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Professional Development
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- Reducing the Risk of
SIDS in Child Care Speaker's Kit
The Reducing the Risk of SIDS in Child Care Speaker's
Kit is a tool that can be used by healthcare professionals,
public health educators, child care providers, or
just about anyone to educate their community about
sudden infant death syndrome in child care. Print
out your own copy of the PowerPoint presentation and
speaker's notes for this kit. Download is free and
copies may be made for educational purposes. (PowerPoint
Format) (PDF Format
including speaker's notes) See the HCCA Back to
Sleep Campaign Web page for more information (click
here).
- Pediatric
First Aid for Caregivers and Teachers
You need to know what to do when a child is injured
or becomes suddenly and severely ill. Order this AAP
book
or classroom
package with DVD from Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
- Managing
Infectious Diseases in Child Care and Schools: A Quick
Reference Guide
Understand signs and syptoms of many infections and
diseases that occur in child care and when to send
a child home. Use the tear-off sheets to share the
AAP recommendations with parents and physicians.
- Model
Child Care Health Policies
The 4th edition of the PA AAP Early Childhood Linkage
System (ECELS) Model Child Care Health Policies is
now available for download. These policies were created
from over 100 child care policies that were submitted
to a team of pediatric nurses. They have been revised
according to comments from child care providers and
health care professionals. Click on the above link
to download the PDF.
- Civitas
Building Blocks
Civitas has created a new tool to help child care
professionals review the basic standards that guide
their practice. These easy to use flash cards help
child care professionals in every setting stay up
to date with the latest guidelines for quality child
care. Download
this tool for free to help you learn overlooked
standards and review and test your previously learned
knowledge.
- Child
Care Provider Fact Sheets
The Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of
Pediatrics offers many resources for child care providers
and pediatricians. Refer to this Web page to view
or print numerous fact sheets on childhood illnesses
and universal precautions.
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