Child care providers need to know how to recognize the signs and symptoms of common childhood illnesses. While they are not required to diagnose specific illnesses, they need to use this skill to prevent the spread of communicable illnesses and, if necessary, exclude children from care. Read each scenario and consider what you would do if you were faced with a similar situation. Then, expand the box and check your answer.

To ensure the health and safety of all children in their program, providers mustbe able to identify the most common signs of infection.look out for visual signs of illness throughout the day.be able to diagnose an illness.A and B

Child care providers need to know how to recognize the signs and symptoms of common childhood illnesses. While they are not required to diagnose specific illnesses, they need to use this skill to prevent the spread of communicable illnesses and, if necessary, exclude children from care. Read each scenario and consider what you would do if you were faced with a similar situation. Then, expand the box and check your answer.During the daily health check, 3-year-old Omar looks healthy and happy to be in the program. He is playing well with other children and appears to be enjoying himself. During story time, Ms. Ola notices that Omar scratches his head before answering a question and she assumes he is just thinking it over. Later, during small group time, Ms. Ola notices Omar keeps periodically scratching his head hard and fast, without relief. What should Ms. Ola do?A 2-year-old child, Alyona, arrives at the program with a runny nose and coughs several times as the teacher, Mr. Frank, is chatting with her parent. Her parent tells Mr. Frank that Alyona did not feel well the previous evening but is now much better. What should Mr. Frank do?Armen is almost a year old. During one of his diaper changes, Ms. Patsy noticed small spots and patches on his chest and belly. Armen has also been especially irritable and slightly hot to the touch. What should Ms. Patsy do?Tatyana is normally an active toddler but today she seemed quiet and withdrawn. She did not display any other symptoms until the end of the day, when she vomited after her snack. Mr. Hugo cleaned up Tatyana but half an hour later she vomited again. What should the provider do?

Without established health and hygiene procedures and practices, infections may happen easily in an early learning environment. Reflect on what you, as a child care provider, can do to minimize or prevent the spread of illness in your program. What do you think are the most effective ways to keep the children healthy? If the children are exposed to communicable illness, what are the best ways to respond?

There should be proper child to staff ratios.There should be policies in place for sick staff.There should be policies in place for sick children.There should be a system in place to track child immunizations

Which of the following would be a good practice when communicating with a child? use medical jargon scan them without explaining the scan to prevent aprehension communicate with them at eye-level refrain from answering questions from the child or parent