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Health and Illness

Wildwood Childcare Center will depend on parents to help maintain a healthy place for all children. Parents will be called to pick up your child from the daycare center and/or asked to keep your child at home if there seems to be any of the following symptoms:

Contagious Diseases

These include diseases such as chicken pox, mumps, measles, scarlet fever, croup, etc. • If your child has a contagious disease, please contact the childcare office as soon as possible. A letter will be sent home allowing other parents to be aware of the possibility of a communicable disease. We will need a doctor’s note stating the condition of the child and when he/she is allowed to return to the preschool. The child will not be allowed to return unless he/she is symptom free for more than 24 hours without taking any medication. In the event the Health Department Regulations state the child can’t return for a period of time, a doctor’s note will not be accepted. We will enforce the Health Department regulations over a doctor’s note.

Allergies and Medication

If a child has chronic allergies, and is under the care of his/her physician, a written statement from the physician must be presented specifically stating the nature of the child’s condition and that the condition is not contagious. Guidelines regarding the care of the child should be provided by the physician. If medication is required, specific step-by-step instructions from your child’s physician should be submitted to the director of the preschool. The parent will be asked to sign and date a Medical Form. If your child has an allergic reaction while at daycare, action will be taken to follow the outlined instructions of the physician and 911 will be called immediately. You will be notified of any such occurrences.

If your child has a special diet then we will expect you to supply the childcare center with the information on what your child can and cannot eat. If your child cannot eat the food served at the center, due to allergies, a statement from your physician is required by The State Department of Health before any food can be brought in from the outside.

Medication

We will give medication to the children who have a signed doctor’s note. We will ask the parent to sign a Medical Release Form stating the name of the medication, date, child’s name, dosage, and times given clearly indicated. If there is not a doctor’s note, the parent will still be required to complete a Medical Release Form. We will not give out any medication if there is not a doctor’s note or completed Medical Release Form.

Emergency

In the event of a life threatening injury or illness, the preschool will call 911 and your child will be transported to the hospital that you have specified on the Enrollment Form. If there is not a hospital indicated on their form, they will be taken to the UMC Child Emergency Room. A representative from the daycare center will accompany your child either in the ambulance or will follow by car. A copy of the Medical Form will be given to the attending physician in the emergency room. Parents or legal guardians will be contacted immediately of the emergency.

In the event of a non-life threatening injury or illness, the childcare center will contact the parent immediately to come and get the child. We will administer the First Aid procedures until the parent or emergency contact arrives.