Home Child Care Agency Sleep Supervision Policy and Procedures Name of Home Child Care Agency: Date Policy and Procedures Established: Date Policy and Procedures Updated: Purpose and and development. The purpose of Children’s sleep rest play an integral part in a child’s well-being this policy is to provide home child care agency home visitors, home child care providers, students and volunteers with rules and procedures to follow to safeguard children from harm, injury or death while sleeping. The procedures provided for placing children under 12 months of age on their own backs for sleep align with the requirement to meet recommendations set out in entitled . Health Canada’s document Procedures for monitoring sleeping children reduce the risk of harm or injury so that caregivers can look for and identify signs of distress and implement immediate responses to protect the health and safety of children. This policy is intended to fulfill the obligations set out under Ontario Regulation 137/15 for sleep policies for home child care agencies. Note: definitions for terms used throughout this policy are provided in a Glossary at the end of the document. Policy General All children will be provided with the opportunity to sleep or engage in quiet activities based on their needs. Children under 18 months of age will be provided time to sleep based on their individual schedules, and will be assigned to a cradle, crib or playpen. Only light, breathable blankets will be used for children under 18 months of age. All children 18 months and older will be provided time to sleep after lunch for a period of no more than two hours, and will be assigned to a cot or bed.
Home Child Care Agency Sleep Supervision Policy and Procedures Name of Home Child Care Agency: Date Policy and Procedures Established: Date Policy and Procedures Updated: Purpose Children’s sleep and rest play an integral part in a child’s well-being and development. The purpose of this policy is to provide home child care agency home visitors, home child care providers, students and volunteers with rules and procedures to follow to safeguard children from harm, injury or death while sleeping. The procedures provided for placing children under 12 months of age on their own backs for sleep align with the requirement to meet recommendations set out in Health Canada’s document entitled . Procedures for monitoring sleeping children reduce the risk of harm or injury so that caregivers can look for and identify signs of distress and implement immediate responses to protect the health and safety of children. This policy is intended to fulfill the obligations set out under Ontario Regulation 137/15 for sleep policies for home child care agencies. Note: definitions for terms used throughout this policy are provided in a Glossary at the end of the document. Policy General All children will be provided with the opportunity to sleep or engage in quiet activities based on their needs. Children under 18 months of age will be provided time to sleep based on their individual schedules, and will be assigned to a cradle, crib or playpen. Only light, breathable blankets will be used for children under 18 months of age. All children 18 months and older will be provided time to sleep after lunch for a period of no more than two hours, and will be assigned to a cot or bed.
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