Health Policy
Medication
As a service to our parents, room 3 teachers will administer medications prescribed by your physician. All medications (prescriptive and over the counter, including topical are given as a courtesy at 12:00 and/or 3:00). Medication must be in the original container with the child's name on the label, as well as the prescription number, name of the medication, dosage and expiration dates. Please add the child's room number. A permission to administer medication form must be signed and accompany the medication. Please ask your child's teacher for the form. All medications must be kept in or on top of the classroom refrigerator.
Illness
Colds, flu and other contagious diseases seem to occur frequently and spread easily among toddler children. To help protect your own child's health-and to minimize the possibility of contagion at school, please keep your child at home if your child has any of the following symptoms:
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Nasal discharge that is green, yellow or cloudy
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Your child complains of ear pain or is pulling at their ear
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Has a productive cough
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Has a severe sore throat, with fever or swollen glands
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Body rash with fever or oozing sores
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Eyes that are pink, burning or itching or has a discharge
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Diarrhea or vomiting
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Fever
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Just not feeling well, unusually tired, cranky, lack of appetite, confused, extremely clingy.
If these symptoms of possibly contagions are observed in your child during the day, you will be called to pick up your child immediately.
*When your child has a fever or diarrhea, please keep them at home an additional 24 hours after the symptoms return to normal. This will help to ensure that the illness has actually passed and that your child will be well enough to resume school activities. A note from your child's physician may be required before your child can return to class.
Head Lice
This is a very common occurrence in young children. This has nothing to do with cleanliness. They are very easily transmitted by leaning back in an upholstered chair where someone had previously sat who had head lice. Random lice checks are conducted by staff. If head lice is found on a child, the following steps are taken:
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Parents are notified and child must be picked up immediately
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The child's head must be treated with a product formulated to remove head lice for two weeks.
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Nits must be removed with a special nit comb included in the product.
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The child will be excluded from school the following day
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Upon returning to school state health laws require examination of hair and scalp by staff before returning
to school.
To avoid reinfestation it is important to inspect all family members for two weeks and treat again if infected. Nits on the scalp may be seen more easily on the hair at the back of the neck and above the ears. Please be assured that we will do everything possible to prevent infestation in our center. With your support, we will stop the lice from spreading.
Disaster Preparedness
Our school has an emergency disaster plan in place. Your child's teachers and staff members are First Aid and CRP certified and prepared to handle any emergency.
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