Your project combines two sections: writing a paper and giving a presentation.

Program Profile (1 page)

• Description of your early childhood setting (age group, size, demographics, community context).

Health & Safety Risk Assessment (1-2 pages) (check your book and resources)

• Identify potential health, safety, and environmental risks.
• Describe procedures and policies for mitigating these risks.
• Reference laws and regulations that support your decisions.

Nutrition Plan (23 pages) make sure to provide details with supporting evidence

• Weekly culturally and developmentally appropriate meal plan.
• Include meals and snacks with nutritional rationale for various age groups (infants, toddlers, preschoolers).
• Explain how this plan supports healthy development.

Mental Health & Wellness Strategies (23 pages)

• Describe strategies to support the mental well-being of children and staff.
• Include trauma-informed practices, responsive caregiving, mindfulness, and staff wellness supports.

Family & Community Engagement Plan (12 pages)

• Plan to collaborate with families and health professionals.
• Include culturally responsive communication methods, workshops, or community partnerships.

Visual Component (Powerpoint, role play, workshop, etc..)

• Create a flyer, infographic, or slideshow summarizing your plan to share with families or staff.

Reflection Paper (1 page per group member)

• Reflect on what you learned, group participation, the challenges, and how this project connects to real-life early childhood practice.

Presentation template (suggest 1015 minutes total)

Aim: 1012 content minutes + 2-3 minutes Q&A.

Title

• Project title, group members, setting type & class course.
• quick 1-sentence hook: We focused on a small community preschool serving X ages in Y neighborhood.

Program Profile

• Bulleted overview: ages, size, demographics, mission.
• highlight one community context factor that shaped your plans.

Key Risks

• Top 3 health & safety risks identified.
• one short example scenario to make it concrete.

Mitigation & Policies

• Concrete procedures (e.g., medication policy, handwashing, supervision).
• cite one law/regulation that supports a policy (brief: per State Code X).

Nutrition Plan overview

• Show weekly sample menu (one slide per age group or combined).
• explain developmental differences (e.g., feeding infants vs. toddlers).

Nutrition rationale & cultural consideration

• One or two evidence points (e.g., we included iron-rich snacks for toddlers because).

Mental Health & Wellness Strategies

• Child strategies + staff supports + referral process.
• highlight trauma-informed practice example.

Family & Community Engagement

• Communication channels, workshops, partnerships.
• mention any community partner and what they provide.

Visual/Materials for Families

• Show the flyer/infographic screenshot.
• how families will receive and use this (pick-up, email, posted).

Implementation & Next Steps

• Timeline for rollout, training, evaluation measures.
• one success metric (e.g., improved mealtime behaviors, parent satisfaction).

Reflection / Lessons learned

• One sentence from each member OR summarize group’s learning.

Q&A slide (leave up during questions)

• Contact info and credits for sources.

Timing tips

• If 3 members present, split slides so each speaks ~34 minutes.
• Keep slides uncluttered: max 5-6 bullet points, large fonts, 1 image/graph.

Category	Points	Criteria
1. Health & Safety Risk Assessment	10 points	Clearly identify health, safety, and environmental risks. Provides practical, well-researched strategies for risk reduction. References appropriate laws and policies.
2. Nutrition Plan	15 points	Provides a weekly meal/snack plan that is age-appropriate, culturally inclusive, and nutritionally balanced. Includes rationale and addresses developmental needs.
3. Mental Health & Wellness Strategies	15 points	Offers inclusive, culturally responsive strategies for supporting mental health of children and staff. Shows understanding of trauma-informed practices and staff wellness.
4. Family & Community Engagement Plan	10 points	Describes realistic, respectful, and culturally competent strategies to engage families and community health professionals in promoting health and safety.
5. Visual Communication Component (Flyer, Infographic, or Slideshow)	20 points	It is creative, informative, visually appealing, and clearly communicates the core aspects of the plan to families or staff.
6. Reflection Paper	10 points	Thoughtful reflection on learning, challenges, and how the project applies to real-world practice. Individual voice is clear (1 page per group member).
7. Organization, Clarity, and Formatting	10 points	Well-organized, clearly written, and professionally presented. Free of grammar/spelling errors. APA citations are used if applicable.
8. Teamwork (Group Projects Only) If Individual: Self-assessment of effort	10 points	All group members contributed equally and collaborated effectively. For individuals: clear evidence of effort and depth of work.

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