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| Resource Name | Description | Resource Type |
|---|---|---|
| Self-Care for Early Care and Education Professionals | Tip sheet with practical self-care strategies for early care and education professionals. | Tipsheet |
| Self-Care Strategies for Child Care Providers Working in Stressful Environments | Define and describe how the human stress response system works using Polyvagal Theory. Polyvagal Theory outlines how the human nervous system responds to short and long-term stress such as that faced daily by child care providers. Learn examples of ways to practice research-based self-care strategies for child care providers to incorporate into their work.Knowledge and Competency Framework Area(s) -VI: Professionalism (10 Hours)CDA Content Area - Content Area VI: Maintaining a commitment to professionalism (10 Hours)Level 2 - Implements | Course |
| Self-Care: Taking Care of Yourself | "During this time, you and your colleagues may be experiencing different reactions. There are several ways you can find balance, be aware of your needs, and make connections. Use this list from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) to help you decide which self-care strategies will work for you." | Document |
| Sensory Gardening with Kids Activity Kit | "Gardening is a ‘sense-sational’ way to engage kids in outdoor learning and play! With their incredible diversity of shapes, sizes, colors, scents, and textures, plants offer limitless options for designing a garden space to engage all the senses. KidsGardening is excited to team up with Little Seeds Kids to bring you a new activity kit full of ideas for starting your own sensory garden. The 8-page kit compiles sensory garden design tips and plant suggestions along with an assortment of fun and engaging activities you can try with young gardeners with or without a garden space." | Document |
| Sensory Intervention Strategies and Environmental Adaptations | Learn how to create a predictable and structured environment in your child care setting, which can enhance the performance for a child who has SPD. | Tipsheet |
| Sensory Processing Disorder | Learn about the eight senses, sensory system responses, and common behaviors of children with SPD in this tip sheet. | Tipsheet |
| September 2024 Mealtime Memo: Lactose Intolerance and Milk Allergies | Do you have children in your program who can’t drink milk? While the reasons a child cannot drink milk may vary, it is important to properly accommodate the child’s diet while participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). This Mealtime Memo will explain the difference between lactose intolerance and a milk allergy and discuss how to accommodate children with these disabilities. Download this helpful PDF from the Institute of Child Nutrition. | Document |
| Sesame Street in Communities - Making Healthy Food Choices | Here is a list of resources compiled by the Head Start National Center on Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety. | Document |
| Sesame Street in Communities: Eating Well | "Teaching kids to eat healthy is easier than you might think. A balanced diet involves eating a rainbow of fruits and vegetables, planning easy and healthy meals, and buying or preparing budget-friendly foods and snacks." Here are some great ideas from our friends at Sesame Street. | |
| Setting Up the Environment to Meet the Physical Needs of All Children: Part One | Priscilla Weigel and special guest Vicki Thrasher Cronin discuss a child care setting that needed help with providing more physical activity and space for the children in their care. This three part series walks through the process of transformation. Part 1 of this series focuses on the need for this group of children to participate in more rough and tumble play and how the process of creating these opportunities began. | Podcast |
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