Preparing for the Flu: A Communication Toolkit for Child Care and Early Childhood Programs

March 24, 2010 5:30 PM ET

The purpose of “Preparing for the Flu: A Communication Toolkit for Child Care and Early Childhood Programs” is to provide information and communication resources to help center-based and home-based child care programs, Head Start programs, and other early childhood programs implement recommendations from CDC’s Guidance on Helping Child Care and Early Childhood Programs Respond to Influenza during the 2009-2010 Influenza Season.

Preparing for the Flu: A Communication Toolkit for Child Care and Early Childhood Programs (PDF file)

The toolkit includes:

• Questions and Answers about CDC’s Guidance on Helping Child Care and Early Childhood Programs Respond to Influenza during the 2009-2010 Influenza Season (PDF File)
• Fact Sheet for Early Childhood Program Providers

  Action Steps for Child Care and Early Childhood Program Providers to Prevent the Spread of Flu (PDF File)

• Fact Sheets to Inform Parents

  Action Steps for Parents to Protect Your Child and Family from the Flu (PDF File)

  Action Steps for Parents of Children at Higher Risk for Flu Complications (PDF File)

  Action Steps for Parents if Early Childhood Programs are Closed or Children are Sick and Must Stay Home (PDF File)

• Posterfor Child Care Centers to Remind Parents to Keep Sick Children at Home

  STOP! Do You Feel Sick? (8.5” x 11” PDF) (18” x 24” PDF Poster)

• Template Letters (or E-mails) to Send to Parents

  If Your Child is Not Feeling Well (Word File) (PDF File)

  Steps the Child Care or Early Childhood Program is Taking Now (Word File)

  Child Care or Early Childhood Program is Suspended (Word File)

  Child Care or Early Childhood Program has Re-Opened (Word File)

• Additional Communication Resources for Child Care and Early Childhood Programs (PDF File)