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Safe Childcare
A Parent's Guide to Choosing Safe and Healthy Childcare
Child Abuse
- Can caregivers be seen by others at all times, so a child is never alone with one caregiver?
- Have all caregivers gone through a background check?
- Have all caregivers been trained how to prevent child abuse, how to recognize signs of child abuse and how to report suspected child abuse?
Medications
- Does the childcare program keep medication out of reach from children?
- Are the caregivers trained and the medications labeled to make sure the right child gets the right amount of the right medication at the right time?
Staff Training and First Aid
- Have caregivers been trained how to keep children healthy and safe from injury and illness?
- Do they know how to do first aid and rescue breathing?
- Have they been trained to understand and meet the needs of children of different ages?
Playgrounds
- Is the playground inspected for safety often?
- Is the playground surrounded by a fence?
- If there is a sandbox, is it clean?
- Is the playground equipment safe, with no sharp edges, and kept in good shape?
- Are the soil and playground surfaces checked often for dangerous substances and hazards?
- Is the equipment the right size and type for the age of the children who use it?
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