Catering For Children's Individual Dietary Needs

[samjosh]

6. In a child care service, you will need to cater for children’s individual dietary needs.
a) Explain how the centre obtains information regarding children’s specific dietary needs, food allergies or intolerances and who the information comes from.
b) Once this information has been obtained, describe the process for identifying children who have specific dietary needs, food allergies or intolerances.
c) Explain why it is important that these children be identified.
d) Explain what you would do if there was no policy to identify, manage and monitor children who have special dietary needs.
my answers are a) Enrolment forms/pack, parent handbook, new parent checklist,

b) Food and beverages
National Regulations: Regulations 78–80, 168
While attending an approved service, children must have access to safe drinking water at all times, and have food and drinks available throughout the day. If an approved service provides food and drinks, the food and drinks must be nutritious and adequate in quantity, and take into account dietary requirements appropriate to each child’s growth and development needs, and any specific cultural, religious or health requirements. An accurate weekly menu must be displayed at the approved service’s premises. Policies and procedures about nutrition, food and beverages, and dietary requirements must also be in place for the service.

c) Some children may have very specific food
requirements due to issues such as allergies/food
intolerance, cultural background or their family’s
lifestyle preferences. All child care services need
to be prepared to work with families to make
sure that individual children’s needs are met. In
some instances services may need to develop
additional policies to promote children’s health
and wellbeing. For example, where a child has an
anaphylactic allergic reaction to certain foods,
the service will need to develop policies and
procedures to protect the child




d) This group might gather information such as:
• legal requirements, such as State or Territory
regulations
• information from recognised authorities on the
area for the policy. It is important that policies,
and the practices that follow them reflect
current understandings and values. Government
departments or independent organisations with
specialist expertise can provide recommendations
based on research findings and expert knowledge
• the scheme’s philosophy, which is a broad statement
of values underlying all the operations of the scheme,
and has been developed and reviewed in a
consultative process. If there is no current philosophy,
a review of philosophy may have to come before the
development of the policy
• the current scheme policy in the area under
consideration and other related policies
• books or policy documents from other organisations,
and documented information from families,
carers and others that might inform the process
of developing the policy. Written material such
as comments in communication books, memos,
written observations, initial interviews, recorded
conversations with families or children, grievances,
exit interviews, incident reports, letters and e-mails,
help give a picture of what has happened in the
past, and what a variety of stakeholders feel about
they are

Hi Lorina Can u plz check my answer if im on right track thanks

[mandeepkaur]

lorina is the best teacher she can help u.

[Lorina]

Once this information has been obtained, describe the process for identifying children who have specific dietary needs, food allergies or intolerances

OK, so once parents give you the information about their child dietary needs, what happens and what do you do? You can record the child's name and their individual diet needs on a "food considerations" form, you can also include the child's photo. On this form, you include the allergies or intolerance as well. This form should be given to the cook in the kitchen so they are aware and can make alternative arrangements and also a copy can be given to the educators within the room, this should then be placed in the child's individual file.

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Lorina

[Lorina]

Explain what you would do if there was no policy to identify, manage and monitor children who have special dietary needs.

Here is some information on policy development:

Developing Policies

Hope this helps,

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Lorina

[Lorina]

lorina is the best teacher she can help u.

Thanks!

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Lorina

[samjosh]

thanks so much u save me thanks mandeep
thanks LORINA u r awesome god bless u

[Lorina]

Thanks for your kind words and support Samjosh!

Appreciate it!

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Lorina

[sam.gilgs]

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[Harshal.lagvankar1]

Hi,

can you please help me with below questions please?

1. Discuss the importance of addressing individual dietary needs and preferences
2. Provide 2 specific examples of how you would maintain specific cultural, religious and health requirements for families within the service.

[Lorina]

Check the links in the following post:

Addressing Individual Needs and Preferences

,
Lorina