Define strategies for prevention of obesity in children including the role of the educator and why prevention is important.
Central Objective: Define strategies for prevention of obesity in children, including the educator''s role and why prevention is important in early childhood education and child care centers. Supporting Elements: Define obesity in children, present current statistics, and outline measurement methods such as BMI-for-age and growth charts to monitor progress. Educators will gain practical prevention strategies—nutrition education, daily active routines, healthy eating environments, and family engagement—to implement effectively in early childhood settings.Trainings incorporating this outcome
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2 hours courses
0.2 CEUsRelated Outcomes
- Define obesity in children including statistics and methods to measure.
- Demonstrate understanding of the importance of collaboration with other professionals involved in the care and education of all children and youth
- Identify strategies for the child care provider that will promote successful child development. Identify strategies for working with children with special needs
- Explain the importance of providing a variety of developmentally appropriate activities, including play, to support the science skills of all children.
- Give examples of strategies to prevent traumatic brain injuries in infants and young children.
- Teachers will identify the important role parents and/or family members play in their child's education.
- Identify strategies for the prevention and control of infectious diseases (including immunization)
- Identify strategies for preventing childhood obesity.
- Define strategies for the safe transportation of children.
- Define self-esteem and identify issues and strategies for support of school age children.
- Identify common mental health disorders in children and the importance of early intervention.
- Define and identify common signs and behaviors of children and youth with hemophilia.
- Define and identify common signs and behaviors of children and youth with fetal alcohol syndrome.
- Define basic skills children should have when they begin kindergarten
- Identify appropriate practices for identify and demonstrate an children: Define Developmentally Appropriate Practice
- Define social emotional development in young children
- List recommended feeding schedules and identify strategies for introducing new food for children birth through age three.
- Define active play in the early childhood classroom and describe its benefits for young children.
- Identify strategies to assist children with food allergies/feeding concerns.
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