Course Resources – ECED 1376

Websites

Caring for Our Children (CFOC), Special Collection, Preventing Childhood Obesity in Early Care and Education Programs
https://nrckids.org/CFOC/Childhood_Obesity

Head Start
https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/nutrition

Tips for Keeping Children Safe: A Developmental Guide
https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/safety-practices/article/tips-keeping-children-safe-developmental-guide (English)
https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/es/practicas-de-seguridad/articulo/consejos-para-proteger-los-ninos-una-guia-de-desarrollo (Spanish)

Child Care Aware
https://www.childcareaware.org/our-issues/health-nutrition/health-resources-and-links/

Extension Alliance with the USDA Institute of Food and Agriculture, multiple links about health, safety and nutrition.
https://childcare.extension.org/health-and-safety-in-child-care/
https://childcare.extension.org/toy-safety-in-child-care/

NPR Article and ACES questionnaire
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/03/02/387007941/take-the-ace-quiz-and-learn-what-it-does-and-doesnt-mean

State of CT. Child Health Assessment Record
https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/SDE/School-Nursing/Forms/EC_HAR.pdf

My Plate (Nutritional Information and activities)
https://www.myplate.gov

Zero to Three: multiple links regarding infant toddler mental health
https://www.zerotothree.org/espanol/infant-and-early-childhood-mental-health

HealthyChildren.org: Health and Nutrition information such as the 2 articles listed below and much more. Is Your Baby Hungry or Full?
Responsive Feeding Explained
https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/baby/feeding-nutrition/Pages/Is-Your-Baby-Hungry-or-Full-Responsive-Feeding-Explained.aspx

Toddler Nutrition articles
https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/toddler/nutrition/Pages/default.aspx

Rehab Mart (where you can buy assistive devices for feeding)
https://www.rehabmart.com/category/pediatric_eating_aids.htm

Adaptive Feeding Devices
https://swallowingdisorderfoundation.com/adaptive-feeding-devices/

Multiple links to a huge variety of screening tools
https://depts.washington.edu/dbpeds/Screening%20Tools/ScreeningTools.html

Head Start: I am Moving, I am Learning
https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/physical-health/article/i-am-moving-i-am-learning-imil

Information on Safety in Home and Community for Parents with Infants, Toddlers, and Young Children
https://www.cdc.gov/parents/infants/ (infants and toddlers)
https://www.cdc.gov/parents/children/

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a comprehensive site with resources that are organized by the age of the children and by topic.
The Infants & Toddlers (0-3) site is and the Children (4-11) site is CT Shares
https://www.ctshares.org/successful-program-management/nutrition-health-safety/

A Pinterest page with healthy, safety and nutrition links…some DAP, some not.
https://www.pinterest.com/acappellagirl3/health-safety-and-nutrition-preschool/

Keeping Children with Disabilities Safe
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandsafety/child-safety.html (English)

Finding the right information and learning about the kinds of risks children might face at different ages is often not easy for parents of children with disabilities. Each child is different – and the general recommendations that are available to keep children safe should be tailored to fit your child’s skills and abilities. This site offers steps and suggestions that may be helpful for families and caregivers.
Essentials for Childhood: Violence Prevention
https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childabuseandneglect/essentials/index.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fviolenceprevention%2Fchildabuseandneglect%2Fessentials.html

The Child and Adult Care Food Program page of the Institute of Child Nutrition
This is a very dense website but well worth exploring as it has a lot of resources for instructors as well as students and parents.
https://theicn.org/cacfp

The Food and Allergy Organization
https://www.foodallergy.org/resources/food-allergies-early-childhood

Videos

Information from the CDC on violence prevention with a corresponding video
https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/aces/index.html

UNICEF How to Feed Your Child With Care. (9 min.) This video can be watched with the sound off to ask students what strategies they see for “feeding with care.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPK3Q9BbJv8

Lunch at the Nursery | Laser Learning (6 min) (also can be viewed with the sound off)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXYktk8_KsY

TED TALK by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
https://www.ted.com/talks/nadine_burke_harris_how_childhood_trauma_affects_health_across_a_lifetime?language=en

Includes and ACES graphic and
https://safechildnc.org/resilience-initiative/

Audio

Feed To Succeed Podcasts
https://feedtosucceed.com/feed-succeed-podcast/

Multiple Health Podcasts
https://blog.feedspot.com/childrens_health_podcasts/

Webinar: Let’s Eat Together: Responsive Feeding Practices in Early Intervention (90 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D_osZ8ifxY

Children’s Books

An annotated list of Picture Books about health, safety and nutrition
https://bookriot.com/childrens-books-about-health/

A video of Grow Strong: A Book of Healthy Habits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg2dJqENCCU