Start Here Guide: Your Child's Safety and Wellness
- Lansdowne Children's Centre
- 1 day ago
- 2 min read
Communication
Please make sure that Lansdowne staff involved in your child’s services have important health information. Describe your concerns and observations.
If you don’t understand some part of your child’s condition or treatment, please ask Lansdowne staff to explain why things are being done the way they are. If you still have concerns, please ask again. When you are unsure, please ask.
Get to know your Lansdowne Children’s Centre Team. If you are unsure who one of your service providers is, or what their role is, please ask.
Lansdowne staff are trained in First Aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). There is a First Aid Station in the building. Fire and emergency preparedness drills occur regularly. In the event of an emergency, please follow the directions of Lansdowne staff.
Medication
Please make sure that Lansdowne staff are aware of the name and any possible side effects of any medication that a child/youth is taking.
Please directly inform each Lansdowne staff that you are involved with about any allergies.
If medication is to be given to a child/youth by Lansdowne staff, they must follow the Medication policy (ref. EI 1.07.2 - SS 1.19.2 Administering Medication) and ensure medication is in it’s original, child‐proof, labeled containers.
Equipment
Please make sure that your child’s equipment is kept clean and in good working order.
Ask your child’s Occupational therapist (OT) or Physiotherapist (PT) to check that your equipment is safe and in good working order. Use equipment only as directed.
Fall Prevention
On entering Lansdowne please check-in with reception (where appropriate) and wait in the lobby for your service provider. Please do not wander the buidling without Lansdowne staff.
Please always watch your children in the Lansdowne waiting room and/or therapy areas.
Please help keep hallways free of clutter and obstacles. Report any tripping hazards both inside and outside the building.
Please make sure your children/youth are wearing appropriate footwear, and be cautious of slippery floors during wet weather, including rain and snowfall.
Encourage all children to walk, not run in our building(s).
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