It was a week of school, the new school year in the United Arab Emirates, started with many children in preschool age or kindergarten section for the first time.
Parents of young children go to daycare face of a very specific set of challenges and fears.
As the number of working mothers has increased in recent decades, have nurseries and day care centers are an important role in the spiritual, physical and social development of children playing.
Of course, a major concern for parents and children day owner is to protect children and healthy.
Boecker, a subsidiary of Public Health, in collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) - UK, created the certification program child care Segura, an internationally recognized certification that ensures that kindergartens covers international standards important to reassure all safety issues parents and organize work of the owners of day care centers.
Abdulhadi Chalak National Director of Public Health and Boecker, provides an overview of the most important security issues that parents should consider:
1. Licensing Standards: meetings, at least the minimum licensing requirements is the first step, the quality and demonstrate the commitment of the administration to measure children to give the best environment for safe development and growth.
2. Appropriate monitoring: It should provide enough educator-child relationship size and the specified group classroom aided and age of children be allowed to guarantee an adequate level of adult supervision.
3. Trained staff: Health care providers must be qualified in the fundamentals of safety and health of children and trained.
4. to protect children: Since children learn in day care, to maintain balance while walking and exploring are curious about the environment, it is possible that accidents and injuries. It is important to ensure that areas are safe for children and playgrounds are clean and in good condition.
5. The transmission of the disease: This, however, preventive measures should be implemented in day centers.
6. safe and healthy behavior: It should be clear parents that the nursery is a safe and healthy place where the staff and children wash their hands frequently surfaces is regularly cleaned and babies sleep on their backs. These practices can prevent the spread of germs and keep children safe and healthy staff.
7. Food safety: inadequate food handling to incidents of food poisoning and allergic reactions can cause endanger health.
8. drugs and toxic substances Accidental poisoning is one of the leading causes of injury and death in young children. Always make sure that medication (if available) and cleaning products are kept active children of the reach of children in locked cabinets and there is a strict management of drug policies.
9. Emergency Plan: This should cover all types of incidents that may occur during the hours of operation, including health accidents, natural disasters, fires, etc.
10. Staff turnover: low turnover rate allows children to develop lasting relationships with providers. The result of good management practices that focus on the needs and welfare of teachers. If teachers are happy, they are more likely to treat children with warmth and positivity.
11. The open-door policy: encourages parents to observe a safe kindergarten questions and ask before or after registration. This includes checking how teachers wash their hands, how to deal with the emotional needs of the children, how staff interact with children and with others, etc.
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