Resources
Safe Active Play Video
This training video distributed by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, is designed to teach caregivers and child care programs how to create safe play environments.
Active play for children naturally involves some risk, but when play results in many minor injuries or could produce serious or life-threatening injures, the play may be taking place in a hazardous setting. This video will help programs identify and remove play area hazards and develop healthy alternatives.
Based on the National Playground Safety Institute's "Dirty Dozen" list of the 12 most serious hazards commonly found on playgrounds, the video provides detailed, specific information about how to: use appropriate protective surfacing under equipment, both indoors and outdoors; identify protrusion and entanglement hazards; use age-appropriate equipment; identify pinch, shear and crush points; follow a regular inspection and maintenance schedule; and much more.
The video, developed by Video Active Productions, was reviewed by the Head Start Bureau, NAEYC, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Society of Testing and Materials, and SafeKids.
Available from:
NAEYC,
1509 16th Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20036-1426.
T: 800/424-2460 or 202/232-8777,
F: 202/328-1846
Web: www.naeyc.org/naeyc
From the Children's Defense Fund
Working Together for Children: Head Start and Child Care Partnerships. How Head Start and child care programs can work together to improve care for children. 56 pp. 1996.
Head Start Now!Video. How the Head Start program benefits children, and the case for full investment. 11 minutes.
Child Care Briefing Book 1996. Basic facts about child acre, including supply, the unmet need for child care assistance, and child care policy. A CDF Research Paper. 52 pp. 1996.
The Welfare Reform Debate: Implications for Child Care. How welfare reform proposals would affect child care. A CDF Research Paper. 52 pp. 1996.
Promoting Access to Quality Child Care: Critical Steps in Conducting Market Rate Surveys and Establishing Rate Policies.This report provides useful technical information for policy makers, child care providers, and advocates who are working to establish rate policies in their states. 91 pp. 1994. A CDF Research Paper.
Protecting Our Children: State and Federal Policies for Exempt Child Care Settings. Report on a survey of all states and the District of Columbia on how states are protecting the health and safety of children in informal child care settings receiving Federal funds. A CDF Research Paper. 92 pp. 1994.
Available from:
Children's Defense Fund,
25 E. Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20001.
T: 202/662-3652, F: 202/628-8333
E-mail: CDF@TMN.com
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