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Pediatric
First Aid for Caregivers and Teachers - Participant's
Manual
Pediatric First Aid for Caregivers and Teachers
(PedFACTs) is a new educational program developed by
the American Academy of Pediatrics specifically to prepare
caregivers and teachers to appropriately recognize and
respond to the ill or injured child. Caregivers and
teachers have the important task of nurturing and providing
care for children. A critical aspect of caring for children
is maintaining a safe and healthy environment. The PedFACTs
program provides the opportunity to learn the first
aid skills that are an important step in ensuring a
secure environment for those children in their care.
Managing
Infectious Diseases in Child Care and Schools: A Quick
Reference Guide
Edited by Susan S. Aronson, MD, FAAP, AAP, and Timothy
R. Shope, MD, MPH, FAAP
Incorporating content from the AAP 2003 Red Book®
and color images from the Visual Red Book on CD-ROM,
this new guide helps out-of-home caregivers prevent,
identify, and respond to the most common childhood infectious
diseases. Written in concise, nontechnical language
and spiral-bound for easy use, the guide provides a
valuable new tool to help caregivers handle child illness
and communicate with health care professionals.
Health
in Child Care Manual, 4th Edition
By the American Academy of Pediatrics
Edited by Jody R. Murph, MD, MS, FAAP
This 4th edition manual serves as an authoritative,
up-to-date child care resource for pediatricians, family
practitioners, public health professionals, child care
health consultants, and child care providers. Appendices
include sample forms, safety checklists, sample letters,
guidelines for health supervision, staff health assessment,
special care plans, and more.
Choosing
Child Care: What's Best for Your Family
Highlights child care options in home or outside of
the home for children from infancy through adolescence.
Included is a checklist of questions to ask and things
to look for during an on-site inspection. Provides an
overview of various child care options.
Caring
for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance
Standards: Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care Programs
- 2nd Edition
This new edition contains updated guidelines on the
development and evaluation of the health and safety
of children in family and group day care homes and child
care centers. Features 8 chapters of 658 standards and
a ninth chapter of 48 recommendations for licensing
and community agencies and organizations
New and revised standards in all areas, such as sleep
position of infants related to SIDS and playground equipment
specifications. Expanded discussion of standards that
are relevant to children with special needs.
Stepping
Stones to Using Caring for Our Children - 2nd Edition
National Health and Safety Performance Standards Guidelines
For Out-of-Home Child Care Programs
Maximize the effectiveness of the Caring For Our Children
book and videos with this step-by-step companion guide
for out of home child care centers. This new edition
provides the unaltered text of 233 standards which have
the greatest impact on reducing disease, disability,
and death in early education and childcare settings
without the rationale, comments, or references found
in Caring for Our Children.
Reducing
the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - Applicable
Standards From Caring for Our Children
Compiled from the comprehensive Caring for Our Children,
2nd Edition, this pamphlet presents the standards for
SIDS prevention in child care settings, providing critical
information for child care providers, government policy
makers, health care consultants, and parents. Included
are standards for caregiver qualification and training,
proper sleep position, bedding, and reporting, as well
as related health policies.
The
Pediatrician's Role in Promoting Health and Safety in
Child Care
With more than 75% of today?s preschoolers involved
in daily out-of-home child care programs, the need for
pediatrician interest in child care issues has never
been greater. This new guide is a valuable resource
for pediatricians? interactions with parents as well
as local child care providers, helping to promote the
health and safety of children in these settings.
Health
and Safety Consultation in Child Care DVD Set
This 2-part DVD series is designed to inform and encourage
health care professionals working with child care programs.
The DVDs cover the following topics:
National Resources
Making Observations
The Child Care Culture
How to Train Child Care Staff
Making Health & Safety Improvement Plans
Child
Passenger Safety - Protecting Children and Reducing
Liability in Child Care
Comprehensive, 12-page parent education brochure covers
the proper use of car safety seats, with current information
on types of seats available, government regulations,
transporting groups of children, and more. Includes
age/weight chart to help select the proper seating option.
Caring
for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5 - 4th
Edition
By the American Academy of Pediatrics
Edited by Steven P. Shelov, MD, MS, FAAP, and Robert
E. Hannemann, MD, FAAP
Everything - and we mean everything - on basic child
care is covered in our newly revised 4th edition of
this top-selling book. What's the best nutrition for
my infant? When should we see a doctor? How do I handle
my toddler's temper tantrums? Is my child developing
normally? The answers to these questions - and thousands
more - are delivered in a warm, accessible, user-friendly
style.
Richly illustrated, this 752-page softcover colume
is divided into two sections: the first section gives
you everything you need to know to take the best care
of your child. The second section describes special
situations - everything from colds to illnesses, disabilities,
even environmental hazards. This is the guide you'll
turn to again and again as your baby grows. Sample topics
include...
El
Cuidado De Su Hijo Pequeño
The long-awaited Spanish-language version of the Academy's
popular and authoritative child care guide, Caring for
Your Baby and Young Child. Addresses key concerns for
Spanish-speaking parents in the same friendly and accessible
format as the English-language edition. Includes all
photos and illustrations - a great gift for Spanish-speaking
families with young children.
Infant
Sleep Positioning and SIDS (Fact Sheets)
This fact sheet alerts parents and caregivers to the
Academy's recommendation that most healthy infants should
be placed to sleep on their backs. (This fact sheet
accepts side as an alternative position to back. Side
is not as safe as back and is no longer recommended.
This fact sheet will be revised in the Fall of 2005.)
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