Caring for Our Children

National Health and Safety Performance Standards Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs

American Academy of Pediatrics author National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education author American Public Health Association author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:American Academy of Pediatrics

Published:28th Feb '19

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Caring for Our Children cover

The fourth edition contains guidelines on the development and evaluation of the health and safety of children in early care and education settings. This guide features 10 chapters of more than 650 standards and dozens of appendixes with valuable supplemental information, forms, and tools.
 
KEY FEATURES:

  • More than 100 updated standards and appendixes
  • Updated appendixes, including Signs and Symptoms Chart, Recommended Immunization Schedule, and Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care
  • Completely revised and updated topics on environmental health, infectious diseases, and nutrition
TOPICS INCLUDE:
  • Staffing
  • Program activities for healthy development
  • Health promotion and protection
  • Nutrition and food service
  • Facilities, supplies, equipment, and environmental health
  • Play areas and playgrounds, and transportation
  • Infectious diseases
  • Children with special health care needs and disabilities
  • Administration
  • Licensing and community action
  • And more

Caring for Our Children has been selected as one of Doody’s Core Titles®

“This is an exemplary and comprehensive resource for anyone working with early childcare and education programs/systems. This is a comprehensive compilation of national health and safety standards for childcare and education programs. These standards cover a variety of topics ranging from health, safety, and developmental needs of the young child to nutrition, cultural and ethnic concerns, indoor/outdoor learning environments, parent/guardian/family relationships, children with special healthcare needs, transportation, provider and system requirements, quality improvement, and more.” — Anne Turner-Henson, PhD, RN, FAAN, University of Alabama at Birmingham

A 2023 Doody’s Core Title®

ISBN: 9781610022972

Dimensions: 276mm x 213mm x 33mm

Weight: 1424g

598 pages

Fourth Edition