Child care providers have a unique role to play when it comes to being prepared for many types of hazards and emergencies.
Children and Zika: What Child Care Providers Need to Know
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Continue ReadingHealthy and Safe Swimming Week 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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Continue ReadingMay 15-21 is Designated as Hurricane Preparedness Week
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Continue ReadingMay is Asthma Awareness Month
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Continue ReadingResources for National Infant Immunization Week
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.
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Continue ReadingThe Tragic Truth About Vehicular Heatstroke
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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