Modules | Provider learning objectives |
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Core modules | |
SMART goals (common with nutrition intervention) | • Describe specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely (SMART) goals • Practice writing a SMART goal • Develop a SMART goal for the family child care home (FCCH) for each subsequent module |
Children’s environmental health 101 | • Describe why children are more vulnerable to environmental exposures • Understand importance of reducing children’s environmental exposures • Identify potential environmental exposures in FCCHs |
Integrated pest management 101 | • Discuss current pesticide use in FCCH • Understand concepts of pesticide residue • Understand integrated pest management and less-toxic pest control methods |
Staff behaviors: leading the way for safer environments | • Recognize specific behaviors that can reduce environmental exposures • Discuss ways to involve children in actions to reduce potential exposures |
Elective Modules | |
Green cleaning: sanitizing safely and effectively | • Understand difference between cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting • Identify safer cleaning products and practices • Learn ways to reduce exposures to chemicals in cleaning products |
Safer toys and art supplies | • Understand importance of choosing safer plastics and art supplies • Recognize third-party certified art supplies • Recognize plastics to avoid |
How to read a pesticide label | • Recognize whether a pesticide is legal for use • Understand different sections of a pesticide label and their meaning • Describe importance of using least-toxic pesticides |
Steps to pest-free indoor environment | • Recognize situations inside the home that can attract pests • Identify simple and inexpensive methods to prevent, control, and manage indoor pests • Describe importance of using least toxic pesticides indoors |
Steps to pest-free outdoor environment | • Recognize situations outside the home that can attract pests • Identify simple and inexpensive methods to prevent, control, and manage outdoor pests • Describe importance of using least toxic pesticides outdoors |
Reducing asthma triggers | • Identify triggers of asthma in the indoor environment • Discuss strategies for reducing asthma triggers • Utilize community resources for asthma |
Lead safety | • Understand sources and dangers of lead exposures • Identify simple steps to reduce lead exposure • Utilize community resources to further prevent lead exposure |
Safer furnishing and napping | • Understand importance of choosing nap equipment and furniture that do not contain harmful chemicals • Recognize toxic products to avoid • Identify simple ways to clean to reduce chemicals and toxins |