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Healthy Young Children

Some of the information in this man-

ual applies to specific conditions of

individual children. It is not a substi-

tute for the advice of a child’s health

care provider or a program’s health

consultant. The manual reflects

current research and standards

in the fields related to health and

early childhood education. How-

ever, in rapidly changing fields new

information constantly emerges. Be

alert to such changes and check

the websites of nationally creden-

tialed organizations identified in the

chapters of this book for the most

current recommendations.

Primary Reference

This fifth edition of

Healthy Young Children: A Manual for Programs

aligns

with and contains content adapted with permission from

Caring for Our

Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards; Guidelines

for Early Care and Early Education Programs,

3rd edition, by the Ameri-

can Academy of Pediatrics, American Public Health Association, and

National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early

Education (Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics; Wash-

ington, DC: American Public Health Association). References to the

scientific evidence supporting the performance standards and guide-

lines contained in

Caring for Our Children

appear at the end of each of

its chapters.

Caring for Our Children

is available in print from the American

Academy of Pediatrics bookstore at, from the National Re-

source Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education at

, and from the National Association for the Education

of Young Children bookstore at. It is also avail-

able in PDF and HTML formats at .

Credits

Copy editor:

Lisa Cook

Contributing editor:

Darcie Vugrinovich

Indexer:

Sherri Emmons

Cover photographs: Copyright by Ellen B. Senisi

Illustrations:

Dilworth Design

Editors of Past Editions

1st and 2nd editions: Abby Shapiro Kendrick, Roxane Kaufmann, and

Katherine P. Messenger

3rd edition: Karen Sokal-Gutierrez, MD, MPH

4th (2002) edition: Susan S. Aronson, MD, FAAP, with Patricia M. Spahr

Healthy Young Children: A Manual for Programs, Fifth Edition

Copyright © 2012 by the National Association for the Education of

Young Children. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of

America.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2012930709

ISBN: 978-1-928896-82-1

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