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The following is a continuously evolving list of selected web sites providing health and safety tips and information applicable to child care settings.
Allergies
- Allergy Testing for Children (Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America)
- The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network
Asthma
- Asthma in Children (MEDLINEplus Health Information)
- Asthma in Infants (Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America)
- Asthma Information Handbook for Early Care and Education Providers (California Childcare Health Program)
- Childhood Asthma (Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America)
Bicycle Safety
Biting
- Biters: Why They Do It and What to Do About It (National Association for the Education of Young Children)Dealing with Biting Behaviors in Young Children (Early Childhood and Parenting -ECAP-Collaborative)
- Fact Sheets for Families: Biting (California Childcare Health Program)
Brain Development
- Brain Development Timeline (Better Brains for Babies)
Bullying
- Bullying in Preschool: What parents need to know
- Bullying in Early Childhood
- Preschool Bullying: Helping your child
Burn Prevention
- Burns (MEDLINEplus Health Information)
- Shriners Hospital for Children
Car Safety
- Car Safety Seats: A Guide for Families (Healthy Children)
- Child Passenger Safety (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- Child Passenger Safety (Safe Kids USA)
- Reducing the Risk Of Rollover Crashes in 15-Passenger Vans (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
Child Abuse
- Child Abuse (MEDLINEplus Health Information)
- Child Abuse Reporting Numbers (Child Welfare Information Gateway)
- Child Welfare Information Gateway
- Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse and Neglect: Summary of State Laws (Child Welfare Information Gateway)
- National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome
Child Care
- Child Day Care (MEDLINEplus Health Information)
- Child Trends
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
- U.S. Census Bureau Data on Child Care
Child Care Health Consultants
- Child Care Health Consultants and Me: Working Together for Safe & Healthy Children (National Training Institute for Child Care Health Consultants)
- Continuum of Liability Exposure for Child Care Health Consultants (from California Childcare Health Program)
- Key Resources for Health Professionals (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Liability Exposure and Child Care Health Consultation (from the California Childcare Health Program)
Children With Special Needs
- Children with Diabetes
- Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics Online
- The Division for Early Childhood (of the Council for Exceptional Children)
- Family Voices
- Internet Special Education Resources
- National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
- The National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
Choosing Child Care
- Child Care Aware (a national resource for referrals to child care providers)
- A Parent’s Guide to Choosing Safe and Healthy Child Care
- Search lists of NAEYC accredited centers
Design
- Child Care Center Design Guide (General Services Administration)
Emergency Preparedness/Disaster Planning
- Coping with Crisis–Helping Children With Special Needs (National Association of School Psychologists)
Handwashing
- 2002 Update on Hand Hygiene in Child (Day) Care (Child Care Information Exchange)
Head Lice
- Head Lice Resources You Can Trust (University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension)
Head Start
Health
- Bright Futures
- Bright Futures (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- California Child Care Health Program
- CCHP Health and Safety Checklist – Revised (California Childcare Health Program)
- CCHP Health and Safety Policies Checklist (California Childcare Health Program)
- Children’s Health (MEDLINEplus Health Information)
- Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics Online
- Head Start Health Services
- Healthfinder (your guide to reliable health information)
- Healthy Child Care America
- National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health (NCEMCH)
- NetWellness: Children’s Health (Univ. of Cincinnati, Ohio State Univ., and Case Western Reserve Univ.)
Health Insurance
- Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
- Insure Kids Now (low cost health insurance for kids)
Hearing Loss
- Opening Doors: Technology and Communication Options for Children with Hearing Loss (US Department of Education)
Immunization
- Immunization (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Immunization Schedule (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Vaccines & Immunizations (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Kitchen Safety
- Kitchen Safety (American Academy of Pediatrics)
Latex Allergies
- Latex Allergy (Global Healthy Child Care)
- Latex Allergy (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
- Occupational Latex Allergies (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
Lead Poisoning
- Lead Prevention Tips (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Health Hazards, Prevention, and Solutions: Lead (National Center for Healthy Housing)
- Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control (U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development)
- National Lead Information Center
- Simple Ways to Help Prevent Childhood Lead Poisoning (California Department of Health Services)
- What Family Child Care Providers Can Do About Lead (Enterprise and the National Center for Healthy Housing)
- Santa Cruz Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
Licensing
Medication Administration
Mental/Social/Emotional Health
- Bright Futures in Practice: Mental Health
- Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics Online
- Early Child Development in Social Context: A Chartbook (Commonwealth Fund/ChildTrends)
- The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
- Child Behavior Disorders (MEDLINEplus Health Information)
Military Child Care
- Military Child Care (U.S. Department of Defense)
Multicultural Resources
- CLAS – The Early Childhood Research Institute on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services
- National Center for Cultural Competence
Nutrition
Oral Health
- Bright Futures in Practice: Oral Health
- Child Dental Health (MEDLINEplus Health Information)
- National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
- Oral Health and Learning: When Children’s Oral Health Suffers, So Does Their Ability to Learn(National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health)
Organizations
- Child Care Law Center
- National Association for Child Care Professionals
- National Association for Family Child Care
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
- National Child Care Association
- National Head Start Association
- National School-Age Care Alliance
- Zero to Three
- Resources for Infant Educarers
Parenting
- Parenting
- Parenting (MedlinePlus)
- Zero to Three (developmental information on infants to toddlers)
Playground Safety
Poisoning
- Poison Lookout Checklist (Consumer Product Safety Commission)
Quality
- 13 Indicators of Quality Child Care: Research Update, by Richard Fiene, PhD
- Child Care/Head Start Partnership Study: Final Report (Education Development Center, Inc.)
Research
Safety
- American Society for Testing and Materials standards
- CCHP Health and Safety Checklist – Revised (California Childcare Health Program)
- CCHP Health and Safety Policies Checklist (California Childcare Health Program)
- Child Safety (MEDLINEplus Health Information)
- Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Safe Kids Worldwide
- Safetylit.org: The Online Source for Injury Prevention Literature (San Diego State Univ. Graduate School of Public Health)
- What You Can Do to Protect Your Child (National Criminal Justice Reference Service)
School Age Child Care
SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)
- A Child Care Provider’s Guide to Safe Sleep
- A Parent’s Guide to Safe Sleep
- Back to Sleep, Tummy to Play (Healthy Child Care America Back to Sleep Campaign)
- First Candle/SIDS Alliance
- National SIDS and Infant Death Project IMPACT (MCHB and ASIP)
- Reduce the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Safety Tips for Sleeping Babies (Consumer Product Safety Commission)
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (MEDLINEplus Health Information)
- Safe Sleep for Babies video
- Healthy Child Care America Back to Sleep Campaign
- Smoking
- Secondhand Smoke
- Secondhand Smoke (American Cancer Society)
- Secondhand Smoke (MedlinePlus)
- Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
- What Kids Say About: Tobacco
Sun Safety
- Skin Cancer Facts (American Cancer Society)
- Sun Safety (Healthy Children)
- The Sun Safety Alliance
- Support Groups
- Developed by the Genetic Alliance a directory of parental support groups by congenital syndrome.
- Training Materials
- Child Care Training Curriculum (California Child Care Health Program)
