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Child Safety, Health and Nutrition (ECED 1220)
Total Credits:
3
Lecture Credits:
3.00
Description:
This course will examine key components of regulations, standards, and policies that ensure physical and psychological health, safety, and nutrition for both children and staff in early-childhood settings. You will integrate these concepts into planning, evaluating, and implementing environments and curriculum that emphasize these basic concepts, recognizing the importance of collaboration with families and health professionals. Must be taken A-F.
Topical Outline:
Learning Outcomes:
1. 1. Identify the characteristics of early childhood environments and routines that support safe and healthy development of young children
2. 2. Plan developmentally appropriate learning experiences for the young child designed to teach children about health, safety and nutrition
3. 3. Analyze health requirements, symptoms of common illness and environmental hazards as well as universal precautions to limit the spread of disease and incident of injury
4. 4. Explore the signs of emotional distress, child abuse, and neglect in young children and the role of the mandated reporter
5. 5. Demonstrate knowledge of nutrition basics needed to plan snack and meal menus that mean food program standards
6. 6. Explore community resources designed to support the physical and psychological safety of young children
Prerequisites:
Placement score into READ 0200 or ESOL 0052 or completion of READ 0100 or ESOL 0042 and faculty recommendation into ESOL 0052.