Child Safety Resources (04)
Choosing and Using Occupant Restraints
Information about the proper use of child restraints and seat belts including restraint selection, harnessing children in child restraints, and the basics of installation. This site contains the basics for child restraints and seat belts, choosing and using seat belts, harnessing and installation, the basics of using seatbelts, latches, child restraints in school buses and airplanes, recalls, transporting children, as well as a section about children and airbags. Training resources as well as a contact list is included.
Pesticides and Child Safety
Although pesticides can be beneficial to society, they can be dangerous if used carelessly or if they are not stored properly and out of the reach of children. Tips for pesticide safety are offered, which include using child-resistant packaging, applying pesticides, reading labels properly, leaving containers out of reach of children, emergency prevention and child-proofing your kitchen latches for safety.
How to Protect Your Child from Drowning
Parents whose children have drowned say that the day of the tragedy started out just like any other day. No matter how the drowning happened or where it happened—pool, spa, or any other body of water—one thing was the same: the seconds that claimed their child's life slid by silently, without warning, and can never be brought back. Water safety tips are included such as attending children by pool side, using alarms on each door that leads to the pool, installing a motor-driven safety pool cover, safeguarding pools with fences and self-closing and self-latching gate use.
Children's Health and Safety
Child safety tips include preventing children's illnesses, emergencies, indoor safety, outdoor safety, car seats, dental health, children with health care concerns and more. Links to recalls, reporting unsafe products and publications on children's safety. Topics include making immunizations easier, tuberculosis, ear infections, handling emergencies, child care safety checklist, food and lead poisoning, healthy air at hoe, indoor air quality, burns, falls, hazards, poison-proofing your house, making a safe day care, bicycle safety, playground safety, climbing gyms, car seat safety, children's dental health, pets in child care, holiday safety check, low cost and free health insurance for kids and more.
Secondhand Smoke
As a childcare provider, you play a critical role in the lives of the children in your care. An important part of that role can be protecting children from secondhand smoke. You can ensure them a smoke-free environment while in your care and can introduce information and actions that can be taken at home to reduce children's exposure. Creating and encouraging a smoke-free environment for children contributes to their safe and healthy development and overall well-being. The ABCs of Secondhand Smoke Training Module for Child Care Providers has been developed to serve as a resource for reducing children's exposure to secondhand smoke in the home. Reducing children's exposure to secondhand smoke means changing the behavior of adults. Website contains more about the training module.
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