Safety
At Lily Pad, your child's safety is our primary concern.

To check your child into the center:
Each day, the parent should….

• Escort the child into the center
• Assist the child in hanging up his/her coat and putting belongings away
• Enter child’s attendance number in the computer system
• Read any postings staff has made for parents
• Hand Daily Communication Log to staff member
  Please remember that we cannot be responsible for any child who is not properly checked into the center.To check your child out of the center:
• Upon arrival to pick up your child, please assist them with putting on their coat, and collecting their belongings
• Enter child’s attendance number into the computer system
• All receipts and notes will be located in your child’s Daily Communication Log

Authorized Pick Up

NO CHILD will be released to a person not authorized by a parent to pick up the child. We must have written or verbal authorization, and will expect you to contact us if any changes are to be made to your list of authorized persons.

For your child’s protection, we will ask unfamiliar adults to show us photo identification.

Health Considerations
To help in the prevention and spreading of illness, children will be prohibited from attending the program during a contagious illness. Children will be observed daily upon arrival for illness symptoms and will not be admitted if they might infest others.

If a child becomes ill while at the center, the parent will be contacted immediately and the child will be kept as comfortable as possible under supervised isolation until the parent arrives.

Please notify the center if your child will be kept home because of illness.
For the safety of everyone, a physician’s release will be required if your child has any of the following: Impetigo, scabies, pink eye, ringworm, and trench mouth

At times communicable diseases are present in the classroom. In such an event, you will be notified of this in order that you may be on the look out for symptoms in your child.

Medication
Staff may administer medications to your child if they are as follows:
1. Specifically ordered by a physician for the individual child in a prescription container.
2. Medications for which you have a written order from a physician for the individual child.

*We will require a written order from your physician to administer decongestants and cough medicine.

Immunizations
All children at the center must have up to date immunizations. Please check with your physician prior to the start of your enrollment to make sure your child’s immunizations are up to date. Please notify us when your child receives additional immunizations.

Allergies and Food Restrictions
If your child has any food allergies, your physician’s written instructions concerning such allergies must be on file with us. Please notify us if your child has any food restrictions due to religious beliefs.

Emergency Procedures
Emergency procedures for fires and tornadoes are posted in each room by the exits. Practice drills are conducted on a regular basis. All staff members are trained in First Aide and CPR. In case of fire, everyone will be evacuated, and assemble on the playground outside the building. In the event of a tornado, everyone will move to the infant and 2 year old rooms.