Physical Health
In this chapter in the Health Manager Orientation Guide, learn about the role of the health manager in promoting physical health of children.
Displaying 23 results
Health Services Competencies
Use these resources to learn more about Head Start Health Services Competencies and how to deliver effective health services.
Head Start Health Services Competencies
These tools, for new and experienced staff, address science-informed practices for early childhood health staff. Each is indicative of an attitude, knowledge, or skill. Use this for professional development.
Head Start Health Services Competencies: A Tool to Support Health Managers and Staff
The Head Start Health Services Competencies are a set of 68 competencies. Each describes an attitude, knowledge, or skill important for effective health services.
Head Start Health Services Competencies Professional Development Assessment
Read this companion document to the Tool to Support Health Managers and Staff. Program directors, health managers, and health staff can use it to promote successful job performance and support career development.
Education Requirements for Health Services Managers and Health Professionals
Use this brief to review the Head Start regulations and education requirements for health services managers and professionals (e.g., mental health consultants and staff or consultants who support nutrition services).
How to Find Science-informed and Evidence-based Health Information
Health services staff support families by offering current, accurate, and consistent health information. Identify ways to find and use health information to share with families and inform policies and procedures.
Principles of Health and Wellness
Program leaders and staff who understand the general principles of health and wellness practices provide effective health services. Explore ways programs promote the health of children, families, and staff.
Fundamental Values, Knowledge, and Skills to Manage Health Services
Explore how leaders can better manage health services when they understand how health impacts school readiness. Reflect on leaders’ own role in health services and find ways to promote program health practices.
Health Education for Children, Families, and Staff
Explore ways to provide effective health education. Learn how to identify key information, deliver it so others can understand, and ensure it matches the culture and language of a family.
Head Start Health Services Competencies Modules
Use these tools to develop and strengthen the attitudes, knowledge, and skills health services staff need to effectively support the health, safety, and wellness of young children and their families.
