Health and Nutrition
Health and Nutrition generally refers to policies and practices that support children’s overall health and safety. This measure helps early learning programs evaluate the multiple influences on a child’s well-being rather than focusing solely on the children’s learning and interactions with teachers.
Professional Learning Resources
This section includes professional learning resources that can help practitioners deepen their understanding of quality for this topic.
Guide
Providers can use this collection of action steps and resources to reduce the impact maternal depression can have on the families they serve. By providing support, resources, and written policies regarding the overall health and safety of children, early learning programs have evidence demonstrating their procedures for supporting the whole child’s development.
Age(s): Infant, Toddler, Preschool, School-age
Online Course
This course helps practitioners to implement research-based best practices in child-care settings to prevent the spread of communicable diseases. In addition to including written policies, programs can provide learning resources and professional development opportunities for staff to gain a deeper understanding of the overall health and safety of children.
Age(s): Infant, Toddler, Preschool, School-age
Online Course
This course will help individuals gain a better understanding of child safety and how to prevent injuries to the children in their care. In addition to including written policies, programs can provide learning resources and professional development opportunities for staff and families to gain a deeper understanding of the overall health and safety of children.
Age(s): Infant, Toddler, Preschool, School-age
Online Course
This course reviews procedures for preventing and responding to food or allergy emergencies. Individuals will learn how to manage common childhood illnesses, food intolerances, and allergies.
Age(s): Infant, Toddler, Preschool, School-age
Online Course
This self-paced training helps caregivers understand infants’ and toddlers’ physical, health, and motor development, and provides instructional and care-giving strategies. Engaging children in playful gross and fine motor activities sets them up for success socially and cognitively.
Age(s): Infant, Toddler
Implementation Tools
In this section you will find tips, strategies, examples, and specific tools and products that can improve your implementation of practices related to this topic area.
Toolkit
Childcare providers play an important role in children’s overall nutritional health and well-being. This toolkit includes resources for providers and families on a variety of health-related topics.
Age(s): Infant, Toddler, Preschool, School-age
Guide
Head Start’s Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center (ECLKC) provides tips to encourage staff to talk to families about depression and offers concrete ways to have those conversations. By providing supports, resources, and written policies regarding the overall health and safety of children, early learning programs have evidence demonstrating their procedures for supporting the whole child’s development.
Age(s): Infant, Toddler, Preschool, School-age
