Maintaining the Safety and Security of Children
This title looks at the safety and security needs of children in group
childcare settings. It identifies potential dangers in both the indoor and
outdoor environment, shows how to prevent accidents and helps you to
increase the children's awareness of safety issues.
To
provide a safe environment for children you must: ensure that the
environment and equipment is checked for safety; know how to supervise
children's safety and encourage them to be aware of their own safety; know
why accidents happen and how to prevent them; understand the safety issues
when taking children out of the setting.
Consultant: Carolyn
Meggitt
BA (Hons) SRN SCM NDNCert
Peer Review: The
Daycare Trust
Standards:
National Standard 6 & 13
and new NOS Unit CCLD202
Subjects covered include:
Maintaining
a Safe Environment · Security · Damaged Equipment · Sharp Objects · Water
· Electrical Equipment · Outdoor Play · Supervising Children´s Safety ·
Why Accidents Happen and How to Prevent Them · Choking and Suffocation ·
Falls · Burns and Scalds · Poisoning · Dealing with Accidents and
Emergencies · Teaching Children about Safety · Keep Safe on Outings ·
Child Abuse
Supporting Material:
An accompanying
CD-ROM contains a Training Pack, which includes a Lesson Plan, 4 group
and/or individual exercises and 2 handouts. The CD-ROM also contains
Question and Answer sheets a Trainer's Guide and other supporting
materials, all designed to help trainers prepare and run an effective
training session.
Duration:
24 minute DVD/video in
17 sections to be used in a suggested half day training session.
