Childcare Management The Heart Healthy Way…
Posted by: teriatpersoft on: February 6, 2009
How’s your New Year’s Resolution of spending less time on your administrative tasks and more time with the children and parents holding up? Are you practicing Heart Healthy Childcare Management? Childcare Manager center management and accounting software can help you. Here’s how:
Along with training your staff (keep their continuing education records in Childcare Manager), maintaining appropriate child:staff ratios (Childcare Manager helps you) and helping staff in their roles as child caregivers recognize and take steps to relieve their own stress–you need to maintain your own Heart Healthy plan as their guide.
“The children you care for count on you each and every day. If your mental health and physical health are not at their best your performance as a caregiver will suffer. Take some time each day to care for yourself.” The resources listed at the link below are sources where you can learn more about how to take care of yourself while at work and at home.
WISEWOMAN – Well–Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation is an excellent information resource. They believe in “a world where any woman can access preventive health services and gain the wisdom to improve her health.” (Source: WISEWOMAN homepage http://www.cdc.gov/wisewoman/ )
You can also invite parents and community volunteers to help out in little ways that can make a big difference in all of your lives. Allow others to “Care About Caregivers: http://www.healthychildcare.org/pdf/caregivers.pdf ” It does the hearts of others good to be able to give back to their community. So often they don’t know where to start or what they can do. You can sow some ideas and watch them grow.
Finally, back to your own desk and your own pile of paperwork. Reduce stress and thus boost your immune system by reducing your administrative load. Try Childcare Manager, you’ll like it! Download a FREE trial at
www.childcaremanager.com
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