DCF Health, Safety, and Nutrition Questions with Detailed Verified Answers

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DCF Health, Safety, and Nutrition
Questions with Detailed Verified
Answers
Question: What are the qualities of a Healthy Environment?
Answer:


✓ Clean work and play area, proper hygiene practices, implementation
and routine practice of a writen health policy.


Question: Why establish and follow a written health policy?
Answer:


✓ It is an effective way of maintaining a safe and healthy child care
program.


Question: How do you know if your program has a written policy?
Answer:


✓ Ask your VPK program director and it usually posted in various areas
like sink, kitchen, table


Question: Why should policies be written?
Answer:


✓ 1. To ensure parents and child care professionals are aware of
procedures 2 to make sure everyone follows same rules.

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Question: How is each sense used to observe a child (touch)?
Answer:


✓ Check for too much warmth or coldness.


Question: How is each sense used to observe a child (smell)?
Answer:


✓ Check for a bad smell or a change of smell.


Question: How is each sense used to observe a child (taste)?
Answer:


✓ Ask child if they taste something funny


Question: How is each sense used to observe a child (sound)?
Answer:


✓ Check for breathing is it easy or ragged, etc.


Question: How is each sense used to observe a child (sight)?
Answer:


✓ First observation of seeing a child's appearance and check all areas
from head to toe.


Question: The three A's of a healthy child are
Answer:

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✓ Appetite, Appearance and Activity


Question: Appetite signs of a healthy child are
Answer:


✓ Can eat an appropriate amount of food at meal times. Will Consume a
variety of foods. Is interested in eating? Appears content after
meals/snacks.


Question: Appearance signs of healthy child are
Answer:


✓ Has clear, bright eyes, clear skin, age appriopiate muscles, gains
steadily in height/body weight


Question: Activity signs of a healthy child are
Answer:


✓ Has plenty of energy (not hyperactive), is alert, sleeps soundly and has
few aches and pains.


Question: Emotional health of a healthy child are
Answer:


✓ a child who usually reflects happy, cheerful feelings


Question: Social health of a healthy child are
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✓ a child who is friendly most of the time, interacts with other children
and enjoys quiet activities that require concentration.


Question: Menal health of a healthy child are
Answer:


✓ a child who is interested in new experiences and is usally confident and
adaptable.


Question: Is a child with short-term emotional illness or disability a child with
special needs.
Answer:


✓ No


Question: Can you give examples of short-term illness or disability?
Answer:


✓ Ear infections vs. hearing loss; cold vs. asthma; sprained ankle vs. foot
deformity; distress over fight vs. depression


Question: What can you do to know what is normal for a particular child?
Answer:


✓ Ask the parents for signs of well-being and their child normal displays.


Question: Daily checks are a good way of:
Answer: