Special Health Needs

Please notify the appropriate program director and the staff/provider of any allergies your child experiences. Some children are also sensitive to specific foods. To completely eliminate a food from your child's daily menu a doctor's statement is required with a list of alternative foods that could be substituted. Depending upon the extent of the allergies and alternative foods, parents may be required to provide the meals.

DAILY ADMISSIONS:

Children who appear ill or show signs of fever will be closely screened and may be denied admission if any of the following symptoms exist:

Children who become ill during the day will be isolated from other children until the parents arrive. Parents are expected to respond as soon as possible; normally within one hour.

Re-Admission After Illness

A child may return to care when he/she feels well enough to participate in the usual daily activities and when the conditions identified on the CYS Health Referral Form are met.

Medications

Medications may be administered in CYS programs only if there is no other reasonable method for the child to obtain the medicine. Only current prescription medications approved by our health consultants are accepted. When antibiotics are prescribed, parents must administer medication for the first 24 hours, therefore, child will remain at home for at least one full day after the onset of the illness to ensure full effect of medication.

All medications must be labeled with the child's name, the date of issue, the name of the medication, and specific instructions regarding dosage and time. "As Needed" or "PRN" medications WILL NOT be accepted. Parents must supply the appropriate dispenser and complete DA Form 5225-R for each medicine. The medications must be kept in a locked container while in CYS programs.

We ask you to check diaper bags, backpacks, etc., before placing them in your childs cubby. Sometimes ointments, salves, and vitamins find their way into the bags. These could get into the hands of other children and be quite dangerous. Please help us keep all children safe.

BASIC CARE ITEMS: Topical items for the prevention of sunburn, diaper rash and teething irritation may be used if there is no indication of disease. The approved items are for diaper creams such as Desitin, A&D Ointment, zinc oxide, Penaten and other general diaper creams; sunscreen; bug repellent in high risk areas/times; Calamine, Caladryl or other anti-insect itch creams; chap stick, lip balm and other dry lip products. A DA form 5225-R will be filled out for each item to be administered.

We recommend a long-lasting sunblock with a sun protection factor of 15 or above for summer outdoor play times. Please apply the sunblock before the child arrives and CYS will apply once later in the day.

Immunizations

Parents must present their child's shot record during enrollment. As immunizations are updated, parents must inform CYS of those changes. Bring the shot record to the front desk of the CDC or directly to central enrollment, building 950, to be entered in your child's official record.