Child Care Health Champions - MODULE 1

• 1. Becoming a Childcare Health Champion

2. Your Role as a Child Care Health Champion To explain and promotehigh quality childcare To encourage connections between the medical home and childcare among your colleagues. Toenable safe medication administration at a child care setting. 3. Why You? You have unparalleled access to our youngest children You are a trusted messenger You can set children on a successful trajectory by simultaneously linking them with quality care and promoting quality care as a champion 4. Early Care and Learning MODULE 1 5. Learning Objectives MODULE 1 Articulate the benefits of quality childcare Enable you to feel confident advocating quality childcare Emphasize the connection between quality childcare and health 6. 700 New Neural Connections Every Second Image source: Conel, JL. The postnatal development of the human cerebral cortex. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1959 7. 7 16 mos. 24 mos. 36 mos. CumulativeVocabulary(Words) College Educated Parents Working Class Parents Welfare Parents Childs Age (Months) 200 600 1200 400 800 1000 Data Source: Hart & Risley (1995) Slide Source: 2011, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University Barriers to Educational Achievement Emerge at a Very Young Age 8. NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL ON THE DEVELOPING CHILD The Mismatch Between Opportunity and Investment Age Spending on Health, Education and Welfare 0 3 10 70 9. What is Childcare? CHILDCARE: Any means of looking after children 10. Childcare Settings Family, friends, neighbors Care provided in the childs home Licensed family care in a caregivers home (FCCs) Center-based care (includes preschool, early education programs, Health Start, Early Head Start, and more) 11. Parents Choose Care Based On Cost Availability Reliability Quality 12. Determining Quality Crucial components when determining care quality: Relationships Curriculum Teaching Assessment of child progress Health Teachers Families Community relationship Physical environment Leadership/management From The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) 13. Nurturing, Responsive Caregivers 14. The Benefits of Quality Care Math, language, and social skills Progression in school Income as adults Need for special education Interactions with the justice system 15. HEALTH BENIFITS High/Scope Perry Preschool Study Less likely to become smokers Less likely to engage in risky behaviors Less likely to use/abuse illicit drugs Less likely to engage in violent behavior More likely to be employed and earn higher wages More likely to wear seatbelts Chicago Child-Parent Centers Study Lower rates of child maltreatment Lower rates of depression More likely to have health insurance Lower rates of teen pregnancy Lower rates of felony arrests and incarceration Research on the health benefits of childcare outcomes: 16. Research, cont. The Abecedarian Study Lower rates of cigarette smoking Lower rates of teen pregnancy Lower rates of marijuana use Brookline Early Education Project More likely to have health insurance More likely to have a regular source of health care More likely to visit a doctor or a dentist annually More likely to report a health rating of good or excellent Lower rates of depression 17. Quality Varies The benefits of childcare are based on longitudinal studies of high quality care environments Quality varies tremendously. Educate families about indicators of quality care. Refer them to community resources with expertise on this subject to help them make their decision. 18. Opportunities to Promote Health Early Care and Education settings may be among the most important venues through which we transform our nations health Opportunities to promote health in child care are unlimited. Children spend significant time in care. Teaching and promoting health in care enables meaningful outcomes. 19. Read our brief to learn more about health promotion and quality care http://docsfortots.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/staplesfinal- brief.pdf 20. QUICK QUIZ (Fill out Word attachment to submit) 1. Name two types of child care settings A. B. 21. 2. Name at least three factors that influence parents choice of childcare A. B. C. 22. 3. Name at least three factors that the National Association for the Education of Young Children uses in assessing quality A. B. C. 23. 4. Name at least two lifelong benefits of quality childcare A. B. 24. 5. Share a summary of the Docs for Tots Brief. Dont forget to point out two new things you learned! http://docsfortots.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/staplesfinal- brief.pdf 25. Assignment Review and complete our checklist. Submit a reflection. Let us know what you already do, and we can discuss next steps! 26. Whats Next? MODULE 2 Medication Administration MODULE 3 Your Role