Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards; Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs, Fourth Edition

Caring for Our Children is a continually updated set of standards based on the best evidence, expertise, and experiences about quality health and safety practices and policies. This is the fourth edition and it includes a list of changes made since the third edition was published in 2011. It is organized into ten chapters, including topics like staffing; program activities for healthy development; nutrition and food service; facilities; playground and play areas; infectious diseases; special needs; and administration.

Related Topics
Health and Safety and Licensing
Child supervision practices
Compliance and training
Federal, state and local regulations
Publisher
Other
Author
American Academy of Pediatrics
Resource Type
Other
Length
598 pages
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Unarchived