Health & Safety Training for Texas Child Care (2023)

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Course Agenda

1. Introduction
  FREE PREVIEW
2. Course Description
  FREE PREVIEW
3. Important Information
4. How to use this course
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Getting in Touch
  FREE PREVIEW
2. Course Facilitators
  FREE PREVIEW
1. Pre-Assessment
2. Health Policies
3. New Staff Orientation
4. Health Policies Quiz
1. Abuse and Neglect
2. Child Abuse Training Requirements
3. Family Strengths
1. Defining Abuse
2. Signs
3. Jurisdiction to Investigate
4. Suspecting Abuse
5. If You Suspect REPORT
6. Report Child Abuse
7. Talking with Children
8. Disclosure
9. Myth 1
10. Myth 2
11. Myth 3
12. Myth 4
13. Myth 5
14. Myth 6
15. Myth 7
16. Myth 8
17. Myth 9
18. Myth 10
19. Myth 11
20. Myth 12
21. Child Abuse Quiz
1. Have a Plan
2. Positive Prevention Strategies for Parents
3. Shaken Baby Syndrome
4. Abusive Head Trauma
5. Summary
6. Mandated Reporter
7. Shaken Baby Syndrome Quiz
1. Sleep
2. Sleeping Equipment
3. Back to Sleep
4. Infant Sleep Equipment
5. What Is SIDS?
6. Known Risk Factors for SIDS
7. Tummy Time
8. Safe Sleep - Open-Ended Question to be Reviewed by Trainer
9. Safe Sleep Quiz
1. Healthy Physical Environment
2. Regular Safety Checks
3. Safety Standards and Practices
4. Indoor Safety Scan
5. Outdoor Safety Scan
6. Toy-Related Injuries
7. Seven Toy Dangers
8. Supervision
9. Adult-Child Ratio
10. Safe Child-Care Environment Quiz
1. Burns and Fire
2. Causes of Burns and Fires
3. Burns and Fires - Open-Ended Question to be Reviewed by Trainer
1. Choking and Suffocation
2. Choking and Suffocation Hazards
3. Possible Choking and Suffocation Hazards
4. Choking and Suffocation - Open-Ended Question to be Reviewed by Trainer
1. Falls
2. Modification of Equipment and Environment
3. Risks of Falls - Open-Ended Question to be Reviewed by Trainer
1. Water Safety
2. Water Safety Precautions
3. Water Safety Quiz
1. Transporting Children
2. Car Seats
3. Accidents Will Happen
4. Transporting Children Quiz
1. Poisoning
2. Common Causes and Symptoms of Poisoning
3. Presence of Toxic Substances
4. Poisoning Quiz
1. Emergency Procedures
2. Be Prepared
3. First Aid
4. Grab And Go Bag
5. Fire Safety
6. Disaster Preparedness
7. Practice How To Evacuate
8. Missing Child
9. Emergency Process Plan
10. After the Emergency
11. Emergency Preparedness - Open-Ended Question to be Reviewed by Trainer
12. Safety Test
1. Open-Ended Question to be Reviewed by Trainer (pre-assessment)
2. Daily Health Check
3. When Child Becomes Ill
4. Understanding the Spread of Disease
5. How Are Illnesses Spread
6. Keeping Children Healthy Quiz
1. Transmission of Germs
2. Direct Contact Germs
3. Fecal Oral Route
4. Blood Transmission
5. Transmission of Germs Quiz
1. Universal and Standard Precautions
2. Applying Precautions
3. Handwashing
4. Handwashing Procedures
5. Universal Precautions Quiz
1. Personal Protective Equipment
2. Disposing of Gloves
3. PPE Quiz
1. Cleaning
2. Disinfecting or Sanitizing
3. Sanitizing versus Disinfecting
4. Use Bleach Water Safely
5. Keeping Your Classroom Healthy
6. Toileting Areas and Bedding
7. Disinfecting or Sanitizing Quiz
1. Ignorance is Bliss
2. Vaccine Preventable Diseases
3. Preventable Diseases and their Symptoms
4. Vaccine Tracking
5. Unvaccinated or Under-Vaccinated
6. Outbreak Reporting
7. Seasonal Flu Vaccine
8. Staff Immunizations
9. Vaccines Open-Ended Question to be Reviewed by Trainer
10. Vaccines Quiz
1. Special Needs
2. Children with Weak Immune Systems
3. ADA
4. Medication Management
5. Medication Video
6. Medication Management Quiz
1. Dental Care
2. Toothpaste
3. Toothbrushes
1. Supporting Healthy Eating
2. Responsibility
3. Food Safety
4. Food Handling
5. Healthy Eating Style
6. Infant Nutrition
7. Child Nutrition
8. Food Allergies
9. Severe Allergies
10. Food Allergy Emergency Plan
11. Healthy Eating - Open-Ended Question to be Reviewed by Trainer
12. Keeping Children Healthy Test
1. Health and Safety Training for Texas 2023 - Feedback Form

About this course

$25.00
4 Clock Hours
State: Texas
Mixed-Age

Health & Safety Training for Texas Child Care (2023)

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Course Agenda

Getting Started

Contact Us

Course Requirements

Healthy Practices

Child Abuse and Neglect

Abuse and Neglect

Shaken Baby Syndrome

Safe Sleep

Safe Environment

Burns and Fires

Choking and Suffocation

Risks of Falls

Water Safety

Transporting Children

Hazardous Materials and Biological Contaminants

Emergency Preparedness

Understanding the Spread of Disease

Transmission of Germs

Universal Precautions

Personal Protective Equipment and Disposing of Gloves

Disinfecting and Sanitizing

Immunizations

Administering Medication

Dental Care

Food Safety and Responding to Allergies

Evaluation Form

About this course