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Course Outline for Early Childhood Development 54

Fall, 2011

Chabot CollegeFall, 2011

Course Outline for Early Childhood Development 54

CHILD HEALTH, SAFETY AND NUTRITION

Catalog Description:

54 – Child Health, Safety and Nutrition3 Units

Aspects of nutrition, health and safety that promote and maintain the health and wellbeing of all children and adults who work with young children. Topics include health and nutritional guidelines, maintaining safe and healthy learning environments, state regulations, policies and procedures, common childhood illnesses, infectious diseases, school-family collaboration and emergency preparedness,first aid and injury prevention. 3 hours

[Typical contact hours: 52.5]

Prerequisite Skills:

None.

Expected Outcomes for Students:

Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:

  1. explain the interrelatedness of nutrition, health, and safety;
  2. identify and plannutritionally balanced snacks and meals for all children with consideration to cultural and special nutritional needs;
  3. describe the methods for safe food preparation, handling and disposal;
  4. demonstrate and model techniques of health, safetyand hygiene practices for all children including those with special needs;
  5. identify the symptoms and transmission of communicable diseases affecting children and adults in the early care and education environment;
  6. describe the signs and symptoms of child abuse, responsibility as a mandated reporter and prepare appropriate reports;
  7. demonstrate techniques and activities that reduce stress in children and support children’s emotional well being;
  8. identify and describe environmental health and safety risks for children as well as adults;
  9. demonstrate basicskills offirst aid and responding to common emergencies encountered in the Early Childhood setting;
  10. analyze current licensing regulations regarding health, safety and nutrition for Early Childhood facilities and family child care homes;
  11. evaluate children’s environments forsafety, health policies and health records including health appraisal, immunization record, and emergency card for compliance with regulations;
  12. describe ways that families and teachers can work together to develop good nutrition, health and safety habits in all children respecting family and cultural practices and traditions ;
  13. develop Early Childhood curriculum and activities which are developmentally appropriate on topics of health, safety and nutrition;
  14. apply knowledge of research and community resources to address the specific health needs of all children, including those with special needs.

Course Content:

  1. Nutritional needs
  2. Birth- school age
  3. Special dietary concerns, eating issues and other special needs, such as allergies, obesity and Diabetes
  4. Children with special needs
  5. Diet analysis
  6. Common nutritional issues and challenges
  1. Standards of food preparation, handling and disposal
  2. Department of Social Services regulations
  3. Nutritional requirements
  4. Menu planning
  5. Food preparation and curriculum design
  6. Planning meals that appeal to all children and represent classroom culture
  1. Teachers modeling health and safety practices
  2. Exhibiting healthy practices
  3. Exhibiting safe behavior
  4. Practicing and modeling universal precautions
  1. Children’s illness
  2. Common Communicable illnesses

1)Symptoms

2)Precaution

  1. Responding to illness

1)Informal observation of children and routine health checks

2)Notifying parents and record-keeping

  1. Recognizing signs of abuse and neglect
  2. Family and cultural dynamics
  3. Observing children
  4. Symptoms

1)Physical abuse

2)Physical neglect

3)Sexual abuse

4)Emotional abuse

  1. Mandated reporting
  2. Accessing community resources
  1. Minimizing stress in the environment
  2. Stress in young children
  3. Stress in providers and teachers
  4. Response to stress
  5. Supporting children’s emotional well being
  6. Techniques and activities to reduce stress
  1. Teaching safety and emergency procedures
  2. Involvement of children in identifying rules
  3. Explaining safety rules to children
  4. Activities that teach safety

8.Creating a safe environment

  1. Environmental health and safety risks
  2. Equipment and facilities indoor and outdoor
  3. Explaining and practicing emergency and evacuation procedures
  4. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
  5. Basic skills of first aid and injury prevention
  6. Responding to common emergencies
  1. Health, safety, and nutrition regulations
  2. Familiarity with current regulations
  3. Following health and safety regulations
  4. Health appraisals and health assessment
  5. Maintaining records
  1. Integrating developmentally appropriate health, safety and nutrition curriculumintoprograms
  2. Activities which encourage healthy and nutritional practices
  3. Activities which reinforce safety, emergency preparedness and injury prevention
  4. Activities which promote children’s physical fitness
  1. Collaborating with families to implement health, safety, and nutritional practices
  2. Informing families regarding health, safety, and nutrition issues within a cultural context
  3. Techniques for sharing health, safety and nutrition information
  4. Utilizing community services including health care professionals

Methods of Presentation:

  1. Lecture and discussion
  2. Films, tapes, and resource speakers
  3. Assigned reading and written work
  4. Small and large group discussion
  5. On-line research on childhood illnesses
  6. First Aid and Community CPR

Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:

  1. Typical Assignments
  1. Select a communicable illness from a list supplied by the class instructor and write a research paper.
  2. Observe a child care center and assess the health and safety components of that center and submit a written action plan that addresses corrective measures.
  3. Visit and report on a community agency, which offers health, and safety materials, which can be used by families.

d.Apply emergency first aid techniques to mock scenarios for an ill or injured child.

2.Methods of Evaluating Student Progress

  1. Mid term
  2. Final examination
  3. Class attendance and participation
  4. Individual and/or group report
  5. Demonstration of first aid techniques

Textbook(s):

Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child, Lynn R. Marotz, Marie Z. Gross, Jeanettia M. Rush, 7thedition, Thomson Delmar Learning, New York, 2008.

Safety,Nutrition and Health in Early Education,Cathie Robertson,4thedition, Thomson Delmar Learning, New York, 2010.

First Aid, CPR/AED for School and Community,American Red Cross, 2007.

California Attorney Journal Child Abuse Prevention Handbook, 3rd edition, Sacramento Department of Justice, 2000. (this is the latest edition)

Special Student Materials:

None

ECD 54, 9/10, cs