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Child Abuse   Family Childcare   Food   Funding   Health   Safety   Special Needs   Staff   Staff Training   Starting a Program   State Regulations   Technology   Transportation   Volunteers Running a Program Safety ABC's of Safe and Healthy Child Care The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has written this handbook to help you, the child care provider, reduce sickness, injury, and other health problems in your child care facility. The information in this handbook applies to any child care provider in any setting, whether you take care of children in a center or in your own home. AAP--American Academy of Pediatrics The American Academy of Pediatrics is dedicated to the health of all children. Visit this site for their latest research and news. Child Care Safety Study CPSC has been concerned about hazards in the home for a long time, especially how they affect young children. Because similar hazards may be present in organized child care settings, CPSC staff conducted a national study of potential dangers in child care settings to identify how to help prevent injuries and ensure greater safety for children. Child Safety The Consumer Product Safety Commission has written a number of pamphlets to help you keep children safe. You'll find pamphlets such as "The Safe Nursery", "Safety Tips for Sleeping Babies", "Child Care Safety Checklist", "Childproofing Your Home" and many more. Each one can be downloaded and printed! Child Safety Checklist for Parents and Providers This Checklist is in Spanish. Child Safety Institute This not for profit organization provides many innovative and comprehensive child safety and child prevention programs and materials. There is a special area just for older kids with games, reading lists, and other information about child abuse, but you may find some of these resources helpful when talking to younger children. Child Transportation Safety This site will answer many of your questions about child transportation safety. The easy to understand chart shows the proper child safety seat use for children up to age 12. If you have other questions about child transportation safety, you can search their site by topic. Consejos de Seguridad para los Bebes al Dormir Si su bebe tiene menos de meses de edad, usted puede contribuir a evitar el sindrome de muerte infantil subita (SIDS, por su sigla ingles), asfixia y estrangulacion siguiendo estos tres consejos. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) CPSC, an independent Federal regulatory agency, helps keep American families safe by reducing the risk of injury or death from consumer products. Check this site for recall news, advice on what you should look for in safe products, or to report any unsafe product. Visit this site often to stay on top of the latest information. CPSC's Email Subscription List You can have agency press releases, which include product recalls and other safety information, and the agency's public calendar, automatically sent to you by e-mail the same day they are issued. CPSC's Latest Product Recalls Want to find out about the latest products that have been recalled? Visit this site. CPSC--Report Unsafe Products You can use the on-line forms to report an injury, file a complaint about an unsafe product, or give feedback regarding this web site to CPSC. Deaths Associated with Playpens Study Playpens are often used as substitutes for full-sized cribs when babies nap. Learn about the hazards and what you can do to prevent deaths and injuries. Drowning Prevention The CPSC warns that pools are not the only drowning danger at home for kids. Data show other hazards cause more than 100 residential child drowning deaths annually. FEMA: Earthquake Preparedness: What Every Childcare Provider Should Know This publication gives important tips on how to prepare for an earthquake. Fight Fire With Facts The U.S. Fire Administration prepared these fact sheets to share important fire safety tips tailored to a specific audience (e.g., children, the elderly, college students, rural, and urban populations) or about fire risks (natural disasters, holiday season, etc.). Fire Safety Publications These fire safety materials can be ordered free from the U.S. Fire Administration's Publications Center. Posters, kits, handouts, and books are available. Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) FSIS is the public health agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring that the nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and packaged. Visit this site for Health Alerts and food safety information. Health and Safety in Child Care The National Child Care Information Center has compiled a list of publications and organizations and links about health and safety. You will find information about a wide range of important topics. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA is responsible for reducing deaths, injuries, and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes. They carry out highway safety and consumer programs, and conduct research on driver behavior and traffic safety. The site has great information helpful to parents and program providers. National Program for Playground Safety The National Program for Playground Safety (NPPS) addresses America's playground safety issues. Their goal is to see a decline in the nearly 200,000 annual playground-related injuries suffered by America's youth. The site includes safety tips, statistics, resources, and more! National Resource Center For Health and Safety in Child Care The National Resource Center For Health and Safety in Child Care has compiled the child care regulations for all of the states in one location. Check out the standards for your state. National Safe Kids Campaign The National SAFE KIDS Campaign is the premier media resource for all aspects of childhood unintentional injury prevention. We provide the latest statistics on risks to children as well as simple tips for families to help prevent injury and death. Nursery Products Study Most deaths in the nursery occur in cribs, playpens account for the second highest number. It is important that caregivers are aware of products that can cause injuries and deaths. The CPSC reports on porduct related deaths and injuries in this study. Playground Safety Each year, more than 200,000 children go to U.S. hospital emergency rooms with injuries associated with playground equipment. Playground Safety For Kids This site shows kids how to check playground equipment to make sure it is safe. Playground Safety in Spanish Cada ano mas de 200,000 de ninos vana las salas de emergencia de los hospitales en los Estados Undios con lesicnes que les ha provocado el equipo utilizado en areas de recreo infantiles Playpen Safety material This CPSC material is designed specifically for child care providers and parents. Poison Protection Package Find out which products around your center or house could poison a child. This CPSC report lists the products and the number of pediatric exposures reported. Safekids Safekids is a computer crime prevention initiative of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). You’ll find out about the darker side of the Internet and learn how to keep your children safe while they're online. Safety Tips for Sleeping Babies If your baby is less than 12 months old you can help prevent SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), suffocation, and strangulation by following these three tips. SAFE USA SAFE USA envisions a nation in which people are safe wherever they are. More specifically, this means that they would be Safe: At Home; At School; In the Community; On the Move; and At Work. This site is full of safety tips and links to other safety sites. Sesame Street Fire Safety Station This activity book and the accompanying cassette of songs and stories helps educators reach preschoolers with simple, memorable fire safety messages. The kit also includes for each classroom one reproducible coloring book and one wall poster. This kit is also available in Spanish. Severe Weather Safety Would you know what to do if you heard a tornado was approaching? This site from the Federal Emergency Management Agency offers lots of information on how to prepare for, and survive, all types of disasters. SIDs Survey This survey polled almost 500 parents with children under 3 about how they placed their children for sleep before they could roll over by themselves. Find out what role you can play in helping parents learn the proper sleeping position. Soft Bedding Alert To prevent infant deaths due to soft bedding, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development are revising their recommendations on safe bedding practices when putting infants down to sleep. Here are the revised recommendations to follow for infants under 12 months. Storm Prediction Center See what happens to a car during a tornado and why it’s a bad idea to stay in one when these violent storms - some of them have winds of up to 300 mph - come around. The Storm Spotter’s Guide explains how these long-lasting storms, called “supercell” thunderstorms, cause most of our really bad weather, including tornadoes and big hail. Learn how you can stay safe during all the different kinds of bad storms. Be sure to read the USA Today weather information on tornadoes. Toy Recall Database The SafeChild.net Toy Recall Database allows you to conduct almost any type of search of 350 major toy recalls by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and/or toy manufacturers. You can search for toy recalls based on the age of the child, the type of hazard upon which the recall is based, the type of toy involved, the year of the recall and the manufacturer. Vince & Larry’s Safety City Larry and Vince are real dummies—crash test dummies, that is. They have been in over 10,000 car crashes over the years, in order to test car safety. What happens at the Car Testing Grounds? What’s the correct way to wear a seat belt? Are air bags more trouble than they are worth? What’s the best way to be safe around schools buses? What’s up with bicycle safety? Larry and Vince give you the answers. They also give you the questions in the Safety Challenges Trivia game. Weather Alerts The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) hosts The National Weather Service ™ (NWS). NWS provides weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters, and ocean areas. They do this for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy. NWS provides warnings and forecast of hazardous weather, including thunderstorms, flooding, hurricanes, tornadoes, winter weather, tsunamis, and climate events.