The Center attempts to maintain an environment as free of infectious agents as possible. Special housekeeping and staff procedures are key parts of this effort, but parents play a critical role in maintaining the health of the children at the Center. All parents should familiarize themselves with the following health policies so as to ensure that children receive proper immunizations and that sick children do not expose others to illness.
Prior to enrollment, parents must submit a Virginia State Health Form, completed by a health care practitioner, including proof of recent physical examination and up-to-date immunization records, except in cases where there is parental objection on religious grounds.
For religious exemption from immunization a parent must submit a completed Commonwealth of Virginia Certification of Religious Exemption form that has been signed by a notary public and stamped with the notary seal. This form can be obtained at any health department, local school system, or social services department as well as on-line at: http://www.vahealth.org/schoolhealth/CRE-1.pdf
Upon arrival at the Center, parents are asked to wash their children’s hands with liquid soap and running water. The Health Department also recommends that children’s hands be washed before leaving the Center at pick-up as well.
Parents are required to wait in the classroom at drop-off long enough for staff to greet the child, perform a Daily Health Check, and accept child into attendance for the day.
Parents are asked to remove shoes or use disposable shoe covers (provided outside the door) when entering infant classrooms to avoid contamination of the carpet.
Parents are required to inform the Center within 24 hours if their child develops a communicable disease (see enclosed chart.)
Infants must accept formula or breast milk from a bottle prior to enrollment, in order to ensure that proper feeding can be provided by our staff.
Infants must be in a dry diaper when they are left in the care of our staff. If a child soils his/her diaper on the way to the Center, parents are welcome to use our diapering facilities so long as proper sanitization occurs.
DAILY HEALTH SCREENING:
The parent or guardian must bring the child into the Center and stay until the staff has welcomed the child. This is to permit a daily health screening to be performed and to ensure that staff are aware of any current health issues or concerns on the part of the parents.
PARENT HANDBOOK
