Taking It to the Net


1			One of the families in a community daycare centre lost a four-month-old child to SIDS. Laura, the centre’s director, is planning to conduct an in-service training session for her employees about the effect of SIDS-related death on the deceased child’s parents and siblings. What information should they have in order to help them deal with this family? www.sidscanada.org




2			Jerri works in an infant daycare centre that serves mothers who are participating in a welfare-to-work program, advising the mothers about nutrition. What do these mothers need to know about the effect of poor nutrition on their children’s cognitive development? hunger.tufts.edu/pub/statement.shtml#new www.wsws.org/public_html/prioriss/iwb1-15/hunger.htm




3			Eric is worried that his one-year-old-cousin Matthew, whom he often babysits, is not on track with his language development in comparison with his niece Rita. By this age, what are some of the language-related milestones that children have achieved? childdevelopmentinfo.com/development/language_development.shtml