Posted by Julie Stone on August 31, 2010 under News | 
The OHSAI October meeting will be held October 7-8, 2010 at the Ramada Plaza Hotel in Columbus.
We have planned a full agenda for Head Start administrators, staff and parents. Highlights will include a session on Head Start Program Management and Compliance, sessions to address Professionalism and Eligibility/Enrollment issues, and a session on the AAPD Head Start Dental Home Initiative Launch with Jan Silverman, the Head Start Dental Home Project Manager and Dr. Jim Crall, Director of the National Oral Health Policy Center.
The lastest updates from the federal level will be covered, and Alicia Leatherman, Director of the Ohio Early Childhood Cabinet has agreed to join us on Friday, October 8th to provide updates on the many changes occuring at the state level impacting early care and education.
Click here for agenda and registration information.
Posted by Julie Stone on August 23, 2010 under News |
Childhood obesity has become a state and national concern. It is important that child care settings advocate healthy lifestyles and positive choices. Ohio’s Healthy Programs project promotes health and wellness in child care settings through enrollment in this project. Child care programs which wish to participate will receive training on wellness and obesity prevention, technical assistance on the project if desired, sample policies and menus, nutrition materials, activity cards, a health and wellness toolkit and more!
Child care programs will be able to apply for Ohio’s Healthy Program status by:
- Attending the SUTQ-approved training, Healthy Children, Healthy Weights* now being offered statewide by Healthy Child Care Ohio as well as the child care resource and referral system
- Implementing a policy to ensure healthy practices are maintained in the program
- Demonstrating an improvement in menus for the children
- Including parents in the program such as providing bulletin boards, healthy articles in newsletters, cooking activities, meetings on the topic, etc.
OHSAI will be hosting Healthy Children, Healthy Weights training over the coming program year at the Regular OHSAI meetings as well as June Conference as follows: Read more of this article »
