PRACTICING SAFETY PROJECT- SAFETY IN OTHER'S CARE

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Safety In Other's Care

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A safe and healthy childcare environment is important for infant development. Quality childcare can be as nurturing as parental care, but it requires responsive, loving caregiving by a few consistent adults. Respect the choices that parents make regarding work while educating them about the needs of their children. Know what constitutes good-quality childcare and be aware of potential advantages and disadvantages of at-home parenting and out-of-home childcare for children, families and communities so that you can advise parents. (read more)

Materials for this module are listed below. Some are available for free download and others by purchase through the websites and/or organizations indicated. Many of the tools here can be purchased from the same source, and it is therefore recommended that you browse through the materials in all of the modules and compile a list of the items you are interested in before placing your order with those organizations.

Some of the Practicing Safety materials were created by the Practicing Safety Team, and others were compiled from various organizations that recognized child abuse and neglect as an important issues for pediatricians and families.

UNLESS INDICATED, THE PRACTICING SAFETY MATERIALS HAVE NOT BEEN ENDORSED BY THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, AND THOSE DEVELOPED FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PRACTICING SAFETY PROJECT DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT POLICY OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS.