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Welcome...Each season change seems to bring a time for new beginnings of some kind. Fall is the time for many children to begin a new early care and education setting if they have moved into a new room or program based on age. Or it is a time when new lesson plans come out and old lessons are learned again. One lesson that needs to be practiced often is handwashing. With so much attention in the media about H1N1 influenza, handwashing becomes even more important. Sanitary habits are needed each and every day in the childcare setting. The article in this issue of Healthy Childcare® on the infectious disease diphtheria by Joe Knight talks about how this disease is transmitted, the need for handwashing, and the concerns that can come with this illness. In Nutrition Action, author Marna Holland looks at managing food allergies in the early care and education setting. In the Sickness and Health section, Marna also has an article on the infectious disease CMV. Connie Jo Smith and Healthy Childcare® editor Charlotte Hendricks outline how to use bulletin boards in the childcare setting to teach health and safety topics to young children as well as parents and staff. The Health & You article in this issue by Diona Reeves takes a look at thyroid disease. With most states now accepting clock hour training credits granted from Healthy Childcare® for reading an issue and completing the companion Study Guide (available on our website), we have been busy! We have processed hundreds and hundreds of training hours for you to use to keep your license or CDA status. Training credits are free for subscribers. A one year subscription is $22.95 and with that you receive six issues and the ability to attain six training hours--an average of $3.83 an hour. You learn important health and safety information and can earn training hours, a great deal!
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