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Past
Presentations
 Dr. Hendricks and
Healthy Childcare Consultants, Inc. staff provide a variety of
services to meet the needs of early childhood programs, schools,
non-profit agencies, and professional organizations.
Dr. Hendricks
presents at state, national, and international conferences;
provides teacher workshops for CCR&R and other resource agencies, conducts staff training to meet individual program
needs; and offers parent workshops.
Keynote
presentations motivate and encourage participants, while
providing practical ways to promote child health and safety.
Examples of keynote addresses include:
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Promoting Mental Health: Nurturing Young Children
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Stress
Management: Being Your Best for Young Children
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Reaching
and Teaching Parents: Child Health & Safety
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Teaching
Young Children: Promoting Lifelong Healthy Habits
Training
sessions range from 1 - 2 hours, depending
upon topic and specific needs of the client. Training
sessions include participant discussions and hands-on
activities. Full day training workshops can be provided.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
Home
Safety * Classroom Safety * Fitness * Disaster & Emergency
Preparedness * Healthy Eating * Administration of Medication
* Sanitation and Standard Precautions * Oral Health * Immunization and
Preventive Care * Transportation Safety * Field Trip Safety
* Playground Safety * Infant Care * Promoting Mental Health
* Food Allergies * Sun Safety (Please refer to
Training Modules for descriptions.)
"Train-the-Trainer" workshops help program staff
in providing effective in-house training and in meeting program
requirements. Examples of topics:
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Providing effective staff training in health and safety
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Appropriate curriculum and activities to teach young
children about health and safety
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Family
involvement: Effective two-way communication
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Developing and using a procedures manual
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Community Assessment: design, data collection,
analysis, and reporting
Examples of Past
Trainings and PresentationsApril 5, 2011
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National Head Start Association, 38th Annual Conference
Kansas City, MO (One Day Special Track)
"Preventing Childhood Obesity: Fitness Activity, and Healthy
Eating for Young Children"
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Preventing Childhood Obesity
This
full-day workshop included the following content:
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Defining childhood obesity: recognition
and risk factors
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Healthy eating: adults provide, but
children decide. Practical suggestions for
buy and low-income families to promote healthy
eating habits.
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Nutrition activities in the classroom:
explore hands-on activities that integrate
nutrition education with science, math,
language, and other learning areas.
Discuss family style meal service, food
preferences, and safety issues.
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Physical activity through play: movement
throughout the day. Make the most of
children's natural curiosity and desire to be
active to promote fitness and encourage lifelong
physical activity. Practice
developmentally appropriate activities for
infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Learn
how movement skills can help prepare for and
reinforce academic learning.
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Safe play areas for movement and play, both
indoors and outdoors. Discuss practical
way to provide accessible activities; review
CPSC playground safety standards.
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Resources to fit every budget. Review
resources for teachers, families, and children,
including those for Spanish-speaking families.
Discuss criteria for selecting resources in
tough economic times.
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April 29-30, 2011
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Ohio Association for the Education of Young Children
Columbus, OH (Featured Speaker)
"Train the Trainer" Promoting Health & Safety in Early Childhood
Programs"
"Happy Children" Nurturing through Ages and Stages: Birth-8"
May 14, 2011 --
Gundersen Lutheran Health
System Corporate Childcare Program
LaCrosse, WI
Child Safety and Injury
Prevention
Indoor Safety:
Serious injuries can occur in child care setting (home- or
center-based) or in the child's own home. Most indoor
injuries can be prevented by recognizing and correcting
potential hazards. Explore why children are most often
injured, and identify hazards in children's environments
including hallways, floors, ceilings, doors, windows,
furniture, toys, restrooms, and storage areas. Explore
hazards associated with cribs and cots, art supplies, toys,
electricity, etc. Discuss preparation for and posting of
emergency information, and discuss ways to prevent injury.
Outdoor Safety:
Safe outdoor play, especially on playgrounds, is based on
four basic principles: Supervision, Age appropriate
equipment design, Fall surfacing, and Equipment and
surfacing maintenance. Participants became more aware of
hazards on both home and public playgrounds, and discussed
ways to prevent injury. Content includes the CPSC
Safety Guidelines, accessibility, and travel to/from play areas.
Emergency situations:
Are you prepared? Emergency situations are unexpected,
but you can be prepared. Situations may occur such as child
or adult injury or illness, natural disaster, fire or other
evacuation emergency, missing child, and potentially violent
situations. Preparation involves awareness of hazards,
development of clearly written procedures, and practice.
For example, a fire emergency can be frightening and very
different from the monthly fire drill. Participants
discussed ways to eliminate fire hazards, demonstrated what
to do in a fire emergency, and practiced fun developmentally
appropriate activities to teach young children about
prevention and response to emergencies.
For more
information about these or other workshops, please
contact us.
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