ECELS-Healthy Child Care Pennsylvania PA Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics Libby Ungvary, MEd ECELS Director Sandy McDonnell, MSN, CRNP, PNP-BC Grant Coordinator Susan S. Aronson, MD, FAAP, ECELS Pediatric Advisor Judith Graham, Project Assistant PA Department of Health grant to the PA Chapter AAP from the TBI Implementation Grant # H21MC17232 provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). } Technical Assistance on Health and Safety Topics Helpline 800/243-2357, 484/446-3077 Email ecels@paaap.org } Professional Development through Self-learning Modules and In-Person Workshops Over 23 topics e.g., Safe Active Play, Asthma 1
} Publications: Quarterly E-Newsletter Health Link ONLINE Health Capsules Fact Sheets and Resource Lists by Topic Manuals, Pamphlets, Model Policies } Other Resources (e.g. checklists, forms, health record tracking software app, posters, curricula, weblinks) } Website: www.ecels-healthychildcarepa.org } Provides pediatric health expertise } Links health professionals and child care professionals } Collaborates & advises state agencies and organizations that interface with child care 2
} Part day or all day } Types of programs Center (Child Care and Nursery School)* Large Home-based Facility (Group Home)* Small Home-based Facility (Family Child Care Home)* Relative-Neighbor Care Early Head Start and Head Start (home-based & center)* * = Regulated by state or federal agencies } Develop a self-learning module (SLM) about traumatic brain injury (TBI) in young children } Develop a workshop about traumatic brain injury in young children (TBI) } Link 20 child care programs with consultants to assess active play areas, assess knowledge about TBI and self-evaluation via self-learning module or workshop format 3
Objectives- ECE staff will learn how to: 1. Prevent the most common causes of brain injury 2. Recognize and respond to the signs and symptoms of brain injury 3. Accommodate a child in group care who has sustained a brain injury } } Features pediatric experts, child care staff, and advocates } Includes videos, interactive questions, and case studies } Online at www.ecels-healthychildcarepa.org (Select Child Care Provider Training then Self-Learning Modules, then scroll down the alphabetized list to Head Bumps Matter ) } 4
} ECELS awarded PD credit to >900 ECE staff members } Of 318 responses to SLM Evaluation: 69%: learned more about how to protect children from head injury after using the module 64%: did not know how to accommodate a child with a head injury before using the module 41%: did not know the importance of resting a child s brain after a TBI 99%: would recommend the self-learning module to other child care staff Objectives: Participants will 1. Understand factors that contribute to active play injuries 2. Identify signs and symptoms of TBI 3. Identify the 12 most common play area hazards 4. Examine case studies of problems in active play area situations and generate solutions 5. Implement or improve use of injury reporting documents 6. Identify resources to address safety in active play areas 5
} Over 700 child care staff participated in the workshops } Curriculum includes video clips from the Selflearning module } ECELS delivered the workshop at statewide, local and regional child care conferences Feedback from the Field } Kim Everett, Trauma Prevention Coordinator, St. Mary s Medical Center 6
} 20 sites linked with consultants 10 linked with Child Care Health Consultants (CCHC) who used the Active Play items from the CCHC Checklist 10 linked with Certified Playground Safety Inspectors (CPSI) who used the Playground Safety Audit tool } Sites distributed in the 6 Regional Keys } All consultants and directors completed 24 item America s Playgrounds Safety Report Card (National Program for Playground Safety, 2006) 7
} Key Finding #1 - Lack of signs Only 1 site out of 19 had appropriate signs on the play area Signs should specify age of intended users of play equipment, surfacing and supervision ECELS created informational flyer about signs } Key Finding #2 - Lack of Ongoing Maintenance ECELS created Playground Inspection and Maintenance Forms ECELS made Tear-sheets: Daily, Monthly, Twice-a-Year } Hazards noted } Knowledge about TBI } Differences of observations by consultants versus directors } Differences between users of self-learning module versus workshop format 8
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See pages in SLM: Brain Injury Association of PA, Inc. (BIAPA) http://www.biapa.org Provides in-service training, ongoing technical assistance and consistent consultation to educators of students with brain injury throughout the state through the BrainSTEPS (Strategies Teaching Educators, Parents, and Students) School Reentry Program. Maintains a database of resources that helpful to a person (their family) with brain injury Maintains a toll free number to offer resource information to those who call- 1-800-444-6443. BrainSTEPS Provided services to students across Pennsylvania when a child who attends a Pennsylvania public school has experienced educational effects following a brain injury. To locate their county of residence & contact the coordinating BrainSTEPS Team Leader http://www.biapa.org or contact Brenda Eagan Brown, MSEd, Program Coordinator, 724-944-6542, eaganbrown@biapa.org 10
ECELS 1-800-243-2357 www.ecels-healthychildcarepa.org 11