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(Unit 1) Topic 5: Environmental Safety

​​2 Clock Hours of Early Childhood Education

Unit 1 Topic 5 Agenda:

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  1. Unit 1 Topic 5 Agenda
  2. ​Environmental Health and Safety
  3. Preventing Injuries in Child Care
  4. Hazards that Make the Environment Unsafe 
  5. Risk of Injury and Stages of Development
  6. Hazards by Developmental Age
  7. Safety Policies and Behavior Management
  8. Hazard Analysis 
  9. Supervise the Children at All Times
  10. Regular Safety Checks of Indoor and Outdoor Environment
  11. Burns and Fire
  12. Burn and Fire Prevention in the Child Care Environment
  13. Choking, Strangulation and Suffocation
  14. Falls
  15. Poisoning
  16. Drowning
  17. Emergency Procedures
  18. First Aid
  19. Earthquake and Disaster Preparedness
  20. Emergency Preparedness
  21. Missing Child
  22. Authorized Persons for Picking Up
  23. After the Emergency
  24. End of Topic 5 Assessment Quiz​
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Topic 5 Course Description:
2 Clock Hours
CDA Settings:
  • Infant/Toddler
  • Preschool
  • Family Child Care (Mixed-Age)
This topic familiarizes students with indoor and outdoor safety hazards that may be present in a child care environment and discusses how educators can protect children from these hazards.
Learning Outcomes:
  • Identify what types of injuries are common in the child care setting, who gets injured, how, when and why
  • State the most common types of injuries for each age and developmental range and how to prevent them
  • Discuss the importance of safe environments and describe a safe environment for all children
  • Identify potential hazards in the indoor and outdoor environments
  • Explain preventive measures that will make their child care facility more fire safe
  • Prepare evacuation plans in the event of a fire
  • Recognize and identify  fall hazards in the child care environment 
  • Reduce the risk of fall injuries through control of the environment and teaching appropriate behaviors 
  • Explain the hazards related to drowning and how to prevent drowning
Meet our Team of Trainers
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This topic has been collaboratively created, organized, and developed by our team of trainers, educators, administrators and specialists. We strive to maintain high quality online training methods while adhering to DEL standards for adult learning and meeting the needs of our students.
For more trainer information please visit the links below.​
  • Aurora Tollestrup, BS Ed, Coordinator of Online Learning and Instructional Technology
  • Claudette Lindquist, HD M.A, Part-time STARS Trainer
  • Genie Skinner, Director of Online Program Administration ​​
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