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What are Mongolian spots?

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Mongolian spots are collections of melan...

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Daily health checks can be a valuable method for involving families in children's preventive health care.

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Conclusions about a child's health should only be reached after information has been gathered from multiple sources.

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Health checks should be conducted using a ____________________ approach.

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Which of the following behaviors would suggest a potential mental health problem?


A) excessive fear
B) prolonged sadness
C) repeated complaints of unexplained illness
D) all answers are correct

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Teachers can share information about communicable illnesses and preventive health measures with families during ____________________ ____________________ ____________________.

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Develop a rationale to persuade a local school advisory board that the teaching staff should begin conducting daily health checks on the children.

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The student's answer should address the benefits associated with the conduct of daily health checks, including an opportunity to gather information about children's well-being and readiness to learn; the early identification of health impairments and the implementation of intervention services; the ethical and professional responsibilities teachers have to protect all children from infectious illnesses by identifying those who may have a contagious condition; an opportunity to provide children with informal health education; the identification of children who may be maltreated or neglected; and, the promotion of children's self-awareness.

Teachers are qualified to diagnose children's health conditions.

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Teachers should not have to concern themselves with children's health problems.

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Children can be taught about a variety of health topics during daily health checks.

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Special instruments and techniques are used to conduct daily health checks.

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Daily health observations:


A) are a costly investment in terms of teachers' time and effort
B) yield only limited information about a child's health
C) require teachers to have extensive training
D) provide valuable information about a child's well-being

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Teachers are in a prime position to observe children because:


A) they see children in relation to other children of the same age
B) they spend fewer hours with a child and can, therefore, be more objective than the child's family
C) they are not responsible for obtaining medical treatment for children's health conditions
D) they are more knowledgeable about children's health

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A teacher's ability to conduct daily health checks and to identify children health conditions improves with experience.

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____________________ ____________________ ____________________ provide valuable opportunities for helping children to become more aware of, and involved in, their own personal wellness.

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____________________ ____________________ can be used to gather important information about a child's nutritional status.

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Early detection of health impairments:


A) avoids untimely delays in arranging intervention services
B) adds unnecessary expense to a family's budget
C) has only a limited effect on children's ability to learn
D) is not important until children reach their school-age years

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Primary responsibility for obtaining health care for children always belongs to ____________________.

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families

____________________ are often the first to sense that something may be wrong with their child.

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Caution must be exercised when assessing children's growth and development because there is a wide range of ____________________ behavior.

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normal, typical

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