Wk2 Content Learning Resources Required Resources Course Text: Safety, Nutrition, and Health in Early Education  (5th ed.) Chapter 5, "Emergency Response Procedures for  Early Childhood Education  Enviroments" (pp. 170 – 180) and (pp. 188 – 205) Chapter 10, "Tools for Promoting Good Health in Children" (pp. 379 – 419) Chapter 15, "Providing Mentally and Emotionally Healthy Environment" (pp. 574-589) Chapter 14, "Child Maltreatment" (pp. 524 – 545 and 549 – 553) Note:  Peruse the following Web sites and online articles. You will need to refer to these resources when completing  your Discussion and Application Assignment. Web Sites: Child Welfare Information Gateway: Child Abuse and Neglect http://www.childwelfare.gov/can/ FEMA http://www.fema.gov/ American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/ Articles: Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency: Bureau of Plans. (2003, August).  Day care facilities emergency planning guide .  Retrieved from http://www.pema.state.pa.us/pema/lib/pema/daycareplanningtoolkit/day_care_facilities_planning_guide.pdf Bureau of Plans Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency www.pema.state.pas.us Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2008, April).  Long-term consequences of child abuse and neglect .  Retrieved from  http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/factsheets/long_term_consequences.cfm Child Welfare Information Gateway. For more information: www.childwelfare.gov National Association for the Education of Young Children. (2004).  Where we stand on child abuse prevention .  Retrieved from  http://www.naeyc.org/about/positions/pdf/childabusestand.pdf Reproduced with permission of National Association for the Education of Young Children in the format Scan via Copyright Clearance Center. National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome. (n.d.).  Signs and  symptoms : Shaken baby syndrome. Retrieved November 12, 2008, from http://www.dontshake.org/sbs.php?topNavID=3&subNavID=22 American Psychological Association. (2001).  Understanding child sexual abuse: Education, prevention, and recovery.  Retrieved November 12, 2008, from http://www.apa.org/pubs/info/brochures/sex-abuse.aspx Position Statement: Caregivers of Young Children: PReventing and Responding to Child Maltreatment http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/usermanuals/caregive/caregiveb.cfm Violence in the Lives of Children http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/PSVIOL98.PDF Optional Resources Web Sites: Prevent Child Abuse America http://www.preventchildabuse.org/index.shtml Child Abuse Prevention Network http://child.cornell.edu/ Childhelp http://www.childhelp.org/ Child Abuse and Neglect http://www.helpguide.org/mental/child_abuse_physical_emotional_sexual_neglect.htm Content Review Directions: Respond to each item. Each response should be concise and between two and three paragraphs in length. Use MS Word to write your  responses , and submit your answers to all three questions in one Word document. Copy and paste each question within the document, so that your Instructor can.

1. Wk2 Content
Learning Resources
Required Resources
Course Text:
Safety, Nutrition, and Health in Early Education
(5th ed.)
Chapter 5, "Emergency Response Procedures for
Early Childhood Education
Enviroments" (pp. 170
–
180) and (pp. 188
–
205)
Chapter 10, "Tools for Promoting Good Health in Children" (pp.
379
–
419)
Chapter 15, "Providing Mentally and Emotionally Healthy
Environment" (pp. 574-589)
Chapter 14, "Child Maltreatment" (pp. 524
–
545 and 549
–
553)
Note:
Peruse the following Web sites and online articles. You will
need to refer to these resources when
completing
your Discussion and Application Assignment.
Web Sites:
Child Welfare Information Gateway: Child Abuse and Neglect
http://www.childwelfare.gov/can/
FEMA
http://www.fema.gov/
American Red Cross

2. http://www.redcross.org/
Articles:
Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency: Bureau of Plans.
(2003, August).
Day care facilities emergency planning guide
.
Retrieved from
http://www.pema.state.pa.us/pema/lib/pema/daycareplanningtoo
lkit/day_care_facilities_planning_guide.pdf
Bureau of Plans Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency
www.pema.state.pas.us
Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2008, April).
Long-term consequences of child abuse and neglect
.
Retrieved from
http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/factsheets/long_term_conseq
uences.cfm
Child Welfare Information Gateway. For more information:
www.childwelfare.gov
National Association for the Education of Young Children.
(2004).
Where we stand on child abuse prevention
.
Retrieved from
http://www.naeyc.org/about/positions/pdf/childabusestand.pdf
Reproduced with permission of National Association for the
Education of Young Children in the format Scan via Copyright
Clearance Center.
National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome. (n.d.).
Signs and
symptoms
: Shaken baby syndrome.
Retrieved November 12, 2008, from
http://www.dontshake.org/sbs.php?topNavID=3&subNavID=22
American Psychological Association. (2001).

3. Understanding child sexual abuse: Education, prevention, and
recovery.
Retrieved November 12, 2008, from
http://www.apa.org/pubs/info/brochures/sex-abuse.aspx
Position Statement:
Caregivers of Young Children: PReventing and Responding to
Child Maltreatment
http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/usermanuals/caregive/caregiv
eb.cfm
Violence in the Lives of Children
http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/PSVIOL98.PDF
Optional Resources
Web Sites:
Prevent Child Abuse America
http://www.preventchildabuse.org/index.shtml
Child Abuse Prevention Network
http://child.cornell.edu/
Childhelp
http://www.childhelp.org/
Child Abuse and Neglect
http://www.helpguide.org/mental/child_abuse_physical_emotion
al_sexual_neglect.htm
Content Review
Directions:
Respond to each item. Each response should be concise and
between two and three paragraphs in length.
Use MS Word to write your
responses
, and submit your answers to all three questions in one Word
document.
Copy and paste each question within the document, so that your
Instructor can see which question you are responding to.
Many children face serious stress in their family environment.
See pages 565–570 in your course text. Describe three signs that

4. demonstrate a young child might be experiencing
mental/emotional stress due to factors outside his/her early
childhood setting and consequently might need special
attention. What might early childhood professionals do in cases
such as this to help alleviate a child's stress?
As you have been learning, early childhood educators have a
responsibility to help provide mentally/emotionally healthy
environments for children, themselves, and their colleagues.
Drawing on Section 15.4 in your course text, define what you
consider to be a mentally healthy early childhood environment.
What specific stressors might you expect to find in an early
childhood setting? How might you alleviate these stressors?
Refer to Section 10.4, "Recording Health Status of Children"
(pp. 397–400), in your course text. Summarize the pros and
cons of three different health status recording methods
described in your readings. What challenges might early
childhood professionals face in recording health observations in
their settings? What solutions can you suggest for overcoming
these challenges?