Consulting Services

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.

Presentations and Training for Teachers, Staff, and Parents

Dr. Hendricks presents at state, national, and international conferences; provides teacher workshops for Child Care Resource and Referral 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:

• Promoting Mental Health:  Nurturing Young Children

• Stress Management:  Being Your Best for Young Children

• Reaching and Teaching Parents:  Child Health & Safety

• Teaching Young Children:  Promoting Lifelong Healthy Habits

Training and workshop sessions range from 60-90 minutes, 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 * Accessing Health & Medical Care * 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.)

"Dr. Charlotte Hendricks developed a very comprehensive and informative sun safety training for my company that was interactive for not only the employees, but the children and families.  We were able to communicate this very important and practical information through fun activities and newsletters" Jody L. Martin Vice President of Education and Training Creme de la Creme Greenwood Village, CO

"Train-the-Trainer" sessions are available for programs to provide effective in-house training for staff and parents.  Content addresses specific training needs of individual programs, and clients may purchase or develop their own training materials.

Materials Development

Training Modules for teachers, staff and parents are currently available on a variety of topics.  These training modules can be modified to meet specific program or state requirements; and similar training modules can be developed on other topics.  Dr. Hendricks works with clients to identify training needs, research appropriate and accurate information, and develop training modules that include trainer guide, PowerPoint presentation, handouts, and evaluation plan.

Curriculum development and evaluation:  Dr. Hendricks develops and/or revises preschool and elementary curriculum materials.  Clients include national professional organizations, universities, and national research grantees, as well as individual programs (CV and references available upon request).  Curriculum development services involve collaboration with experts in content, child development, and early education.  Curriculum evaluation is integrated throughout the development process.

In addition, Children's learning activities and information resources on specific topics can be developed.  To see examples, please refer to the HIP on Health Children's Booklets, and the Sun Safety Alliance:  Children's Activities.

Professional development resources can be developed or revised to fit specific topics and needs for your program.  For example, Dr. Hendricks is currently working with WestEd and the California Department of Education as lead writer for the health domain chapter in the California Preschool Curriculum Framework, Volume 2, and is an expert advisor on the accompanying foundations and health measures.  Dr Hendricks is Editor for a national refereed magazine, Healthy CHILDCare, and was lead author for the Health Education chapter in the NAEYC "Reaching Potentials" publication.

Parent, family and community information resources can be developed (e.g., brochures, handouts, flyers, forms and other graphic materials).  For example, please refer to HIP on Health and More HIP on Health.

Community Assessment Services

Head Start programs are required to complete a full community assessment every three years, with an annual update.  Most community Action Agencies also are required to access community assessments every two years.  The following services are available:

Community Needs Assessment Presentation.  The following link provides a sample presentation on how to conduct a community assessment.  This is the basis for a full-day training on how to conduct the assessment in your community, and identify the needs of and available to your specific target population.  For Agencies that intend to complete their own community assessment process, Dr. Hendricks will work with staff to develop appropriate survey instruments and survey methodology, and instruct staff on how to identify resources, locate and compile data (e.g., population demographics), and prepare a summary report.

To download a sample Community Assessment Questionnaire, click on one of the following links:  English or Spanish.

Healthy Childcare Consultants, Inc. can contract with agencies to complete the community assessment process.

Policy and Procedures

Dr. Hendricks and her staff have developed operational policy and procedures manuals for Head Start programs and other public agencies.  Please contact Dr. Hendricks for more information.

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