff Modeling of Healthy Behavior CFOC 2nd Ed Standard 5.149: Space for Ill Child Resources Module 2 Resources
	Module 3: Recognizing and Managing Infectious Diseases (Slides, Speaker's Notes, & Supporting Documents)   PowerPoint: Recognizing and Managing Infectious Diseases Videos: What to Do When Kids Get Sick After the Daily Health Check Symptoms and Diseases Requiring Exclusion Supporting Documents Exercise: Symptom-based Cases Handouts: Parent/Guardian Alert Letter Pinkeye Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease Exercise: Diagnosis-based Cases Handout: Lice Resources: Module 3 Resources
	Wrap Up (Slides, Speaker's Notes, & Supporting Documents)   PowerPoint: Wrap Up Supporting Documents Post-assessment: For Participants Answer Key Resources: Wrap Up Resources
Additional Resources (All Resources) Individual Documents Preparing Child Care Programs for Infectious Disease Outbreaks or Pandemic Influenza Parent/Guardian Alert Letter Information About This Disease Symptoms or Suspected Illness Parent/Health Professional Release Form Medication Administration Packet Universal Child Health Record Return to Group Care Form   Certificate of Attendance - Instructions Certificate of Attendance   Manual Cover, Back Cover, and Binder Side for Printing Purposes

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