Written tasksPart A – Short answer questions• 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.Questions1. Briefly define a medical management plan and describe why it is important. 2. Outline four (4) key methods for preventing the spread of infection. Describe how these methods are effective in controlling the spread of infection. 3. Describe the handwashing technique that you would model for 2–5 year-old children.4. Explain where you would display information about handwashing in a service and how you would provide hygiene information to families. 5. Briefly outline why it is important to provide a range of active and restful experiences for children. 6. What are three (3) essential techniques for ensuring children are adequately supervised at all times? 7. Why are safety checks important in education and care services? 8. Explain when services should advise public health authorities of cases of infectious diseases at the service. 9. List five (5) diseases that are notifiable (i.e. diseases which education and care services must notify the public health authority). 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. 11. Briefly outline the regulated requirements for administering medications to children. 12. Describe (4) strategies to encourage children to take responsibility for their own health and wellbeing. Part B – Case studies• 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 1You 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? 2. What suggestions would you make to Jasper’s mother to address his wheezing? Include information about individual medical management plans. 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. Case Study 2During 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? 2. How would you minimise the chance that the skipping activity and the sand play activities interrupt each other?3. How could you create a quiet, uninterrupted sand play activity that Layla and Candice could engage in with their sea creature figurines? Case Study 3You 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.Case Study 4Paolo, 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 but that, ‘He seems to be OK now apart from a runny nose and a bit of a cough’. You notice throughout the morning that Paolo is playing more quietly than usual and seems sleepy. You also notice that his cough is very deep and throaty and he gasps occasionally. You are concerned that his symptoms are consistent with Whooping cough (Pertussis). Paolo’s parents have signed a form to say he is ‘not medically vaccinated’, as they have concerns about the effects of immunisation and are strong believers in natural medicine. Answer the questions that follow.1. Where would you source information about whooping cough and the recommended immunisation of this disease? 2. How should a record of Paolo’s illness be documented?3. What steps would you take to have Paolo checked for whooping cough? 4. Who should be informed if Paolo is diagnosed with whooping cough? How should they be informed and what should be carefully considered when informing them? 5. If Paolo is diagnosed with whooping cough, should he be excluded from the service? If so, for how long should he be excluded? 6. What are the grouping issues and procedures of which you would ensure staff are aware to reduce the possible spread of whooping cough? 7. How should the service provide information to families and educators about child and adult immunisation recommendations? Case Study 5You are planning an excursion for ten 4–5 year-old children from your service to the local domestic airport to follow up the children’s interest in airplanes and flying. The Director of the service has asked you to undertake a risk assessment for the excursion prior to carrying it out. She has also asked you to inform the children’s families with the specific itinerary and details of the excursion, and to seek their permission for their children to attend.You plan to depart at 9.30 a.m. and return to the service by 1.00 p.m. You plan to walk to the nearby railway station, catch a train to the airport and return to the service in the same way. While at the airport, you plan to walk to a departure terminal and observe planes being loaded with cargo, and to watch them take off and land. You will view this from behind the glass windows in the public departure area. You will be taking food and drinks for the children with you. You have arranged to meet a pilot there who will talk with the children about his or her flying experiences. Follow these instructions to complete the task below, using the case study as a basis.The Guide to Education and Care Services National Law and Regulations states that:The risk assessment will need to take into account the levels of supervision and number of adults needed for the entire time the children are out of the service premises, residence or venue. Volunteers, such as parent helpers, may assist to provide additional supervision (p. 63). Undertake a risk assessment for this excursion that critically assesses the potential hazards and includes implications for supervision. Additionally, outline how you would provide information about the excursion to families and how you would obtain their permission. You may use the Excursion risk management plan template (or similar) from the NQF Library section of the ACECQA website:files.acecqa.gov.au/files/Templates/Excursionriskmanagementplan.pdf Case Study 6Lucia is making up the children’s beds in the toddler room in preparation for rest time. As she takes a set of sheets out of a child’s sheet bag, a redback spider crawls out and drops on the bed. Lucia is alarmed and acts quickly to hit the spider with her shoe, killing it. Lucia informs the service Director Anton of what has occurred. Answer the questions that follow.1. What should Anton do when Lucia informs him about the spider? 2. What should the service’s records of pest/vermin inspections and/or eradications include?Case Study 7You are an educator in a 40-place long day care service that is licensed to care for children 0–5 years of age. You have been given the responsibility of overseeing the service’s emergency evacuation procedures and implementing evacuation drills. To ensure that everyone is prepared for a real emergency, you want to raise awareness of the evacuation procedures and carry out an unannounced evacuation drill for the whole service within the next two weeks.Answer the questions and respond to the prompts that follow.1. How would you raise the awareness of staff, children and families about evacuation procedures at the service? 2. How often should an early childhood education and care service carry out and document emergency evacuation drills? 3. Outline how you would prepare for the emergency evacuation drill. Include the time of day that you would raise the alarm, who would be involved and what essential equipment and resources you would ensure were ready. Case Study 8Erica is the Coordinator of Northside Family Day Care Scheme. She is recruiting five new family day carers. Erica’s Scheme holds weekly playgroup sessions in a hall next to the Scheme’s office, so carers are required to transport the children to and from the sessions. Carers also occasionally need to transport the children for other purposes. As part of the new carers’ induction training, Erica wants to make sure that they are familiar with how to move and fit children’s car seats, restraints and booster seats.Answer the question that follows.1. How should Erica prepare the new carers to become familiar with moving and fitting children’s car seats, restraints and booster seats? ================
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