Corrections to Caring for Preschool Children, 3rd Edition

Staying current with first aid, CPR, rescue breathing, and other emergency procedures is always challenging, but it is important for teachers to have state-of-the-art information about them. As you know, books become outdated when new recommendations appear. At Teaching Strategies, we think that the best sources of information about emergency care are the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. In addition to reading about lifesaving procedures, teachers should receive hands-on training and certification.

In the past, we included specific information and questions about several emergency procedures in our Caring for Preschool Children materials. Because it is no longer current, we have decided to delete this information from both Caring for Preschool Children and its Skill-Building Journal. We are replacing these pages with more general questions about preparing for and responding to emergencies. Emergency preparedness, especially for natural and other disasters, has been at the forefront of our thinking (and yours, too, we know) since the recent hurricanes.

The following instructions explain which pages to delete from the Caring for Preschool Children materials. Replacement pages can be downloaded by clicking the links below:

• In Caring for Preschool Children, delete page 16 from the printed materials and download the new page 16 to replace it.

• In the Skill-Building Journal, delete section 1-7a and download the new section 1-7a to replace it.

• In the Skill-Building Journal, delete section 1-7c and download new sections 1-7c and 1-7d to replace it.

• In the Skill-Building Journal, delete section 1-10b, but do not replace it.