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Resources for Learning about and Addressing How The Opioid Crisis Impacts Young Children The American Academy of Pediatrics, in partnership with Casey Family Programs, had assembled a collection of resources highlighting the impact of the opioid crisis on children and families across the country. Website
Resources to Help Children in the Wake of a School Shooting As adults struggle with their own reactions to the school shooting in Parkland, Florida young eyes and ears are watching and listening. This is an important time to talk to children about what they are seeing and hearing, even when they did not directly witness the event. While it can be difficult to know what to say, evidence from research and clinical practice can help us with these difficult conversations. We begin with a few suggestions for adults who care for children indirectly affected by a school shooting: Document
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV) RSV, is a common respiratory virus that usually causes mild, cold-like symptoms. Most people recover in a week or two, but RSV can be serious, especially for infants and older adults. RSV is the most common cause of bronchiolitis (inflammation of the small airways in the lung) and pneumonia (infection of the lungs) in children younger than 1 year of age in the United States. Click the link below to learn more from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC. Website
Responding to Potentially Violent Situations Head Start and child care programs need to know how to prepare for and respond to a variety of emergency situations, including potentially violent ones. Programs should develop and implement a written plan that describes the practices and procedures to use if faced with a threat of violence. Website
RSV: When It's More Than Just a Cold Almost all children get RSV at least once before they are 2 years old. For most healthy children, RSV is like a cold. But, some children get very sick with RSV.  The American Academy of Pediatrics has created this great resource page which includes a short video.   Website
Safe and Healthy Naptime Routines Our guest, Public Health Nurse Sarah Hawley from Minnesota Child Care Health Consultants, joins Inclusion Matters for another episode, this time focusing on safe and healthy naptime routines, policies, and practices.  Sleep is essential for overall good health of the child and the whole family.  Listen and gain resources and tools to support quality sleep for young children while in child care. Podcast
Safe Sleep - Patient Resources The UNC Center for Maternal and Infant Health created FREE patient materials designed to help promote safe sleep practices and to help those who work with parents and caregivers of infants to more effectively discuss safe infant sleep. There are Spanish resources available as well. Website
Safe Sleep for Babies Check out this 1-minute video developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on safe sleep practices for infants. A great resource to share with parents of infants in your program! Website
Safety Checks for Your Environment: Tips and Tricks Listen as Priscilla Weigel and guest Brenda Lowe, CICC Coach Lead, discuss an important health and safety topic.  They walk through the daily process of checking your child care environment for safety dangers that can cause harm to children and adults.  The conversation walks through some tips and tricks for making this process smooth and key to your daily routine.  Podcast
Screen Time for Kids Under Two Linked to Sensory Differences in Toddlerhood "For children under the age of 2, television screen time is associated with sensory differences later in toddlerhood, according to a new study. The study, led by researchers at Drexel University, follows previous research showing how screen time impacts the ways kids speak, hear, feel and think."Click on the link below to learn more. Website
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