| Building Families Newsletter May 2009 |
Building Families Vision:
Every child, beginning at birth, will be healthy and successful.
Building Families Mission:
Building Families’ mission is for children, youth, and families to live in safe and nurturing environments that promote health, independence and success. Building Families will create a continuum of supports and services that embrace children and their families.
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QRS mini grants are due! Ann is working with Kaplan and Lakeshore to receive discounts on orders!
Training
FCCERS (Family Child Care Environmental Rating Scale)
Webster City on June 2, 9, 16, 23 from 6:30-8:30 pm
Location TBA
Mail registration to Graettinger CCR&R office
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Meetings
May 4, 2009
Pregnancy Prevention Committee Meeting from 10:00 to12:00
June 2nd, 2009
Pregnancy Prevention Committee Meeting from 10:00 to12:00
Prevent Child Abuse Council Meeting from 12:00-1:00
At Building Families Offices
June 22nd
Humboldt CARES at 5pm location TBA
Parent Education Workshop on Talking to your kids about sexuality
June 23
Parent Education Workshop on Talking to your kids about sexuality
Building Families from 6-8 pm
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Board Meetings: Committee meetings:
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June 22, 2009
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June 18, 2009
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August 24, 2009
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August 20, 2009
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October 28, 2009 Re-designation Visit 1:30-4 pm
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October 22, 2009
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December 28, 2009
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December 17, 2009
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February 22, 2010
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February 18, 2010
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April 26, 2010
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April 22, 2010
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June 28, 2010
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June 24, 2010
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August 23, 2010
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August 19, 2010
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October 25, 2010
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October 21, 2010
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December 27, 2010
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December 16, 2010
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Board meetings will meet at 3pm at the Building Families office.
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Program Committee and Financial Committees will meet together at 9 am at Building Families office.
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| Preventing the Flu: Good Health Habits Can Help Stop Germs |
- Avoid close contact. Avoid close contact with people who are sick. When you are sick, keep your distance from others to protect them from getting sick too.
- Stay home when you are sick.
Stay home from work, child care, school, and errands when you are sick, except to seek medical care. Keep sick children at home except to see medical care. You will help prevent others from catching the illness.
- Cover your mouth and nose.
Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.
- Wash your hands often.
Washing your hands and the hands of your children often will help protect you from germs.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth.
Germs are often spread when a person touches something that is contaminated with germs and then touches his or her eyes, nose, or mouth.
- Practice other good health habits.
Get plenty of sleep, be physically active, manage your stress, drink plenty of fluids, and eat nutritious food.
| http://www.idph.state.ia.us/adper/swine_flu.asp Here is your Iowa Public Health web address to stay updated on the flu virus N1H1. This information will be updated on a daily basis.
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The Center on Disease Control has asked the NRC to distribute information for child care providers about the swine-origin influenza A. The CDC will be posting updates on their website – www.cdc.gov/swineflu/ . A direct link addresses for information for child care providers we will be added soon.
For guidance on exclusion policies for illness, (Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care, 2nd Edition) see Caring for Our Children Standard 3.065 and 3.068 http://nrckids.org/CFOC/index.html and the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Managing Infectious Diseases, 2nd ed. especially the chapter dealing with outbreaks, epidemics and other infectious disease emergencies http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/may09swineflu.htm.
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| Eighth Annual National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy |
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month (NTPPM) is an educational campaign designed to help communities recognize that the effects of unintended teen pregnancy and early childbearing are far-reaching. The campaign mobilizes communities to help young people develop responsible, positive behaviors and attitudes regarding sexuality.
Hundreds of thousands of teens nationwide are expected to participate in the eighth annual National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy on May 6, 2009, but teens are encouraged The purpose of the National Day is to focus the attention of teens on the importance of avoiding too-early pregnancy and parenthood.
The message of the National Day is straightforward: Sex has consequences. The online quiz (available in English and Spanish) delivers this message directly to teens and challenges them to think carefully about what they might do "in the moment."
Last year, more than 300,000 individuals took the online National Day Quiz www.stayteen.org . A survey of the some of the teens that participated in the 2008 National Day indicates:
- 73% said the Quiz made them think about what they might do in such situations;
- 54% said the Quiz made the risks of sex and teen pregnancy seem more real to them;
- 57% said some of the situations in the Quiz were things that they or their friends had faced;
- 55% said they’d talk to their friends about the situations described in the Quiz; and
- 51% said the Quiz made them think about things they hadn’t thought about before.
*The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
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| Challenging Behavior in Children has a purpose: |
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The behavior works for them if____
- They are getting attention, either positive or negative
- They get what they want, candy at the grocery store, or a toy at Wal Mart
- They are avoiding doing something like putting toys away or getting dressed
To change a child’s behavior, the first changes must be made in how the parent responds to the child---
- Create routines so children know what to expect
- Make expectations clear, be concise about picking up the toys before going to bed
- Teaching rules, but keep it down to two rules at a time until they know what those rules are and can follow them, then add another rule—we always brush teeth before going to bed.
- Use positives instead of negative comments—Great job picking up the toys! You remembered to brush your teeth, and they look so clean and shiny.
- Be consistent—make sure they brush EVEY night, not just when you feel like enforcing the activity
- And remember, negative behavior usually gets worse if the intervention is working so stay positive and consistent!
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