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(latest update: December 24, 2008)
Good Oral Health in Child Care is Essential! |
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Check out the National Resource Center’s Parent’s Checklist for Good Dental Health Practices in Child Care in English and Spanish. The checklist helps parents identify policies and practices that promote good dental health for their young children in child care/early education settings. Providers and consultants can also use it as an assessment tool on what practices are carried out well and what needs to be improved. Topics covered include:
- Foods and liquids good for oral health
- Brushing
- Preventing tooth decay
- Safety issues
- Dental emergencies
Additional dental resources that may be of interest:
New/revised state child care regulations posted on the NRC website during
the month of December:
Welcome to the National Resource Center for
Health and Safety in Child Care (NRC)
The National Resource Center is located at the
University of
Colorado Denver in Denver, Colorado, and is
funded by the Maternal
and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services,
HRSA. The NRC's primary mission is to promote health and safety
in out-of-home child care settings throughout the nation.
The standard resource for information concerning
this subject is the Caring
for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards
Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care Programs, Second Edition
published in January 2002. The guidelines were developed through
the collaborative efforts of the American
Public Health Association, the American
Academy of Pediatrics, and the Maternal
and Child Health Bureau. The entire text of this publication
is available on this website.
Each state manages licensure of child care settings
in different ways. The licensure
regulations from the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands
are also available on this Website. The NRC updates this database
as changes are made.
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