Special Health Care Plan:

Parents/guardians of a child with special health care needs (i.e. seasonal asthma, ADHD, autism, etc.) must meet with the Site Director to create an Individual Health Plan prior to the child being in attendance. Parents of children with special needs must communicate with the Program Director prior to starting a program to devise a special needs plan to ensure that children’s needs are being met. Children that have incontinence issues (i.e., still require diapers, pull-ups, etc.) may have limited activities and require a special needs plan.

Individual Allergy and Anaphylaxis Emergency Plan:

For children with an allergy, parents and the child’s health care provider must work with the childcare program to develop written instructions, outlining what the child is allergic to, the steps that must be taken to avoid that allergen, and what to do in the event the child experiences an allergic reaction.

The Individual Allergy and Anaphylaxis Emergency Plan must be reviewed by the Site Director upon admission, annually thereafter and/or anytime information regarding a child’s allergy or treatment changes. The Site Director or Site Supervisor will review information with staff or volunteers anytime there are changes. Each program will carry stock epi-pens. A certified employee may use a stock epinephrine autoinjector, without a patient-specific prescription, for emergency treatment of a child appearing to experience anaphylactic symptoms. Those children with patient-specific prescriptions will not be administered the stock epi-pens unless directed by emergency personnel.

Medications:

An employee that is certified in Medication Administration Training (MAT) administers medication to children. (MAT employees will have successfully completed the course and been certified by the NYS OCFS through the State University of New York’s Professional Development Program.) The MAT employee is required to document each administration in the child’s medical log.

Prescription and orally administered over-the-counter medication may only be administered by our certified staff upon receipt of the original copy of a completed Medication Consent Form. The consent form must be completed by both the parent and health care provider. Please note: The forms must be renewed each year unless an early expiration date is noted on the form.

Based on MAT regulations, all medication and MAT forms must be approved by the Site Director prior to any medication being left at site.

Incomplete consent forms and medication that is not appropriately labeled or other inaccuracies (i.e. incorrect dosage or incorrect medication names) will result in the medication being refused at site until all items are complete and/or accurate.

Medication kept onsite must be in the original container labeled with the child’s name, the name of the medication, recommended dosage, time intervals for administration, method of administration, expiration date and for prescription medication, the physicians name and license number.

Children with seasonal/ anaphylactic allergies, medication, or special health care needs will need one or more of the following forms completed prior to attendance in our programs:

• Medication Consent Form

• Individual Anaphylaxsis Emergency Allergy Form

• Seasonal Allergy Form

• Individual Health Care Plan