Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care (PPEC) centers were specifically designed to decrease health care costs by delivering cost effective health services for chronic conditions in children, thereby reducing frequent hospitalizations. Parents who enroll their children in PPECs not only expect their child’s medical needs to be taken care of, but they also expect that the PPEC functions as a regular daycare and in turn advances their child’s academic and social performance. Hence, the expectation placed on PPECs is double of that of a regular daycare. Due to their medical centered nature, PPECs require nurses who can respond to each child’s individual needs in addition to medical emergencies. PATCHES Inc., a PPEC, offers medical treatment, therapy, and education to children with complex medical conditions. However, given that PATCHES is functioning within a system with severe resource limitations, it should be noted that …show more content…
Following the mandated 3:1 rule for daycares, there is three children per nurse or care partner. This model allows for cost-effective personalized health care for each child, while preventing the occurrence of burn out in caregivers. Caregivers are responsible for feeding, cleaning, changing, and playing with the child. However, their tasks may change based on the age and diagnosis of the child. Each day a speech, occupational, and physical therapist visits the child in order to deliver the required therapy, gauge the child’s developmental progress, and create draft care plans for future care. This setup enables the children to achieve their developmental milestones while acquiring new skills to lead independent lives. Children ages three and over receive preschool education from a teacher who tests the students’ academic progress and presents progress reports to the children’s parents so that they can work with their child on the areas requiring
The quality of child care in the United States leaves room for improvement. According to (Deborah, L., Vandell, & Barbara, W.), suggest that when low-income families received child care, mothers are more likely to keep doctor’s appointments and decrease their stress level. The cost of child care is having a huge impact on the careers of working parents and people with disabilities. According to the case study of Katy Adams is one that conveys the message of different facets of stress and, how it impacts a person’s health and well been. Stress plays a vital role in a person’s overall health. One of the non-medical problems of Katy’s Adams case study is related to denial of child care services because she was hospitalized and was unable to
My first observation was at Head Start. I talked to Tracey Claflin about some of the principles they use in their program and how they use them. I wasn’t able to observe the children directly because my TB skin test results came up positive. Tracey explained to me that because my results were positive I couldn’t meet children or be in the same room as the children. Due to this, I had to make some arrangements to instead speak with Tracey about some principles she has seen and that they follow. I met with her for an hour discussing the principles and how they were used in the Head Start program. One of the principles she said was highly important for Head Start was principle number 2. She explained that when there is enough time and opportunities to spend time with a child individually the caregiver puts full attention on one child. She explained that they like to focus attention on a child throughout the day so that the child doesn’t feel left out. She says that alone time for a child with a caregiver is usually tummy time. They allow the infants and toddlers to roll around and look at the carpet designs. Tracey explained to me how they asses each child through this quality time that the caregiver and the child have alone. This quality time the caregiver has with the child is important,
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Home health care services are not just for elderly patients. In some cases, a family may seek professional assistance for a child that is living with a chronic condition or recovering from an operation. To further support these families and ensure that top quality care is available for all, ACCESS Nursing Services is expanding its pediatric care division in New York, NY, with the hiring of additional physical therapists.
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The Child Development Center of College of San Mateo provides early care and educational programs for children between the ages of 3 to 5 years old. Children are divided into classrooms with a “master” teacher, a “regular” teacher, and two or three “associate” teachers. Klara attended Classroom, “A,” a stimulating and well-resourced classroom. Klara was observed for two hours on Monday from 9 am to 11 am and for two hours on Wednesday from 9 am to 11 am. During these two hours, classroom activities consisted of “free time,” “story time,” and an outside “play time.” A “master” teacher, a “regular” teacher, and two “associate” teachers were present during observations. Additionally, a total of eighteen children were in attendance during the observed days.
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In this way, the primary caregiver acts as the main liaison between the child and his or her parents, and the two parties work as a team to provide the child with the best quality care while promoting the development of secure attachment. Although a daycare setting might not be the most ideal option in comparison to constant time spent with a parent, this intervention shows that it is still possible for working parents to achieve secure attachment with their child, even when Parents who choose this option as a method for creating and maintaining secure attachment must be willing to set aside a block of free time in the day dedicated to bonding and interacting with their child in a one-on-one setting. This way, the child is able to separate time spent with the childcare provider from time spent with the parent, and is able to utilize both relationships in developing a strong secure
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To begin, enrolling a child in a child care program can be beneficial for the child in terms of his/her social and emotional development as well as educational achievement. The experience itself seems to have an overall positive effect on children. Firstly, in the area of social interaction, child care aids in develop...
Starting off the caregivers welcome the children into the child care center with enthusiasm. Immediately, the caregivers approach each child and encourage them to embrace the environment they just walked into. Children walk in every single day clinched to their parents very curious and apprehensive. They quickly observe the environment while their parents and caregivers try to ensure them that everything will be okay. This somewhat brings comfort to the children.
The purpose of this study was comparing infants and toddlers in segregated and integrated programs and whether this would affect the development of the children. A childcare program moves the same -age children from room to room every year known as “segregated” (41, Rutherford & Whitington). If infants and toddlers had the same educator “until the age of three”, a secure attachment will development (41, Rutherford & Whitington). Segregation creates stress for the child such as being exposed to a new environment, caregiver and losing a secure attachment with the educator. The more children in the room, the educators are less likely to respond which creates biological stress and can have lasting effects on the children. Children in an integrated
At this age children are developing their own use of everyday objects (Bukatko, 2008). As information is discovered I can assure that it will be applied to existing information that I already possess which I will used to make choices and changes to our care plans to best fit each infant in our care and give their parents the necessary information education. Children at this gentle age need security and the ability to gain attachment with the adults in their lives, without it, in later stages of development they may become withdrawn, experience extreme emotions, develop anxiety, or struggle with role identity issues (Bukatko, 2008) and with the wide variety of daily activities geared for each child’s age for example, Children ages 0-6 Months would benefit
Childcare is widely known as the regular non-parental care of children while parents are absent. Many reasons like work, studying or just having a break from raising children push parents to the use of child day care. But with the increase of both parents, especially mothers, opting to go back to work sooner rather than later after having children, demand for child day care is increasing accordingly. This increase has initiated much research into the short and long term emotional, cognitive and social behavioural patterns of children receiving non-parental care.