Children and Zika: What Child Care Providers Need to Know

By Julie Looper Coats on June 16, 2016

Child care providers have a unique role to play when it comes to being prepared for many types of hazards and emergencies.

Topics: Best Practices, Health & Safety, emergency preparedness

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Healthy and Safe Swimming Week 2016

By Holly Nett on May 18, 2016

As the temperatures climb, the desire to involve children in water activities often rises as well.  After all, most of us enjoy the excitement and cooling effects that a swim in a pool, lake, or ocean can bring during the warm months!

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May 15-21 is Designated as Hurricane Preparedness Week

By Julie Looper Coats on May 16, 2016

 

U.S. Army Sgt. Lee Savoy lifts a child into a boat for evacuation from a flood caused by Hurricane Isaac in La Place, La. in 2012.

Topics: Systems Building, Health & Safety, emergency preparedness

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May is Asthma Awareness Month

By Julie Looper Coats on April 29, 2016

 

Photo courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Resources for National Infant Immunization Week

By Holly Nett on April 19, 2016

National Infant Immunization Week (April 16-23) is an annual observance to highlight the importance of protecting infants from serious vaccine-preventable disease like whooping cough, measles, and influenza.

Topics: Best Practices, Health & Safety, emergency preparedness

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The Tragic Truth About Vehicular Heatstroke

By Julie Looper Coats on August 18, 2014

You’ve seen it on the news. Every year as temperatures across the country rise, quiet children are forgotten in hot cars. The result is serious injury or death and families that are changed forever.

Topics: Systems Building, Best Practices, Health & Safety, emergency preparedness

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