The document discusses providing nutrition, health, and safety services in early childhood programs. It covers promoting good nutrition and addressing the childhood obesity epidemic. Proper nutrition is important for children's growth and development. The document also discusses creating healthy and safe environments for children, including proper handwashing, sanitation, and exclusion of sick children. Developing emergency preparedness procedures and ensuring children's mental health and safety are also covered.

1. Chapter 10:
Providing Nutrition, Health
and Safety Services
Planning and Administering Early Childhood Programs
Tenth Edition
Nancy Freeman
Celia A. Decker
John R. Decker
Prepared by:
Nancy K. Freeman
Tree Holmes
Kris Curtis
Adapted By: Katy Kelley

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Promoting good nutrition
• Malnutrition is very harmful when children
are growing quickly
• Access to food is an issue for about 18% of
all households with children under 6 years

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The childhood obesity epidemic
• Almost 32% of US children are overweight
(at or above the 95th
percentile of weight-to-height)
• About 11% of US children are obese
(at or above the 95th
percentile of weight-to-height)
• Obesity’s lifelong implications
○ Increased risk of hypertension and diabetes
○ Increased cardio-vascular and digestive disease
○ Increased risk of sleep apnea and other
conditions

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Provide Nutritious Meals & Snacks
•Food served in child care often provides the
majority of children’s daily nutrition
•Consider food allergies and religious or
culturally preferences (i.e., vegetarian
diets)
•Provide families menus in advance

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Follow USDA Dietary Guidelines

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Choose My Plate Video Clip
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Mealtimes can feed
the body and the spirit
•Make mealtimes opportunities to socialize,
engage in relaxed conversation, learn table
manners
•Provide nutritious food
•Offer opportunities to try new foods
•Offer opportunities to try new ways of
serving familiar foods

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Video-Family Style Dining
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Making meals and snacks enjoyable
• Avoid foods that can be choking hazards
• Provide small servings
• Introduce new foods gradually
• Avoid serving the same food on consecutive days
• Provide children foods they eat at home
• Consider likes and dislikes in menu planning
• Provide a pleasant physical and emotional climate

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Support Breastfeeding
•Breast milk provides the nutrition babies
need for growth and development
•Childcare providers have unique
opportunities to support breastfeeding when
mothers return to school or work
○Create a comfortable place for moms to
nurse
○Be a support for nursing mothers
○Be sure caregivers know how to store,
handle and feed breast milk

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Creating a healthy environment
• Store, prepare and serve food properly
• Implement sanitary diapering practices
• Wash hands correctly at these times:
○ at arrival
○ after toileting, diapering, blowing or wiping noses
○ before eating, feeding or serving food
○ after handling animals or contaminated surfaces
○ after handling garbage or cleaning

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Communicate with families:
•Describe policies about excluding children
who are ill
•Create routines for families and caregivers
to communicate regularly about children’s
health
•Inform families when children are exposed
to a communicable disease

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Develop procedures for
administrating medications
• Administer prescriptions only for the specific child
enrolled
• Administer over-the-counter medications when
they are ordered by a doctor
• Store medications properly, keep detailed records
of administering medications, develop a system in
the case of an error

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Issues to consider when serving
children with identified special needs
•Does the facility need modifications?
•Is special equipment needed?
•Will staff need to assist with feeding?
•Have you made plans to administer needed
medication?
•Does the staff need specialized training?

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Promoting good health
•“Good health” includes physical, mental,
social and emotional well-being
•All aspects of health are inter-related
•Center policies should address the health of
children and adults

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Video Clip: Early Childhood Mental
Health
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Strategies to promote children’s
mental health:
•Provide staff in-service about stresses faced
by families, staff, and children
•Limit children’s exposure to violence in the
community and media
•Know risk factors for abuse & neglect
•Know how to recognize abuse & neglect
•Develop policies for appropriate guidance
and discipline

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Strategies to promote children’s
mental health: (continued)
•Help families maintain consistent
expectations
•Provide families with strategies to
peacefully resolve conflicts
•Equip families for strategies for limiting
children’s “screen time”
•Equip staff with strategies for dealing with
challenging behaviors

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Keeping children safe
• Set appropriate limits
• Eliminate environmental hazards including
dangerous toys and equipment
○ Keep up-to-date regarding Consumer Product
Safety Commission recalls (www.cpsc.gov).
• Take precautions to manage risks
○ Traffic control at the center
○ Transporting children for field trips

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Reflection
• Having to talk to parent regarding their child
being injured at school makes me………………………
• In a crisis, I normally am……………………
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Emergency preparedness
•Develop, post and practice evacuation
procedures
•Identify where you will take children if you
need to leave the center and how you will
notify families
•Plan to protect children in a natural disaster
(i.e., flash flood, earthquake , etc.) or near-
by violence

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Health, Safety, & Nutrition Video
This is video provides a nice summary regarding many
of the concepts covered in Chapter 10!
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Follow-up
• Review the entire module and then complete
the weekly discussion/exercise (under
discussions).
• Please let me know if you have questions!
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