health safety nutrition oregon registry

Health, Safety & Nutrition

Knowledge of basic health, safety, and nutrition principles and practices. Knowledge of child abuse and neglect prevention, identification, reporting procedures, and therapeutic care. Promoting healthy choices and safety awareness with children and youth.

Key Concepts:

Keeping children, youth and staff safe and healthy requires the implementation of laws, practices and routines in all aspects of the program.
An understanding of nutrition supports positive growth and development of children and youth.
Advocating for policies and procedures that affect the nutritional welfare of the individuals in the program and in the broader community is an important role.
Recognizing signs and symptoms of abuse and neglect and domestic violence—and knowing the proper course of action to take in these situations—is required as a mandatory reporters.

Supporting Explanations:The health and safety of community members, especially the children and youth, is a number one priority. Children and youth need a safe place to stay.Knowledge of health and safety laws, practices, and routines (such as adequate supervision, routine care and maintenance of materials and equipment, and other risk management plans) contributes to a family’s sense of comfort and a child’s health and welfare.A child’s nutrition strongly affects his/her physical, social, emotional and cognitive development.

Familiarity with the causes, results and treatments for abuse and neglect of children and youth, and domestic violence makes the reporting process easier for all parties involved.

Health, Safety & Nutrition Standards

SET ONE STANDARDS FOR OREGON REGISTRY STEPS 1-7	SET TWO STANDARDS FOR OREGON REGISTRY STEPS 7.5-9	SET THREE STANDARDS FOR OREGON REGISTRY STEPS 9.5-10
Identification of safe and healthy activities for children, youth, families, and/or professionals	Development of safe and healthy activities for children, youth, families, and/or professionals	Analysis and synthesis of research on practices and procedures to promote health and safety of children, youth, professionals, and/or families
Identification of safe and healthy physical and/or psychological environments for children, youth and adults and/or unsafe, unhealthy environmental factors	Exploration and application of safe and healthy practices in daily lives and/or examination of the effects of unsafe, unhealthy practices	Analysis, synthesis, and implications of research on safe and healthy environments and/or the effects of unsafe, unhealthy environments for children, youth and/or adults
Introduction to nutrition	Exploration and application of sound nutritional and feeding practices and/or the effects of unhealthy nutritional and feeding practices	Examination of nutrition research and its implications for childhood care and education practices for children, youth and/or families
Fundamentals of child abuse, and neglect, and required reporting procedures for mandated reporters	Examination of the effects of child abuse and neglect and/or domestic violence on brain development, attachment, and behavior	Critique of programs for the prevention and remediation of effects of child abuse, stress, neglect, trauma, substance abuse, and/or domestic violence
Definitions of domestic violence and/or substance abuse and awareness of programs for prevention and treatment	Examination of the effects of domestic violence and/or substance abuse on the well-being of children, youth and adults	Critique of programs for the prevention and treatment of effects of domestic violence and/or substance abuse
Identification of ways to balance work and play in daily lives	Exploration and application of health and wellness activities	Development of health and wellness policies and programs for children, youth and/or professionals

Health, Safety & Nutrition Sample Topics

Recognizing and reporting child abuse and neglectDeveloping health, safety, and nutrition policiesDesign and implementation of curriculum promoting healthy bodies/ lifestyles/environment

SET ONE SAMPLE TOPICS FOR OREGON REGISTRY STEPS 1-7	SET TWO SAMPLE TOPICS FOR OREGON REGISTRY STEPS 7.5-9	SET THREE SAMPLE TOPICS FOR OREGON REGISTRY STEPS 9.5-10
Principles of safety, health and nutrition	Theories on safety, health, and nutrition	Research in safety, health, and nutrition
First Aid, CPR and Food Handlers training	Compliance with state and national health and safety standards	Code of ethics as a monitoring tool for compliance with regulations
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome	Infectious disease control practices	Analyze policies to minimize staff and child illness and injury
Preparing staff and children/youth for drills and emergencies	Choosing healthy bodies/lifestyles/ environment curriculum	Policies and procedures affecting health, safety, or nutritional welfare of the broader community
Effects of child nutrition on development	Menu evaluation regarding nutritional value and balance, cultural preferences, individual allergies, and special needs	Meeting the health care needs of individual children/youth
Child safety and supervision	Links between health, safety, and nutrition practices and children/youth’s development and individual needs	Effective relationships with families regarding health issues
Procedures for sanitation such as hand washing, diapering, or preventing cross contamination	Health records, communication, and confidentiality	Policies and procedures for continuous monitoring and adjustments of health and safety practices
Laws, regulations, standards, practices, and/or routines that promote healthy, safe environments	Health resources for families	Affect of regulations on program quality
Effects of environmental toxins on human development	Causes, results, and treatments for child abuse and neglect	Designing and evaluating emergency preparedness plans
Keeping health records and reporting hazards	Treatment programs for preventing and treating drug abuse in children, youth and/or families	Developing programs and practices supportive of abused and neglected children and youth
Effects of drug abuse	Programs for children/youth affected by domestic violence	Developing programs for prevention and treatment of drug abuse in children, youth and/or families
Effects of domestic violence	Burn-out, stress	Developing programs and treatments for children/youth affected by domestic violence
Informing families of health, safety, and nutritional best practices		Developing and implementing a reporting plan for child abuse and neglect
Burn-out, stress		Developing and implementing programs for the prevention of bullying and/or school violence
Mental health
Mind body connection
Alternative health practices
Effects of “screen time” on health
School violence, bullying
Communicable diseases