ECCE 186 Child Health and Safety is on personal wellness and the planning, establishment and maintenance of a safe and healthy environment in programs for children from birth to school age. Topics include: food preparation and handling; planning nutritious snacks and meals; universal precautions; diapering and toileting; accident prevention and hazard identification; medication; illness management, assessment and reporting; modelling healthy practices and utilizing community health resources.
Prerequisites: Acceptance into the ECCE Program.
Corequisite: None
Crosslisted: None
Accessibility Services Notice
Students who would like an academic accommodation and who have a documented disability should contact Accessibility Services, if they have not already done so.Course Details| Total number of weeks | 15 |
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| Total Credits | |
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| Total Hours | 45 |
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Typical hours per week breakdown| Lecture | 3 |
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
- self-awareness of personal health and safety and modeling healthy and safe lifestyle practices.
- providing respectful and responsive individualized care and communication with children to:
a. promote their health through hygiene practices (including diapering/toileting);
b. create a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere through flexible daily routines;
c. provide nutritious snacks and meals; and
d. assess health and manage illnesses.
- applying understanding of ways children learn to teaching of healthy and safe practices.
- establishing partnerships with parents to support children’s attachments to parents and staff.
- identifying health concerns, sharing information and collaborating with parents, colleagues, and resource people to optimize children’s well-being.
- designing and maintaining child-safe environments through identification and remediation of safety hazards, teaching safety practices to children, active and responsive supervision and effective accident management.
- formulating and evaluating policies and procedures regarding illness, accidents, and health and safety.
Grading Table
| Percentage |
Letter Grade |
GPA |
| 90-100 |
A+ |
4.33 |
| 85-89 |
A |
4.00 |
| 80-84 |
A- |
3.67 |
| 76-79 |
B+ |
3.33 |
| 72-75 |
B |
3.00 |
| 68-71 |
B- |
2.67 |
| 64-67 |
C+ |
2.33 |
| 60-63 |
C |
2.00 |
| 55-59 |
C- |
1.67 |
| 50-54 |
P |
1.00 |
| 0-49 |
F |
0.00 |
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DNW |
0.00 |
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Disclaimer
Information contained in this course outline is correct at the time of publication. Content of the course is revised on an ongoing basis to ensure relevance to changing educational, employment and market needs. The instructor will endeavor to provide notice of changes to students as soon as possible. The instructor reserves the right to add or delete material from courses.