HEAD START®

Well-Child Health Care: Making It Happen

Training Guides for the Head Start Learning Community

Table of Contents | Preface | Introduction | Module 1 | Module 2 | Module 3
| Continuing Professional Development | Resources

Table of Contents

Download the entire Well-Child Health Care Guide: [pdf 3,687 KB]

Preface

Introduction

Overview
     Purpose
     Audience
     Performance Standards
Orientation to the Guide
Definition of Icons
At A Glance

Module 1: What is well-child Health care and why is it important?

Outcomes
Key Concepts
Background Information
Activity 1: What If There Were No Well-Child Health Care?
Activity 2: What, Why, and How of Screenings and Exams
Activity 3: The Well-Child Health Care Fact Game
Activity 4: The Importance of Well-Child Health Care and a Medical Home
Activity 5: Sam's Story Part One - Assessing Need
Activity 6: Reviewing Health Records
Activity 7: Explaining the Meaning of Screenings and Exams, and Ensuring Follow-up
Next Steps: Ideas to Extend Practice

Handout A: Carlos' Story (PDF/ 15 KB)
Handout B: Sam's Story - Part One (PDF/ 15 KB)
Handout C: Child Health Record Samples (Parts 1-5) (PDF/ 327 KB)
Handout D-1: The Meaning of Screenings and Exams (Situation Cards #1 - #3) (PDF/ 15 KB)
Handout D-2: The Meaning of Screenings and Exams (Situation Cards #4 - #6) (PDF/ 16 KB)
Game Board for Activity 3 (PDF/ 14 KB)
Question & Answer Key for the Well-Child Health Care Fact Game (PDF/ 14 KB)

Module 2: partnerships in ongoing well-child health care

Outcomes
Key Concepts
Background Information
Activity 1: Locating Services in Your Community
Activity 2: Taking Inventory of Screenings and Exams
Activity 3: Everyone's Role in Well-Child Health Care
Activity 4: Exploring the Challenges
Activity 5: Well-Child Health Care Dilemmas
Activity 6: Sam's Story Part Two - Supporting Parents
Activity 7: Observing is Screening
Activity 8: Program Planning
Activity 9: Keeping Up - Tracking Health Services
Next Steps: Ideas to Extend Practice

Handout E: Planning for Services (PDF/ 10 KB)
Handout F: Taking Inventory (PDF/ 15 KB)
Handout G: Health Screening at Twin Oaks Head Start (PDF/ 10 KB)
Handout H: Exploring the Challenges (PDF/ 10 KB)
Handout I: Dilemmas in Assuring Well-Child Health Care (PDF/ 10 KB)
Handout J: Sam's Story - Part Two (PDF/ 9 KB)
Handout K: Observation Worksheet (PDF/ 10 KB)
Handout L: Program Planning Stories (PDF/ 11 KB)
Handout M: Trackville Head Start Tracking Instrument (PDF/ 296 KB)

Module 3: Advocacy, action, and access

Outcomes
Key Concepts
Background Information
Activity 1: Sam's Story Part Three - Advocating for Services
Activity 2: Pathways to Care
Activity 3: Services for Children
Activity 4: J.U.M.P. - Jargon Used by Medical Providers
Next Steps: Ideas to Extend Practice

 

Handout N: Sam's Story - Part Three (PDF/ 18 KB)
Handout O: Children in Need (PDF/ 27 KB)
Handout P: Insurance and Medical Jargon Cards (PDF/ 18 KB)
Handout Q: Insurance and Medical Jargon Definition Cards (PDF/ 22 KB)

Continuing Professional Development

Resources

Books & Manuals
Videos
National Organizations

Appendix A (pdf/ 171 KB)

Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care (AAP) (PDF/ 106 KB)
Health Assessment Procedures Required for Various Age Groups (EPSDT) (PDF/ 71 KB)

Appendix B (pdf/ 166 KB)

Anemia Screening (Hemoglobin/Hematocrit)
Dental Screening and Examination
Developmental Screening
Growth Assessment
Hearing Testing
Immunizations
Intestinal Parasite Screening
Lead Screening
Medical/Physical Examination
Nutrition Assessment
Speech and Language Screening
Tuberculin (TB) Testing
Vision Testing

Appendix C (pdf/414 KB)

Handouts C: Child Health Records Samples (Parts 1 - 5) (PDF/ 308 KB)
Handout M: Trackville Head Start Tracking Instrument (PDF/ 114 KB)