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CHC50113 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care CHCECE016 Establish and maintain a safe and healthy environment for children Student Name: XXXXXX Student Number: XXXXXX Assessment: 31870/01 All terms mentioned in this text that are known to be trademarks or service marks have been appropriately capitalised. Use of a term in this text should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark. © Open Colleges Pty Ltd, 2015 All rights reserved. No part of the material protected by this copyright may be reproduced or utilised in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. File name Once you feel confident that you have covered the learning materials for this unit, you are ready to attempt this assessment. 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It is important that you keep a copy of all assessments submitted to Open Colleges Open Colleges CHCECE016 Establish and maintain a safe and healthy environment for children Page 3 of 12 Getting started The assessment tasks in this booklet have been designed to allow you to provide evidence that demonstrates your competence in the unit CHCECE016 Establish and maintain a safe and healthy environment for children. Your trainer will: · answer any questions that you might have about the assessment · assess your competence as required by the unit of competency, by making judgments about the evidence you have presented in line with the rules of evidence: validity, authenticity, currency and sufficiency · provide feedback on the outcomes of the assessment process Introduction You are required to complete one written task, which has two components and a project for CHCECE016 Establish and maintain a safe and healthy environment for children. In completing the final assessments, you will show evidence of your ability to: · support each child’s health needs · provide for each child’s comfort · promote and implement effective hygiene practices · take steps to control the spread of infectious diseases · ensure adequate supervision of children · take precaution to protect children from harm · develop plans to effectively manage incidents and emergencies. Assessment number Assessment deliverables 31870/01 Written tasks 31870/02 Project 31870/01 Written tasks Part A - Short answer questions Student instructions · Answer the following twelve (12) short answer questions. · Your responses may be recorded or presented in a written format. Written responses for each answer should be approximately 100 words in length. The written responses may be presented in narrative or bullet point format. · To help answer questions accurately you may refer to applicable legislation in your state or territory, recommendations from a recognised health authority, policies and procedures common to early childhood education and care services, position descriptions detailing an educator’s duty of care responsibilities, and/or other sources such as professional readings along with the course textbooks and identified key resources. · Ensure you acknowledge and cite your sources accordingly. This is important whether you use your own words or use the author’s own words. For more information on referencing and plagiarism, refer to the Academic Reference Guide in the Student Handbook. · When referring to policies and procedures or position descriptions please submit copies with your assessment to support your answer. Questions 1. Briefly define a medical management plan and describe why it is important. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date 2. Outline four (4) key methods for preventing the spread of infection. Describe how these methods are effective in controlling the spread of infection. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date 3. Describe the handwashing technique that you would model for 2–5 year-old children. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date 4. Explain where you would display information about handwashing in a service and how you would provide hygiene information to families. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date 5. Briefly outline why it is important to provide a range of active and restful experiences for children. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date 6. What are three (3) essential techniques for ensuring children are adequately supervised at all times? (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date 7. Why are safety checks important in education and care services? (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date 8. Explain when services should advise public health authorities of cases of infectious diseases at the service. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date 9. List five (5) diseases that are notifiable (i.e. diseases which education and care services must notify the public health authority). (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date 10. List three (3) common childhood illnesses and briefly outline how the service should respond to signs of illness in children. Include the source of your information in your answer. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date 11. Briefly outline the regulated requirements for administering medications to children. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date 12. Describe (4) strategies to encourage children to take responsibility for their own health and wellbeing. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date Part B - Case studies Student instructions · Read the following case studies and then answer the questions. · Your responses may be recorded or presented in a written format. Written responses for each answer should be approximately 50–150 words in length. The written responses may be presented in narrative or bullet point format. · To help answer questions accurately, you may refer to applicable legislation in your state or territory, recommendations from a recognised health authority, policies and procedures common to early childhood education and care services, position descriptions detailing an educator’s duty of care responsibilities, and/or other sources such as professional readings along with the course textbooks and identified key resources. · Ensure you acknowledge and cite your sources accordingly. This is important whether you use your own words or quote the author’s words. For more information on referencing and plagiarism, refer to the ‘Academic reference guide’ in the Student Handbook. · When referring to policies and procedures or position descriptions please submit copies with your assessment to support your answer. Case Study 1 You are conducting an enrolment meeting with a new family who are starting their 15-month-old son Jasper at the service in two weeks. While reviewing the enrolment form with Jasper’s mother, you notice that she has written in the allergy section that Jasper has been wheezing a bit at night-time recently. When you ask her if Jasper has seen a doctor about the wheezing, she says that she keeps meaning to take him to her GP, but she has been too busy to get there. You are concerned about Jasper’s wheezing and feel that you need to follow this up. Answer the questions that follow. 1. How would you convey your concerns about Jasper’s wheezing to his mother? (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date 2. What suggestions would you make to Jasper’s mother to address his wheezing? Include information about individual medical management plans. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date 3. What information would you seek about wheezing from health authorities to make sure that you are informed before Jasper commences at the service? Include the health authority that you would refer to and details about health information on wheezing. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date Case Study 2 During the outdoor morning play session, you observe that a skipping activity involving singing and turn-taking that is being organised by one educator is very popular. Five children are waiting to have their turn and appear to be getting bored. The activity is located very close to the sandpit where Layla and Candice are quietly playing with sea creature figurines. Two of the waiting children begin pushing each other, step backwards into the sandpit and stumble on Layla and Candice’s creatures. Layla yells, ‘Get out’ and hits the leg of one of the children who has stumbled into the sandpit. Answer the questions that follow. 1. How would you manage the group of children wanting to participate in the skipping activity? (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date 2. How would you minimise the chance that the skipping activity and the sand play activities interrupt each other? (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date 3. How could you create a quiet, uninterrupted sand play activity that Layla and Candice could engage in with their sea creature figurines? (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date Case Study 3 You are newly employed as an educator working in a service in the toddler room with one other staff member. Over the past two weeks, you notice that although there are new signs in the bathroom about handwashing, children often forget to wash their hands after toileting. You have also noted that the plastic toys that are sometimes mouthed by children do not seem to be washed and that some floor cushions look quite dirty. Answer the following question. 1. How could you ensure that appropriate hygiene procedures for handwashing and the washing of toys and equipment are consistently carried out by staff and children in the toddler room? Include where you would find current information and how you would communicate this information to staff, children and families. (Enter Response Here) Office use only Assessor Feedback Trainers Name, Date Case Study 4 Paolo, who is usually a very active 2.5-year-old child, has just returned to the service after two days at home with a cold. You notice that this is the third cold Paolo has had in the past month. His father said that he had a fever two nights ago