Resources for Caring for Mildly Ill Children

The following resources provide useful information for those interested learning more about providing child care for mildly ill children. Many of these resources are available through the Child Care Information Center. (See below)

VIDEOS:

Part 4 - "Setting Up for Healthy and Safe Care"
Caring For Our Children Video Series
American Academy of Pediatrics
P.O. Box 927
141 Northwest Point Blvd.
Elk Grove Village, IL. 60009-0927

Part 6 - "Illness in Child Care"
Caring For Our Children Video Series
American Academy of Pediatrics
P.O. Box 927
141 Northwest Point Blvd.
Elk Grove Village, IL. 60009-0927

BOOKS:

Preparing For Illness - Developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics
Distributed by: National Association for the Education of Young Children - NAEYC
1509 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036-1426
202-232-8777
800-424-2460
Fax: 202-328-1846
Price: $2.00

Model Child Care Health Policies - Prepared by the Early Childhood Education Linkage System (ECELS) Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
Distributed by: National Association for the Education of Young Children - NAEYC
1509 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036-1426
202-232-8777
800-424-2460
Fax: 202-328-1846

Get Well Care Guidelines For Programs Serving Mildly Ill Children - Prepared by the Arizona Sick Child Care Committee
Available through:
CPG Publishing Company
P.O. Box 50062
Phoenix, AZ 85076
Price $10.95, plus $2.75 postage and handling

Caring For Our Children, National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care Programs - A Joint Collaborative Project of the American Public Health Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics American Public Health Association
1015 Fifteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005
www.apha.org

American Academy of Pediatrics
141 Northwest Point Blvd.
P.O. Box 927
Elk Grove Village, IL. 60009
www.aap.org

Sick Child Care: A How-To Guide For Hospitals
Distributed by: The Employer/Child Connection, Inc.
800 Snell Isle Blvd. NE St.
Petersburg, FL 33704
813-821-9305

AGENCIES:

Child Care Information Center (CCIC)
Wisconsin Reference and Loan Library

2109 S. Stoughton Road
Madison, WI 53716
608-224-5388
800-362-7353
Fax: 608-224-6178
www.dpi.state.wi.us/ccic

ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
800-583-4135
www.ericeece.org

National Association for Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
1509 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
800-424-2460
www.naeyc.org

National Association for Sick Child Daycare
1716 5th Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203
205-324-8447
www.nascd.com

National Black Child Development Institute
1023 15th Street NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20005
202-387-1281
Fax 202-234-1738
www.nbcdi.org

National Center For Education In Maternal And Child Health
2000 15th Street, North, Suite 701
Arlington, VA 22201-2617
703-524-7802
www.ncemch.org

National Child Care Information Center
301 Maple Avenue West, Suite 602
Vienna, VA 22180
800-616-2242
Fax 800-716-2241
www.nccic.org

National Resource Center for Health & Safety in Child Care
UCHSC at Fitzsimons
National Resource Center for Health & Safety in Child Care
Campus Mailstop F541
P.O. Box 6508
Aurora, CO 80045-0508
800-598-KIDS
Fax 303-724-0960
http://nrc.uchsc.edu

National Sanitation Foundation International
789 N Dixboro Road
P.O. Box 130140
Ann Arbor, MI 48113-0140
800-NSF-MARK
www.nsf.org

Rev. 3/26/02

WCCIP • 2109 S. Stoughton Road, Madison WI 53716 • Ph 800.366.3556 • Fx 608.224.6178
These tip sheets developed by WCCIP, March 1998 with funding from the WI Dept. of WFD, Office of Child Care, and DHFS