Audio-Visual Materials

Observation practice to identify health and safety issues in active play in an approximately 3 minute video

Observation practice to identify staff health issues illustrated in an approximately 2.5 minute video

An approximately 2 minute video explains the value of including child care health consultants as members of the team of experts who support quality early education and child care.

The video explains how early education and child care offers opportunities to bring together the priorities of families, health professionals and educators.

An approximately 10 minute video illustrates a day in the life of an early educator.

An approximately 2 minute video illustrates the use of different types of visual aids, gives helpful hints about creation of effective slides and handouts, selection of tools that work best for a particular professional development activity

Observation practice to identify health and safety issues related to food handling in an approximately 3 minute video

An approximately 1 minute video explains how to use observations, strategic planning, involving other sources of expertise and interpersonal relationships to provide successful child care health consutation. Includes an interview with Fred Citron, who shares the perspective of the early education and child care field related to infusion of health and safety into program operations.

An approximately 12 minute video explains the collaborative process to target actions to improve program performance. The planning process involves selection of best practices and then assigning tasks and time lines. Based on effective management principles, the Action Plan provides a concrete tool to guide and promote implementation of best practices.

A video explaining how to make observations in an early education and child care setting without altering what is being observed or causing discomfort for those being observed.