Chapter 1 - Pregnancy and birth
- Conception
- Pregnancy duration
- Antenatal care, the first antenatal visits
- Things to avoid
- Minor disorders of pregnancy
- Labour and birth
- Multiple pregnancy and birth
- Newborns
- Special tests and procedures
- Infants requiring special care
- The parent/infant relationship
Chapter 2 - Infant care
- Feeding
- Common difficulties with breastfeeding
- Expressing breast milk
- Weaning from breastfeeding
- Bottle feeding and sterilization
- The formula
- Feeding the infant
- Bathing the infant
- Napkin care
- Common infant concerns
- Teething
- Caring for multiple-birth infants
Chapter 3 - The crying baby
- Types of crying
- Coping with crying
Chapter 4 - Child development
- What is psychology?
- Heredity; environment; explanations and theories
- Recent significant contributions
- Infants from birth to fifteen months; physical development
- Cognitive development
- Attachment, the toddler years
- Preschool - ages 3 years to 5 years
- The school age years - middle childhood
- Children with special needs
Chapter 5 - Toddlers
- Characteristics of toddlers
- Developing self-help skills
- Daily care of toddlers
- Assisting with speech development
- Socially acceptable behaviour
- Developing toddlers' self esteem
- Effective limit setting
- Common difficulties with toddlers
- The toddler and the new baby
Chapter 6 - Preschool children
- What are preschoolers like?
- Daily care
- Socially acceptable behaviour
- Common concerns with preschoolers
- Preparation for school
Chapter 7 - School-age children
- Characteristics of school-age children
- Daily care
- Hygiene and cleanliness
- Sun block/screen and shelter
- Socially acceptable behaviour
- Common concerns with school age-children
Chapter 8 - Health and nutrition
- Nutrition
- Food plan
- Introducing solids
- Foods to avoid; snacks
- Nutritional needs of the preschool child
- Nutritional requirements of school-age children
- Nutritional needs of the adolescent
- Dietary guidelines for Australians
- Weight problems
- What parents can do
- Children's feelings
- Eating disorders; anorexia nervosa
- Bulimia nervosa
- What to look for
- What you can do/Treatment
Chapter 9 - Sleep patterns
- What happens during sleep? Sleep cues
- Average sleep patterns; overtiredness
- Where can the baby sleep?
- Safe sleeping practices
- How to settle a baby to sleep
- How to settle a toddler to sleep; sleep pattern
Chapter 10 - Creative play
- What is play?
- Play in early childhood; types of play
- Development; stages of play
- Play for infants
- Play for toddlers
- Play for preschoolers
- Play for the school-age child
- Play for the special-needs child
- Play environments
- Play issues
- Creative activities for children
- Toys
- War toys and war play
- Children and sport
- The use of television
- Safety in play
Chapter 11 - Literature
- Reading with children
- How to share books; books for babies
- Books for toddlers; books for preschoolers
- Books for school age children; what you can do
- Resources; books for parents; how to care for books
- Practical benefits; coping with feelings
- Developing confidence; tips for storytellers
- Choosing books
Chapter 12 - Child safety
- Creating a safe environment indoors
- Creating a safe environment outdoors
- Swimming pools and water safety
- Sun safety, sun block, shade
- Road safety, car restraints and capsules
- Being prepared for emergencies
- Poison, choking, burns
- Bites
- Bushfire
Chapter 13 - Childhood illness and immunisation
- What is infection
- What is immunity?
- Preventing infection
- Immunisation
- Identifying illness
- Caring for a sick child at home
- Common childhood illnesses; common infections
- Infectious diseases
- Hospitalisation of children
Chapter 14 - Family relationships
- What is a family?
- Step families
- Grandparents
- Children and divorce
Chapter 15 - Communication
- What is communication?
- Reminders when communicating with children; listening
- Non-verbal communication
- Written communication
- Language acquisition
- Communicating with children
- Negativity; feelings
- Trust; anger
Chapter 16 - Child protection
- Children's rights
- Child abuse
- Reactions to sexual abuse
- Abuse of babies
- Abuse of toddlers
- Stranger danger
- Going out with children; leaving children alone
- Children out alone; children in care/school
- Cultural practices and abuse; protective behaviours
- Protection from the internet
Chapter 17 - Grief and loss
- Expressing grief
- Changes and loss
- Death in a family
- Death of a baby or child
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
- Death in group care
- Accidents
- Terminal illness
- Suicide
Chapter 18 - Children and families - additional needs
- Being different
- The community and its support
- Identification and diagnosis
- Intervention
- Bringing up the child with additional needs
- Impact on the family and relationships
- Siblings; relatives
- Friends; community services
- Growing up
- Towards independence
- Child care; school and education
- Parent support/Special care
- Personal care
- Special requirements and equipment
- Exceptional children
- Gifted children
Chapter 19 - Home management
- Domestic requirements
- Shopping - food
- House cleaning
- General household cleaning
- Laundry
- Stain removal
- Household pests; shoes
- Mending; bed making; personal financial management
Chapter 20 - Personal development
- Posture
- Personal freshness
- Hygienic rules of living
- Skin care
- Sunscreen
- Hand care, nails
- Etiquette
Chapter 21 - Employment and contracts
- Considerations about working as a nanny Employment
- Where can a nanny work?
- Variables to consider
- Live-in/live-out nanny
- Applying for a job; job interviews with families
- Standard of appearance
- Commencing employment. Leaving a position
- Agencies and working overseas/passports/working visa
- Overseas travel
- Considerations about working in a child care centre
- The employment contract
- Equal opportunity policy (courtesy Cinderella's)
- Occupational health and safety policy (courtesy Cinderella's)
- Staff handbook (courtesy Cinderella's)
Chapter 22 - The professional nanny
- Home based care
- Partnerships with parents
- Qualities of a professional nanny
- Qualifications and career paths
- Who does a nanny work with? Philosophy of care
Chapter 23 - Competencies
- Community Services Training Package CHC02
Chapter 24 - Child development: appendices 1 to 12
Under licence SA Child and Youth Health website 3 months to 15 years
- 0-3 months
- 3-6 months
- 6-9 months
- 9-12 months
- 1 -2 years
- 2-3 years
- 3-4 years
- 4-5 years
- 5-6 years
- 6-9 years
- 10-12 years
- 12-15 years
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Fast Find Index
A
Abuse
physical, sexual, emotional, neglect 210
Allergies
infant 22, 33, 34, 36, 40
toddlers 81
medication 114, 180, 182
eye 243
Anaphylaxis 191
Anorexia Nervosa 124
Arthritis, juvenile 191, 243
Asthma 39, 59, 191, 243, 251, 257
B
Bites
animal, domestic pets 170
snake 171
spider 170
insect bites/stings
Biting
toddlers 78-79
nail 107, 110
behaviour 203, 260
Burns 170
Bushfire 171
C
Chickenpox 188
Childbirth 6, 7.
Child Protection 208
Choking 169
Children alone 214
Common Cold 181
Conjunctivitis 182
Convulsions 19, 171, 177, 178
Cuts 169
D
Death Ch. 17, 265, 266, 270, 325
Dehydration 241
Diarrhoea 241
Divorce
divorce and children 197
Drowning 228
E
Electrocution 170, 214
Epilepsy 243
Exhaustion 128
Employment Nanny contracts 264
F
Fainting
pregnancy 10
Falls 169
Family Day Care
Guide and ratios, shared family nannies 265
Child Care Services
Fever 274
Fifth disease
or slapped face disease 185
Foetus Ch. 1, 50
health & nutrition 116
sleep 128, 174
infection 175
G
Grief & Loss Ch 17, 220
Gastroenteritis 181
H
Hand, foot & mouth Disease 183
Head lice 98, 182
Hospitalisation of Children 189
I
Identifying Illness 178
Immunisation (child care centre) Ch.13, 177, 274
Miscarriage Ch.1, 4, 6, 185, 186, 188
Measles, Mumps 186
Medications administering 180
Morning Sickness 8
Multiple Pregnancy & Birth 13
O
Overweight 121
P
Poison
swallowed 168
on skin, in the eye, inhaled 169, 170,180
Phone safety
for children 214
Pregnancy Ch.1
minor disorders 7
R
Resuscitation 170
Ring Worm 184
Rubella 187
S
Suffocation
infant feeding 29
sleep 130, 162
children 210
Sun block 100, 104, 165
Sun safety 258, 259
Safety in play 149
Scabies 184
School Sores 183
Shared family nannies 265
Shock 170
Splinters 149
Sprains 169
S.I.D.S (sudden infant death syndrome) 41, 130, 162, 210
T
Toothache 37
W
Water safety 164
Warts 184
Worms 182
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