safety

Safe Environments

Promote program excellence by protecting children, families, and staff from injury and minimizing hazardous risks. In this course, you will learn about systems, supervision, ratios, the environment, professional development, emergency preparation and response, and field trips.

Ensuring Indoor and Outdoor Environments and Materials Are Safe

As the child and youth Program Manager, your primary responsibility is to provide oversight and accountability for the safety of children and youth in your program. The risks for children and youth increase when there are environmental hazards.

Ensuring Staff-To-Child Ratios Are Followed At All Times

As the child and youth Program Manager, your primary responsibility is to provide oversight and accountability for the safety of children and youth in your program. The risks for children increase when required ratios are not maintained. This lesson details what matters most when it comes to maintaining ratios.

Ensuring Appropriate Supervision Practices Are Followed At All Times

As the child and youth program manager, your primary responsibility is to provide oversight and accountability for the safety of children and youth in your program. The risks for children and youth increase when there is a lack of appropriate supervision.

Planning, Organizing, and Practicing Emergency Procedures

As the child and youth Program Manager, your primary responsibility is to provide oversight and accountability for the safety of children and youth in your program. Your ability to be proactive when it comes to emergency preparedness and response keeps everyone in your program safe from harm and reduces the emotional stress that accompanies emergency situations and disasters.

Transportation and Field Trips

As the child and youth Program Manager, your primary responsibility is to provide oversight and accountability for the safety of children and youth in your program. This includes monitoring the safety of your vehicles and the individuals who drive them.

Ensuring Staff Know and Follow Child Abuse Prevention, Identification, and Reporting Procedures

Child abuse and neglect causes stress that can disrupt early brain development. Abuse and neglect can also cause severe injury and death. It is a difficult subject, but is one that all program leaders must be prepared to address. As the child and youth Program Manager, you have a leadership role in preventing child abuse and neglect.

Ensuring Safety Through a Systems Approach and Ongoing Professional Development

As the child and youth Program Manager, your primary responsibility is to provide oversight and accountability for the safety of children and youth in your program. Your ability to implement and monitor systems is crucial to protecting children, youth and staff from harm. At the same time, your ability to ensure staff members complete and demonstrate competence in their required training and professional development reduces the risk of harm.