HEAD START®

Well-Child Health Care: Making It Happen

Training Guides for the Head Start Learning Community

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Resources

Books & Manuals

Colgate-Palmolive Company. Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures: A multi-cultural oral health program for Head Start and Early Childhood Programs. New York, NY: 1991.

This is a comprehensive, school-based package of teaching materials to help incorporate oral health activities into the classroom and home. The package addresses the following goals: promoting individual responsibility for oral health; easing fear about visiting the dentist; and showing parents, guardians, and teachers the basics of preventive oral health care, emergency first-aid and safety practices, and good nutrition. Included with activities are a "big book" showing healthy smiles, audiocassettes, wall posters, and video tapes.

Contact: Colgate-Palmolive Company, 1133 Broadway, Suite 1123, New York, NY 10010. Telephone: 800/334-7734.
Fax: 212/924-3052. Free to Head Start Programs.

Green, M., Ed. Bright Futures: Guidelines for health supervision of infants, children, and adolescents. Arlington, VA: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, 1994.

This book is a clear and comprehensive guide to preventive health care and screening for children from birth through adolescence. It was designed to help health professionals, families, and community members promote the health of children. The book presents an overview of children's development and special health issues for discussion and screening at different ages. The recommendations were developed through the collaboration of numerous child health agencies and experts, and sponsored by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Contact: National Maternal and Child Health Clearinghouse, 2070 Chain Bridge Rd., Suite 450, Vienna, VA 22182-2536. Telephone: 703/821-8955. Fax: 703/821-2098. $22.35 for one; $18 for orders of two to 10 copies; $15 for 11 - 49 copies; and $14 for orders of 50 or more. All prices include shipping & handling.

Kendrick, A.S., R. Kaufmann, & K.P. Messenger, Eds. Healthy Young Children: A manual for programs. Washington, D.C.: National Association for the Education of Young Children, 1995.

This is a comprehensive book on health in childcare and early childhood programs. It addresses a wide range of health topics including: health promotion and education, creating a safe environment, sanitation, emergencies and first aid, child health screening, dental health, nutrition, children with special needs, child abuse and neglect, lead poisoning, chronic health con-ditions, infectious diseases, and staff health issues. It contains a large amount of information on each of these topics, practical charts, forms, and handouts, as well as educational exercises and strategies for teaching children about health.

Contact: National Association for the Education of Young Children. 1509 Sixteenth Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036. Telephone: 800/424-2460 or 202/232-8777. Fax: 202/328-1846. $15; no shipping & handling fee for prepaid orders.

Meisels, Samuel. Developmental Screening in Early Childhood: A Guide. Washington, D.C.: National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), 1989.

This manual demonstrates how to organize an exemplary early childhood screening program. It includes advice on selecting an appropriate screening instrument, sample screening forms, and NAEYC's position statement on standardized testing.

Contact: National Association for the Education of Young Children. 1509 Sixteenth Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036. Telephone: 800/424-2460 or 202/232-8777. Fax: 202/328-1846. $4.50; no shipping & handling fee for prepaid orders.

Seattle-King County Dept. of Public Health. Child Care Health Handbook. Seattle, WA: Author, 1990.

This is a comprehensive, concise, and very user-friendly manual on health and safety issues in childcare. It covers mental health and developmental topics such as partnership; child growth and development; encouraging emotional health and good behavior; helping children cope with stress, child abuse, and neglect; and children with special needs. It also covers health and safety topics such as child health screening, immunizations, nutrition, dental health, injury prevention, emergencies, infection control, illnesses, reporting communicable diseases, and staff health issues.

Contact: Child Care Health Program, Seattle-King County Department of Public Health, 400 Yesler Ave., 3rd Floor, Seattle, WA 98104. Telephone: 206/296-4902. Fax: 206/205-5281. $10 each; $8.50 for orders of two to nine copies; $7.50 for orders of 10 or more; 10% shipping & handling fee on all orders.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. EPSDT: A Guide for Head Start Programs. Washington, D.C.: 1995.

This guide, developed jointly by the Head Start and Medicaid bureaus, helps Head Start programs to navigate access to preventive and treatment services for their Medicaid-eligible children. It focuses on Medicaid's Early and Periodic, Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) program. The guide includes contact organizations and telephone numbers.

Contact: Head Start Information and Publications Center, P.O. Box 26417, Alexandria, VA, 22313-0417. Telephone: 703/683-5767. Fax: 703/683-5769. Free to Head Start Programs. Catalog #117.

Videos

Bright Smiles, Bright Futures: An oral health parent education video. Colgate-Palmolive Company. New York, NY: 1991.

This is a comprehensive video developed to educate parents about how to improve the oral health of their children by teaching them good oral health habits at an early age. It addresses Baby Bottle Tooth Decay (BBTD) and the adverse effects of sleeping with a bottle (i.e., advance tooth decay, space loss, tooth loss, crooked teeth, etc.). The video is fun to watch, shows children dancing, rapping, and singing about a healthy mouth.

Contact: Colgate-Palmolive Company, 1133 Broadway, Suite 1123, New York, NY 10010. Telephone: 800/334-7734. Fax: 212/924-3052. Free to Head Start Programs.

National Organizations

Note: For any of the following organizations listed, you can also contact your local chapter/affiliate for further information.

• American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
  211 E. Chicago Avenue, Suite 700
  Chicago, IL 60611-2616
  Telephone: 312/337-2169
  Fax: 312/337-6329
  
  
• American Academy of Pediatrics
  141 Northwest Point Blvd.,
  Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
  Telephone: 847/228-5005
  Fax: 847/228-5097
  
  
• American Dietetic Association
  216 West Jackson Blvd., Suite 800
  Chicago, IL 60606
  Telephone: 312/899-0040
  
  
• American Optometric Association
  243 N. Lindbergh Blvd.
  St. Louis, MO 63141
  Telephone: 314/991-4100
  Fax: 314/991-4101
  
  
• American Orthopsychiatric Association, Inc.
  330 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor
  New York, NY 10001
  Telephone: 212/564-5930
  Fax: 212/564-6180
  
  
• American Speech Language and Hearing Association
  10801 Rockville Pike
  Rockville, MD 20852
  Telephone: 301/897-5700
  Fax: 301/571-0457
  
  
• Medicaid/EPSDT (Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, & Treatment)
  7500 Security Blvd., 4th Floor—Central Bldg.
  Baltimore, MD 21244-1850
  Telephone: 800/638-6833
  
  
• National Association for the Education of Young Children
  1509 16th St., NW
  Washington, D.C. 20036-1426
  Telephone: 800/424-2460 or 202/232-8777