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National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care


A

Accreditation 1
Adhesives 1
Admission agreements 1
Age requirement
of aides 1
of assistant teachers 1
of associate teachers 1
of drivers 1, 2
of volunteers 1
Aides 1
Air
fresh 1
Air bags 1, 2, 3, 4
Air conditioning 1
Airways 1, 2
Alcohol 1, 2, 3
Allergies 1, 2
American Academy of Family Physicians 1
American Academy of Pediatrics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
American Automobile Association 1, 2
American Diabetes Association 1
American Heart Association 1
American Lung Association 1
American Red Cross 1, 2, 3
Asthma 1, 2
triggers 1
Authorized caregivers 1

B

Bandages 1
Behavior management 1
Biting 1
Blood 1, 2
Booster seats 1
Brain development 1, 2

C

Car safety. See Vehicle child restraint systems1
Car seats. See Vehicle child restraint systems1
Cars. See under Motor vehicles1
CD players in vehicles 1
CDA. See Child Development Associate1
Cellular phones 1
Centers
child-staff ratios 1
policies 1
Certification
pediatric first aid 1
Chewing tobacco. See under Tobacco use; Smoking1
Child abuse
convictions 1
prevention 1
reporting 1
verbal 1
Child development
training about 1
Child Development Associate 1
Children with special needs
child-staff ratios 1, 2
emergency plan 1, 2
policies 1
transportation 1, 2
Child-staff ratios 1, 2
centers 1, 2, 3
during transportation 1, 2
in facilities serving children with special needs 1
large family child care homes 1, 2, 3
small family child care homes 1
Classrooms 1, 2
Cleaning and sanitation
vehicles 1
Closing facility 1
Clothing 1
Compensation and benefits 1
Compliance
with standards 1, 2
Conferences 1
Contracts 1, 2
Corporal punishment 1
Credentialing, individual 1
Criminal records 1
Crosswalks 1

D

Death 1
statistics 1, 2
Developmental disabilities 1
Diabetes 1, 2
Directors 1
responsibilities 1
Discipline
methods 1
policy 1, 2
Drivers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
qualifications 1, 2, 3
training 1, 2
Drop-off points 1, 2
Drug testing 1
Drugs
community programs 1
illegal 1
staff use 1, 2

E

Early childhood education 1, 2
degree 1
Early Childhood Education Linkage System 1
Earphones 1
Emergency contact 1, 2, 3, 4
Emergency medical facility 1, 2
Emergency medical services 1, 2
Emergency Medical Services for Children National Resource Center 1
Emergency plans 1, 2, 3
for children with special needs 1
Emergency procedures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Enrollment
policies 1
procedures 1
Equipment
maintenance of 1
Evacuation of children 1
drills 1
plan 1
Evening care
plan 1

F

Feeding
policies 1
Fees 1
Field trips 1, 2, 3, 4
child-staff ratios 1
policies 1, 2
Fire safety 1
First aid 1, 2
statistics on use 1
First aid kits 1
contents of 1
in vehicles 1, 2, 3
on field trips 1
Food handling 1

G

Gloves
disposable 1
Group size 1, 2, 3, 4
definition 1
Guardians 1

H

Harness 1
Health consultants 1
Health education
for children 1
policies 1
Health professionals 1
Healthy Child Care America Campaign 1
Heat stress 1
Heating
of vehicles 1
Homerooms 1
Hospitals
route to 1, 2
Hygiene 1

I

Ill children
policies 1
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 1
Infants
child-staff ratios 1, 2
Injuries
during transport 1, 2
incidence of 1, 2, 3
musculoskeletal 1
Injury prevention
training on 1
Inspections
of vehicles 1, 2
unannounced 1, 2
Insurance
vehicle 1

L

Large family child care homes
child-staff ratios 1, 2, 3
policies 1
Lead agency (under IDEA) 1
Loading and unloading children 1

M

Maintenance
of the facility 1
of vehicles 1, 2
Maintenance workers 1
Management of a blocked airway and rescue breathing 1
Maternal and Child Health Bureau 1
Medication administration 1
policies 1
Medications
availability 1, 2, 3
inappropriate use of 1
prescription 1
Mixed age groups 1
Modeling behavior 1
Motor vehicles
backup 1, 2
buses 1, 2
cars 1, 2
child placement 1
crashes 1, 2
interior temperatures 1
license 1, 2
maintenance 1, 2
no smoking 1
supplies 1, 2
unattended child prohibited 1, 2
vans 1, 2
Music 1

N

Nap times
child-staff ratios 1, 2, 3
National Association for the Education of Young Children 1, 2, 3, 4
National Child Care Association 1
National Fire Protection Association 1, 2
National Highway and Transportation Safety Administration 1, 2, 3
Neglect 1
NFPA-101 Life Safety Code 1, 2
Noise 1
Nurses 1
Nutrition
policies 1

O

Open-door policy 1
Orientation of staff 1
Outdoor space 1

P

Parent relations 1
information exchange 1
Parental consent 1
Parking area 1
Passenger safety 1, 2
Pediatric first aid certificate 1
Physicians 1
Pick-up points 1, 2
Play 1, 2
Play areas
outdoor 1
supervision of 1
Poison control center 1
Police 1
Policies
admission 1
content of 1
discipline 1
emergency care 1
evacuation 1
evening care 1
feeding 1
firearms 1
food handling 1
health 1
health consultants 1
health education 1
ill children 1
maintenance 1
medication administration 1
nutrition 1
open-door 1
pick up authorized persons 1
review 1
safety 1
sanitation 1
sleeping 1
smoking and prohibited substances 1
supervision 1
transportation 1, 2
Preschool age children
child-staff ratios 1, 2
Prohibited substances
policies 1

Q

Qualifications
of drivers 1
of staff 1
Quality 1, 2, 3, 4

R

Radios in vehicles 1
Reading 1
Records
admission 1
criminal 1
driving 1
personnel 1
Resource and referral agencies 1
Respiratory infections 1

S

Safety pins 1
School-age child care
child-staff ratios 1, 2, 3
Screening tests 1
Secondhand smoke 1
Seizures 1, 2
Self-preservation 1
Sleeping 1
policies 1
Small family child care homes
child-staff ratios 1
policies 1
Smoking
in vehicles 1
policies 1, 2, 3
Soap
liquid 1
Social interactions 1, 2
Staff
child-staff ratios 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
policies 1
qualifications 1, 2
training 1, 2
Standing orders 1
Sterile gauze pads 1
Stress 1
Students
as caregivers 1
Superintendent of Documents 1, 2
Supervision
during transport 1, 2, 3
of children 1, 2, 3, 4
of staff 1, 2
policies 1
Supplies
emergency 1, 2
Swimming 1
Syrup of ipecac 1

T

Teachers
assistant 1
associate 1
Technical assistance 1
Temperature
in vehicles 1, 2, 3
Thermometers 1
in vehicles 1
Tobacco use
chewing 1
policies 1
Toddlers
child-staff ratios 1, 2, 3
Toxic substances 1
Traffic 1
Training 1, 2
CPR 1
inservice 1
transportation 1
transportation staff 1
Transportation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
child behavior during 1
child-staff ratios 1, 2
emergency 1, 2, 3, 4
policies 1, 2
qualifications of staff 1, 2, 3
training of staff 1
travel time 1
Travel time plan 1

U

Urgent medical care 1

V

Vehicle child restraint systems 1, 2, 3, 4
Verbal interactions 1
Volunteers 1

W

Water 1
Wheelchairs
transportation of 1



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