Training Materials for Childcare Professionals
Because of their size, stage of development, and behavior, children are at greater risk than adults for adverse health effects caused by exposure to indoor air pollutants. This site presents providers, parents and government agencies with resources to identify and reduce children’s exposure to pollutants that may be present in child care facilities.
Penn State’s Better Kid Care and PA IPM teamed up to bring you “Go Green for Kids,” a monthly newsletter to provide a healthier and safer environment for the children in your care.
Have you ever considered that your child care home or center could be making children sick? Explore the connections between children’s health and indoor environments of child care facilities. Learn safer practices that you can use to help assure that the indoor environment where you care for children is safe.
The manual includes chapters about IPM, including monitoring and inspection, treatment strategies, action and injury levels, and how to develop an IPM program. It also has chapters on specific pests that cause problems in structures or on lawns and grounds, such as cockroaches, flies, lice, rodents, bed bugs and stinging insects.