EDF 4650 - Health, Safety, & Ethics in Youth & Family Settings

College of Education

Credit(s): 2
Contact Hours: 32
Effective Term Fall 2018 (550)

Requisites

Admission to Educational Studies and Community Leadership (Bachelor of Science) (EDST-BS)

Course Description

This course covers the laws, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures related to health, safety, nutrition, and ethics. Topics include illness and accident prevention, emergencies, basic nutritional needs of youths, child obesity, child abuse/neglect prevention, proper ethics in youth settings, and proper collaboration with families and health professionals.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will demonstrate how to create and maintain a safe environment for children by:
    1. Identifying and correcting potential hazards in the environment
    2. creating indoor and outdoor safety procedures
    3. Describing policies and procedures for releasing children to authorized persons
    4. Creating safety regulations and proper emergency and disaster drills
    5. Describing safe food handling and creating proper sanitation procedures
    6. Identifying health hazards in meals (choking, allergies, etc.) and describing steps to prevent dangerous situations
    7. Identifying signs of common illnesses and developing procedures to avoide transmission of diseases
    8. Developing a plan to prevent and reduce injuries
    9. Creating policies for the administration of medicine and approved medical treatments, including related documentation
  2. The candidate will explain proper health and nutrition to youths by:
    1. Identifying and explaining proper eating habits and elements of a healthy diet
    2. Planning appropriate meals and healthy snacks
    3. Identifying common health issues faced by youths
    4. Identifying signs of abuse, emotional distress, and neglect of children and developing policies to document and report any incidences immediately
    5. Developing procedures for completing health appraisals and making health referrals
    6. Describing healthy behaviors and explaining how to make healthy living choices
    7. Identifying the caregiver’s role and responsibilities in modeling good health, safety, and nutrition habits
    8. Explaining the importance of the effects of tobacco, alcohol, drugs, and other chemicals on life and learning.
  3. The candidate will communicate and apply proper ethics in youth and family settings by:
    1. Identifying indicators of issues regarding staff/youth interactions and developing a policy to document and report incidences in a timely manner
    2. Describing ethical issues and explaining the thinking process in solving moral dilemmas in youth and family settings
    3. Analyzing and evaluating youth and community ethical issues within the local and global community
    4. Analyzing and explaining ethical principles and practices in various social settings affecting youths today

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will, with a minimum of 75% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual course instructors.

History of Changes

C&I Approval: 02/09/2017, BOT Approval: 03/21/2017, Effective Term: Fall 2017 (535).
C&I Approval: 02/09/2018, BOT Approval: 04/17/2018, Effective Term: Fall 2018 (550)

Related Programs

  1. Educational Studies and Community Leadership (EDST-BS) (610) (Draft)