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FREE Lead-Safe Toolkit The new Lead-Safe Toolkit for Home-Based Child Care can help family child care providers reduce lead hazards. Lead can be found in water, paint, soil, dust, and commonly found consumer products. The FREE Toolkit offers a range of resources including a poster and worksheets that provide easy-to-follow steps for finding out if lead hazards exist within a family childcare home and what to do to reduce exposures. Website
Free Online Training Module from American Academy of Pediatrics Influenza Prevention and Control This education module focuses on influenza prevention and control strategies for staff and others who work in Head Start and other early education and child care programs. Website
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Newborn Hearing, Screening and Testing This site offers a FAQ sheet with information on when an infant should be screened for hearing loss, what happens if an infant does not pass the hearing screening, how to find resources for infants with hearing loss, what false positives are, what an Auditory Brainstem Response test is, what an Otoacoustic Emissions is, and general information about infant hearing. Website
Gastrostomy Tubes Information about gastronomy tubes and special considerations for the children who use g-tubes in an early education setting.   Tipsheet
Genetic Alliance Founded in 1986 as the Alliance for Genetic Support Groups, Genetic Alliance has become the world's leading nonprofit health advocacy organization committed to transforming health through genetics. Our open network connects members of parent and family groups, community organizations, disease-specific advocacy organizations, professional societies, educational institutions, corporations, and government agencies to create novel partnerships. We actively engage in improving access to information for individuals, families and communities, while supporting the translation of research into services. We promote an environment of openness centered on the health of individuals, families, and communities. Openness forms both the process and product for Genetic Alliance. Website
Germs vs. Soap: A Silly Hygiene Book about Washing Hands! Here is a great link to a YouTube video, Germs vs. Soap: A Silly Hygiene Book about Washing Hands! by by Didi Dragon, illustrated by Hannah Robinett. Read by Riko of Riko's Reading Room on YouTube.
Getting Your Team on the Same Page with Health & Safety Procedures Part 1 Listen in as our guest, Public Health Nurse Sarah Hawley, of Minnesota Child Care Health Consultants, discusses ways to implement good procedures that will help ensure that your team is well trained in health and safety protocols. Sarah shares suggestions for implementing a training process that reinforces and reminds regularly so that your health and safety procedures are consistent across the whole team. Podcast
Getting Your Team on the Same Page with Health & Safety Procedures Part 2 Sarah Hawley of Minnesota Child Care Health Consultants joins us again to elaborate on ways to create ongoing training methods that help ensure quality and safe care for all children in a child care setting.  Our discussion focuses on simple ways leadership can set up routines that provide opportunities for your team to learn together and elaborates on the ways that this process can help retain staff.  Podcast
Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare Gillette Children's Specialty Health Care specializes in the treatment, education, and research for children with special needs. Their specialty services include cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries, brain injuries, brachial plexus injuries, Craniofacial services, Spina Bifida, juvenile arthritis, epilepsy, assistive technology, and pediatric intensive care unit. They have resources for families, professionals and teachers. They also have a Family Resource Center. Website
Giving First Aid for Your Child’s Oral Injuries From the Head Start Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center: Injuries to the head, face, and mouth are common in young children. Even when parents do their best to keep children safe, oral injuries can happen. Most oral injuries happen when young children are learning to walk. The top front teeth are injured most often.  This resource is also available en español Website
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