Recommendations for Safer, Effective Emergency Child Care for Children of Essential Workers
Please download the PDF here.
This guidance is intended to inform policy and practice for child care providers who remain
open during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Please download the PDF here.
This guidance is intended to inform policy and practice for child care providers who remain
open during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
FOR PARENTS AND STAFF:
SIDS Center of New Jersey Free Safe Infant Sleep App Now Available:
The SIDS Center of New Jersey (SCNJ) is pleased to report that its free safe sleep app has been fully launched in both the Apple and Google stores. The app reflects the safe infant sleep guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics to which our SCNJ research has contributed. The search terms that can be used in the app stores are: SIDS Info, SCNJ, or SIDS Center of New Jersey. The icon for the app displays an abstract design of a blue baby in a white diaper with the letters SCNJ below.
One of our goals is to have providers such as hospital and visiting home nurses, pediatricians, child care providers, home visitors, and social service providers use the app to maintain their knowledge of safe infant sleep practices, to serve as their standardized tool for educating families, and to serve as a resource that they can help families upload to their phones for future reference and for sharing with family members.
Each screen contains text, animation and a maternal voice reading the text, thus overcoming any literacy limitations. Before moving on to the next screen, the viewer should tap the baby icon which reveals more text read in an engaging baby voice. By tapping the menu in the lower left corner, more options are displayed, such as Resources and Settings. In Settings, the app text can be switched to Spanish. In Resources, there are links to a range of information sources including the AAP policy statement, the national safe to sleep campaign, the consumer product safety commission, Mom's Quit Connection, professional education opportunities (free ceu nursing course from NICHD), and our SCNJ website (www.rwjms.rutgers.edu/sids) with its videos, flyers, etc.
This is a novel tool, and we are so happy that it is now out there for your use!
The link to the Rutgers University announcement of the app is :
https://news.rutgers.edu/news/new-rutgers-app-seeks-reduce-infant-mortality/20180418#.WtipUrSkwVY.email
A short SCNJ video on safe sleep will be added to the app. It can be accessed via the website or the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srC1te3MPLw&feature=em-share_video_user
SIDS Center of New Jersey Free Safe Infant Sleep App Now Available:
The SIDS Center of New Jersey (SCNJ) is pleased to report that its free safe sleep app has been fully launched in both the Apple and Google stores. The app reflects the safe infant sleep guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics to which our SCNJ research has contributed. The search terms that can be used in the app stores are: SIDS Info, SCNJ, or SIDS Center of New Jersey. The icon for the app displays an abstract design of a blue baby in a white diaper with the letters SCNJ below.
One of our goals is to have providers such as hospital and visiting home nurses, pediatricians, child care providers, home visitors, and social service providers use the app to maintain their knowledge of safe infant sleep practices, to serve as their standardized tool for educating families, and to serve as a resource that they can help families upload to their phones for future reference and for sharing with family members.
Each screen contains text, animation and a maternal voice reading the text, thus overcoming any literacy limitations. Before moving on to the next screen, the viewer should tap the baby icon which reveals more text read in an engaging baby voice. By tapping the menu in the lower left corner, more options are displayed, such as Resources and Settings. In Settings, the app text can be switched to Spanish. In Resources, there are links to a range of information sources including the AAP policy statement, the national safe to sleep campaign, the consumer product safety commission, Mom's Quit Connection, professional education opportunities (free ceu nursing course from NICHD), and our SCNJ website (www.rwjms.rutgers.edu/sids) with its videos, flyers, etc.
This is a novel tool, and we are so happy that it is now out there for your use!
The link to the Rutgers University announcement of the app is :
https://news.rutgers.edu/news/new-rutgers-app-seeks-reduce-infant-mortality/20180418#.WtipUrSkwVY.email
A short SCNJ video on safe sleep will be added to the app. It can be accessed via the website or the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srC1te3MPLw&feature=em-share_video_user
FCC/FFN Orientation
Atlantic County:
Tasha Devonish tasha.devonish@rutgers.edu
Sheena Carson sheena.carson@rutgers.edu
Cape May County:
Marysel Maldonado marysel.maldonado@rutgers.edu
Cumberland County:
Kathy Grant kathy.grant@rutgers.edu
Gloucester County:
Yvonne Jimenez yvonne.jimenez@rutgers.edu
Salem County:
Tonya Kidd tonya.kidd@rutgers.edu
Atlantic County:
Tasha Devonish tasha.devonish@rutgers.edu
Sheena Carson sheena.carson@rutgers.edu
Cape May County:
Marysel Maldonado marysel.maldonado@rutgers.edu
Cumberland County:
Kathy Grant kathy.grant@rutgers.edu
Gloucester County:
Yvonne Jimenez yvonne.jimenez@rutgers.edu
Salem County:
Tonya Kidd tonya.kidd@rutgers.edu
The Rutgers Southern Regional Child Care Resource & Referral Agency will coordinate the early childhood training calendar for the five southern counties with the assistance of our staff and state professional development partners. The coordination of a seamless and consistent training platform will ensure greater access for family child care (FCC), family, friends and neighbors (FFN), center-based, families, and leadership staff in the southern New Jersey region. All trainings are aligned to Grow NJ Kids, NJ Birth to Three, the NJ Preschool Teaching and Learning Standards, as well as NAEYC, CDA, Caring for Our Children, Strengthening Families, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Rutgers Southern Regional CCR&R facilitates and supports EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION PRACTITIONERS:
Educational Advisement:
Rutgers Southern Regional CCR&R facilitates and supports EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION PRACTITIONERS:
- To expand their knowledge of the early care and education field; and
- To pursue professional advancement as early care and education professionals.
Educational Advisement:
- Information for enrolling in college level Early Childhood Education or Teacher Certification programs; and
- The schedule and availability of Professional Development and Trainings provided by the CCR&R and various state partners.
- Rutgers Southern Regional CCR&R provides a series of trainings for Early Care and Education Practitioners designed to improve their practice and the early care and educational environment in which they work. Interested ECE practitioners can enroll for the Child Development Associate (CDA) in either Family Child Care, Preschool, or Infant/Toddler certification as recognized by the Council for Professional Recognition http://www.cdacouncil.org/. Contact Dr. Ingrid Campbell at ingridc@camden.rutgers.edu for more information.
- Trainings are offered across the five counties that the Rutgers Southern Regional CCR&R serves. The Agency collaborates with our Grow NJ Kids professional development partners to provide access and awareness of numerous professional development opportunities to improve healthy outcomes and provide safe environments for children from birth to age 8 in our diverse southern regional child care settings.
- The Training Calendar: Our year round Training Calendar provides a comprehensive range of professional development opportunities for Early Care and Education Practitioners. Through the Training Calendar on this website, practitioners can learn what trainings are available in your county and when the trainings are offered. Access the NJ Workforce Registry to view trainings and register as needed.
- Training Locations: To facilitate access to our professional development opportunities, the Rutgers Southern Regional CCR&R provides educational advisement and trainings at convenient locations listed above in each southern New Jersey county that we serve.