Health and Safety Checklists

IPM Checklist

The Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Toolkit for Family Child Care Homes provides practical information about using IPM to keep pests out and manage pest problems in family child care homes.

The Integrated Pest Management Checklist for Family Child Care Homes is an assessment tool to identify where pests enter, find food and water, and seek shelter in family child care homes.

Use this checklist to help keep children safe while using the learning equipment and materials provided in the child care settings.

This form was developed by CCHP staff and is excerpted from Health and Safety in the Child Care Setting: Prevention of Injuries, A Curriculum for the Training of Child Care Providers, 2nd Ed.

Quality care provides a safe and healthy learning environment that supports the social, physical, intellectual, creative and emotional development of all children. This checklist assists parents of children with disabilities or special needs in looking, listening and asking questions in the process of selecting the child care setting that best meets the needs of their child and family. It can also assist programs in identifying the necessary components of a quality inclusive child care setting as they evaluate their program and services provided.

The California Childcare Health Program Health and Safety Policies Checklist (2005) was developed to objectively assess written health and safety policies in early care and education programs. The Checklist can be used by child care providers or directors, child care health advocates, child care health consultants, health professionals, and researchers. It assesses the quality of written health and safety policies and helps child care and health professionals identify how to improve written policies and target interventions.

The CCHP Health and Safety Checklist Summary is designed to be completed after a health and safety assessment in an early care and education program is conducted using the CCHP Health and Safety Checklist-Revised. The Summary Form is organized by subscale and there are three columns to complete for each subscale: # of standards (items) which meet the National Standards, # of standards (items) which do NOT meet the National Standards, and action steps needed to meet the National Standards.   
 

The Health and Safety Checklist is a 112-item tool developed to assess key health and safety standards and identify ways to improve health and safety in early care and education (ECE) programs. The Checklist includes 72 out of the 138 key health and safety standards in Stepping Stones Third Edition. The Checklist was reviewed by an advisory committee of health and safety experts and pilot tested by child care health consultants. The Checklist is user-friendly, easy-to-understand and has links to the Caring for Our Children standards and other related resources.