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August 2002Asthma Child Care ResourcesCaring for Children with Chronic ConditionsHead StartOne of a series of Head Start National Training Guides, this You can view the training guide online at: http://www.headstartinfo.org/publications/children_cc/ccccont.htm. Scroll down to Module 3--Putting It All Together: Caring For Children With Asthma. Secondhand Smoke Training Module for Child Care ProvidersU.S. Environmental Protection Agency"The ABCs of Secondhand Smoke" is a training module that provides caregivers with information that can be used to inform parents about the harmful effects of secondhand smoke to help reduce children's exposure in the home. It includes sections for child care providers, parents, and children. The section for child care providers includes a model day care policy, resource list, and self-test and evaluation reporting form. The module was developed by the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and the National Safety Council's Environmental Health Center. It is available on the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/iaq/ets/index.html. Click on Resources in the left textbox and then scroll down to "Training Module for Child Care Providers"
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guide is intended to build staff capacity to make Head Start a safe and welcoming place to learn and play for children with chronic conditions. It outlines best practices for children with special health needs and specific Head Start implications, with a particular focus on allergies and asthma. It builds on the key concepts that Head Start staff must work with the family and health care providers to ensure that the care of the child with asthma is family-centered, individualized, safe, and legal. Activity sheets, sample forms, and case scenarios provide clear and practical tools to adapt this training to other child care sites.Archived page, reproduced from a 2003 copy. It is reference material, not current guidance.