Friday, July 12, 2013

Travel safely with children



Recognise and respond of Travel safely with children

Scenario:We have decided to take 15 of the three- to five-year-olds to the zoo. We have hired the community bus, which seats 23 including the driver. We have made sure that the bus has seat belts.
a) Prepare a briefing paper for the staff outlining:
• The risk situations that may be encountered during the trip
• Ways of minimising these risks
• What procedures we need to put in place to ensure a safe journey
• What other legal requirements should be followed according to the Education and Care Services National Regulations
• Any relevant sustainability practices.
Zoo Excursion
Risks Solutions:
? A risk assessment form should be carried out prior to the excursion
? No child can leave the childcare premises on an excursion without appropriate, written permission from their parent or legal guardian. CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ESSAY!!!!
? Different developmental ages of children will require different types of supervision. The younger the child the less able they are to follow directions, see danger and to react effectively, therefore, they require physically closer supervision and constant guidance. Again holding younger children’s hands will
? Careful supervision when travelling includes:
? Scanning. Constant surveying of the area for potential risks and hazards.
? Positioning. This includes ensuring you can see well, educators staying between the children and the traffic (educators on the kerb side of the
Footpath) and having educators in the front and rear of the group to check
For dangers.
? Listening. Listening for danger. This is made more difficult when travelling
Due to traffic noise.
? Knowing. Anticipating children’s behaviors and knowing what they aredoing and where they are at all times. CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ESSAY!!!!
? The risk assessment must identify and assess risks that the excursion may pose to the safety, health or wellbeing of any child being taken on the excursion, and detail strategies for minimizing and managing those risks. The risk assessment must consider:
• The proposed route and destination for the excursion • any water hazards and risks associated with water based activities • the method of transport • the number of adults and children involved in the excursion
? • Given the risk/s posed, the number of educators or other responsible adults that is appropriate to provide supervision and whether any specialized skills are required to ensure children’s safety
? The proposed activities • the likely length of time of the excursion • the items that should be taken on the excursion.
? A visit to the proposed excursion destination will assist in conducting a risk assessment. During a site visit information can be gathered about the availability of toilets, hand washing, drinking and shade facilities at the destination and details can be checked such as mobile phone coverage and access for emergency services. CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ESSAY!!!!
? Ratio adult: child 1-4
? 4 teachers for 15 children plus any additional support workers/parents for extra supervision. 3 positions available for extra supervision.
? Wearing appropriate seatbelts when in transit and holding hands when crossing roads and walking.
? Bring the children’s personal water bottles eliminating wastage and pre-packed lunches and small backpacks to minimize rubbish. Ask parents to pack lunches in reusable containers.
b) Before we go on our trip to the zoo, make up a game or suggest a story or song designed to foster the children’s awareness of the importance of general safety and avoiding risks whilst at the zoo.
Prior to the excursion I would incorporate into my program safety rules and limits when on outings. I would have mini excursion around the outskirts of the centre so that the children can practice these skills. I would implement a group time explaining both in the lead up to an excursion and during the excursion safety rules and limits.
Road safety should be integrated into the program on a daily basis. Read, Sue Barraclough, “Road Safety” and other books relating to road safety and excursions. CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ESSAY!!!!
c) Finally, make two suggestions on how we can make use of the trip to the zoo to reinforce road safety principles to the children.
To reinforce road safety principles to the children I would ensure that all the staff are following the correct safety procedures themselves and supervising them and reinforcing positive behaviour.
Think Stop Look Listen (Game)- Create picture cards for the children to look at and discuss road rules and safety rules when at the zoo.
3: Administering medication within guidelines
Scenario: You are an assistant in a room when a parent approaches you with some antibiotics for her child.
• What legal requirements must you inform the parent of and what would you need to do to ensure the service complies with these?
• How will this be recorded?
As the educator I would only administer medication if it were in its original container with the dispensing label attached. The label should list the child as the prescribed person, the strength of drug and the frequency it is to be given. This applies to all medications, regardless of whether they are non-prescription medications (such as teething gels, nappy creams, cough medicines) or prescription medications (such as antibiotics).
Child’s full name, practitioner/pharmacist, name of medication, date prescribed, expiry date of medication, Reason for medication, Storage requirements, time and date of last dose given.
4: Manage and respond to allergy/anaphylaxis
Sally is highly allergic to peanuts, and has been hospitalised with life threatening allergic reactions in the past. While you are supervising the children in the playground you notice that Sally seems lethargic, short of breath, and is swelling around the mouth, face and neck. What do you do?
The centre should obtaining medical information aboutchildren who may be at risk such as in Sally’s case I’m assuming as she has been hospitalized previously that she would have a plan from her doctor. This would then enable the centre to implement practicalstrategies to avoid exposure toknown triggers, andappropriate education ofchildren with severe food allergies.
Sally’s parents should have provided the service with an Anaphylaxis Action Plan that has been developed with their doctor, prior to the child commencing in the service. In this circumstance I would visit the action plan, which should provide me with instructions on what to do for Sally when she has an allergic reaction. The action plan must include Sally’s name andallergies, and a photograph of the childand clear instructions on treating ananaphylactic episode. CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ESSAY!!!!
5. Simulated nappy change
Describe in detail each step you would undertake to complete a hygienic nappy change process for an infant in an early education and care service
? Wash hands.
? Place paper towel on the nappy change mat.
? Put on gloves.
? Remove the nappy and place in the nappy bin.
? Remove any soiled or wet clothing.
? Return the child to the play area.
? Clean the nappy change mat and area with detergent and warm water.
? Clean the child’s bottom.
? Nappy change experiences are safe and hygienic.
? Remove the paper towel and put it in the nappy bin.
? Put the gloves in the nappy bin.
? Remove the gloves, peeling them back from the wrist and turning them inside out as they are removed.
? If a child requires specific cream, place a clean paper towel under the child’s bottom. Put on clean gloves. Place a suitable amount of cream on the glove and spread onto the child’s bottom.
? Remove the paper towel and place it in the nappy bin.
? Remove the gloves and place in nappy bin.
? Dress the child.
? Wash and dry their hands

Assessment Task 2: Maintain a Safe Environment Questions
1: Assess and control physical hazards in children’s services
How could you design an outdoor play area that is safe for one- to three-year-olds? Draw up a labelled diagram of a fun play area that is safe for one- to three-year-olds.
Take into account:
• What is on the ground (fixed equipment)
• Shaded areas
• Available play equipment
• Landing spaces for falls
• Fences and gates
• Any relevant sustainability practices.
2: Create a physical environment to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children
For each of the three rooms listed below, make a list of:
1. The rest and sleep needs of each age group
2. The safety precautions for each age group, and how best these can be best managed.
Rooms
• Numbat (nursery room)
1. The rest and sleep needs of each age group
Each child is to rest in a cot that is met with Australian Safety Standards. Babies should not have large fluffy toys in their cots. Hazards such as straps and ties should be removed to avoid strangulation and suffocation. No extra accessories such as cot bumpers required.
2. The safety precautions for each age group, and how best these can be best managed.
For the Nursery room all equipment purchased should meet Australian Safety Standard. Toys have certain health and safety requirements and can be used with minimal danger thus safety precautions such as edges of toys, I will ensure that I give small children (infants and toddlers) toys that are not too small I will ensure that balls or toy parts that are set out are big enough so that the infant can not to choke on them. The labels on toys will often give a suitable age range. Thus according to the age range equipment will be age appropriate. CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ESSAY!!!!
• Tasmanian devil (toddler room)
1. The rest and sleep needs of each age group
All equipment used by children in a service including cots, basinets, prams, strollers, high chairs, etc. must meet the appropriate Australian and New Zealand Standards (AS/NZS)
2. The safety precautions for each age group, and how best these can be best managed.
Play equipment should be inspected daily for wear and tear, damage and cleanliness. The equipment is to be used for the purposes it was designed and for the recommended age range. Indoor play areas should be set up in ways that minimise running and rough and tumble play, creating small rooms within the environment making use of the shelving and dividers eliminating large open areas that invite running games.

• Platypus (preschool room)
1. The rest and sleep needs of each age group
All equipment used by children in a service including cots, basinets, prams, strollers, high chairs, etc. must meet the appropriate Australian and New Zealand Standards (AS/NZS)
2. The safety precautions for each age group, and how best these can be best managed.
Play equipment should be inspected daily for wear and tear, damage and cleanliness. The equipment is to be used for the purposes it was designed and for the recommended age range. Indoor play areas should be set up in ways that minimise running and rough and tumble play, creating small rooms within the environment making use of the shelving and dividers eliminating large open areas that invite running games.
Keep areas uncluttered to minimise collisions, falls and trips
Limit the number of children that can be in an area at one time, for instance four chairs in the creative arts area gives children a clear message about the number of children that can use this area at one time
Ensure you provide large spaces for large block construction

3: Supervise children to minimise the potential for harm
1. Take the plan you drew for Task 1 and imagine that there are 23 children aged between one and three years old using your playground. Using stick figures position the appropriate number of educators on your plan. Make sure that the educators are able to watch and interact with the children as they play. Outline why you have chosen to place them in these positions.
2. Make a list of five likely accidents that might happen in your playground. What would you do to lessen the risks of these accidents happening?
3. Describe the actions you would take if you noticed a person loitering outside the fence and watching the children.
4: Follow children’s services accident and emergency procedures
Describe the actions you would take in the following situation.
It is the end of a busy dayand you are in the outside play area. You are tying a small child’s shoelace when you see Xavier climb over the outside of the top of the slide. Before you have a chance to call a warning you see him slip and fall from the top of the slide. You start running over to him as he sits on the ground holding his upper arm crying loudly. There is a lot of blood gushing from his forehead. Three children have gathered round as you go over to him. Consider the following prompt when developing you answers;
1. Aiding and comforting Xavier
2. Managing the situation
3. Recording and documenting details of this accident
4. Precautions you would take to minimise the chances of such an accident occurring again.
5: Implement infection prevention and control strategies
A baby has vomited in her cot. Write a set of procedures for dealing with such a situation. Write a step-by-step account of how to clean the baby, the cot and the sheets.
Include the cleaning process, the cleaning tools required, the disposal of contaminated waste and how to minimise the risk of infection of others. Include reference to sustainability practices. CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ESSAY!!!!

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