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How Do You Reward Yourself For Your Hardwork?

06 29 13

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Everyone likes a pat on the back every once in a while.And there’s no better time to get one than when you’re out of your comfort zone, challenging yourself to improve, nervous about whether you can succeed. ~Mike Kramer

Several years ago, I found out how great  it felt to reward myself after a very busy week at my child care center. In fact, I used to reward everyone else but myself; not anymore!

Can you relate to the following statements: The staff are rewarded for doing a great job; the parents are rewarded for referring other families and the kids are rewarded for doing a great job in the classrooms. There is only one person who is  missing from the statements  above…..You!

If you don’t feel that you deserve a reward, then that’s OK, however, I want to challenge you to give it a try. I strongly believe that we all love extra benefits and rewards.

Moreover, it just feels good to treat yourself to a chocolate ice cream cone, buy yourself a new purse, or get a relaxing manicure after a long busy week.

Whatever your reward may be…you deserve it!

Do you reward yourself for your hard-work? Please leave a comment below.

With You in mind!

Shiketa

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How to Effectively Report Accidents/Injuries To Parents

06 26 13

Accidents & Injuries occur on a daily basis in Child Care programs. Moreover,  it is vital that you develop a system that defines who, how and when accidents &  injuries are to be reported to parents.

In fact, parents want to know when their children are injured; and when you communicate injuries to parents; they seem to appreciate the fact that you were open and honest with them.

However, if you fail to report injuries to parents; this could lead to parents being skeptical of you and your program. I would like to share Kim’s story with you.

A week before I wrote this post, one of my former high school classmates, called me about an injury that occurred at her child’s daycare. Kim was very upset that she was not notified until 2 days after the incident occurred and she also discovered that her child was questioned by state officials about the injury.

It was obvious to me that Kim knew the program did not handle the reporting of the injury professionally and she simply wanted some advice. As I consulted her, I considered the following two issues:

  1. The parent was not notified that her child had caused harm to another child 2-days after the incident
  2. This incident has affected how Kim feels about her child’s Child Care program.
  3. Kim was also concerned about staff to child ratio in the classroom at the time of the incident

After listening to Kim’s complaint about the Child Care Program; I was inspired to share Kim’s story with you, to inspire you to think about How you report injuries to parents.

Also I thought I would share helpful tips with you on How to Effectively Report Accidents/Injuries to parents:

  1. Assess all injuries and administer First Aid if needed
  2. Document all injuries right away
  3. Find out why the incident happened and what you can do to prevent the incident from occurring again
  4. Notify the parent right away; if a head injury, bleeding, bruising or fracture occurred. If the injury is minor, be sure to call the parent before pick-up time; so that you are not approaching parents with bad news at pick-up time.
  5. Require that the parent & staff member sign the incident report and be sure to give the parent a copy.

What do you think about Kim’s story? Also, feel free to share your procedures for reporting injuries to parents.

Shiketa

 

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