TED-1500 Safety, Health, and Nutrition in Early Childhood

Credits 3
This course is designed to equip students with critical knowledge and skills about the health, nutrition, and safety of young children from birth to 7 years old. Students focus on brain research, environmental factors, and family involvement and how health and safety issues impact children’s learning and development. Using the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) standards as a foundational guide, this course also provides practical tools for health assessment, disease management, emergency care, and first aid. Students learn to promote healthy eating habits and personal hygiene in young children, design meals that meet nutritional requirements, and identify valuable community resources for health, safety, and nutrition. The course culminates with designing lesson plans for teaching health, safety, and nutrition concepts.

Course Outcomes

Explain the NAEYC standards concerning the safety, health, and nutrition of young children.
Discuss topics related to safety, health, and nutrition, such as malnutrition, illness, brain research, child abuse, environmental factors, and emergency preparedness.
Explain the impact of safety, health, and nutrition on children’s learning and development.
Identify common diseases in early childhood.
Identify strategies that foster good eating habits and personal hygiene in young children.
Design meals that meet nutritional requirements for young children’s development and discuss hygiene.
List community resources to support families in areas of safety, health, and nutrition.
Design lesson plans to teach young children about safety, health, and nutrition concepts.