Tele-med Access System
Telemedicine is an interactive program to make health care for illness ready available for your child which uses a video camera to send live images to doctors at their office or hospital. . They work with one of our trained staff persons by examining a child much like they do in person. Other cameras allow the provider to examine your child's ears and throat and an electronic stethoscope can listen to a child's heart and lungs. The staff and our older children can see and talk directly to the medical provider. At this time an evaluation and recommendation will be made.
If your doctor is not yet a participant, your child can be evaluated, with your permission, by an existing provider, then relay the information to his or her office.The cost is the co-pay your hospitalization requires for an office visit.
Other benefits of Tele-med:
- Allow a provider to check your child to be sure it's OK to return after an illness.
- Allow your child to stay at Small World if treatment can be started immediately.
- Allow you to avoid unplanned visits to a doctor's office, after-hours clinic, or the ED.
- Make sure a prescription is waiting for you at your pharmacy or have it delivered to you
- Provide records (including pictures) of an illness evaluation to your pediatrician if he/she is not yet a provider.
If you would like more detailed information about this service click here to visit their web site.
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Automated External Defibrillator:
When a heart quits beating or is beating irregularly, this device uses electronic shocks to stimulate the heart to beat in normal rhythm again. It takes the place of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Pre-recorded prompts are given so there is no question about the procedure. Various size paddles and lowering of voltage make this device safe for use not only on adults, but on children who are at least one year old.
Director Marie McEneaney
- Attended SUNY Brockport and graduated with a BS in Education
- Holds a Masters Degree from Nazareth College in Elementary Education with a minor in Early Childhood Education
- Worked at Hillside Children's Center with children with behavioral difficulties
- Past President of Council of Child Care Directors
- Present Secretary of Rochester Assn. for the Education of Young Children
- Serves on the Penfield School District Committee for Preschool Special Education as Regular Educator
- Has served Small World since 1974
- Marie's hands-on style means that she not only works from her office, but is often seen in every area of the center. She capably and cheerfully handles the planned (and often unplanned) events of the day. Her community outreach projects continue to enrich her management skills.
Office responsibilities
• Maintain and update Health Policies
• Manage common health problems/identification of illness/disease control
• Receive and dispense medication (with doctor's written permission)
• Monitor and review Skill Stations: medicines, diapering, hand-washing, etc.
• Review and file accident and illness documentation
• Monitor interior and exterior surveillance cameras
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Visiting School Nurse
• Regularly visits each classroom so the children will feel comfortable with her
• Acts as medical liaison between child, parents, doctor, and staff
• Consults with staff about the health status of each child
• Monitors children on medication, who need ongoing help with a medical condition, or have dietary restrictions
• Calls a parent or doctor's office when a medical condition requires a follow-up
• Reviews medical records
• Reviews Incident Reports and consults with the staff if necessary
• Makes suggestions to correct any potentially unsafe or unhealthy condition
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 Fun to be Fit: Director, Christopher Tripphahn
His resume includes:
• Human Services Degree: Alfred State College
• Practicum Pre-school Program
• Strategies for Crisis Intervention and Prevention
• Handle with Care trainers program
• Strong Hospital: Senior Psychiatric Technician
• Hillside Children's Center:
Senior Crisis Intervention Specialist
• Camp Haccamo: Director
FUN TO BE FIT: A FIT MIND IN A FIT BODY
All learning is an offshoot of activities that are safe, engage the curiosity of young children, and include something for the interests of everyone in the group, including some way off the beaten track! This gives them inspiration and confidence to invent their own activities and not rely on the latest must-have manufactured items.
Fit body: Besides the usual activities, enticing games like Sharks in the Water, Cat and Mouse, and Showtime delight the children with their whimsical rules.
Fit Mind: The children take pride in their own garden and compost pile. They built a sundial, birdhouse, and bird feeders. They hike through the nearby wetlands area to view and collect nature specimens.
Past favorites included: using a potato to conduct electricity, experimenting with yeast, making paper, dissecting a plastic frog, having their own presidential election, and making crystals. They loved classic books including: Nancy Drew, Charlotte's Web, and more... Gizmos and Gadgets helped us make a water clock and a catapult.
Don't you wish your early education was this exciting?
E-Z Breathe Ventilation System
It provides a complete interior air exchange throughout the day. Contaminants are drawn into the unit and expelled outdoors. It alleviates respiratory problems, controls humidity, and removes allergens and airborne bacteria.
Lysol Childcare Clean & Care Sanitation System
We use their products and guidelines to manage staff and children's hygiene habits, and reduce the amount of infectious diseases. Our janitorial service uses Lysol's child-friendly antibacterial cleaning solution.
Sunscreen application
We purchase Rocky Mountain Sunscreen for Kids (SPF 30), which is certified by AMC Cancer Research Center.
With your written permission will apply it on your child. For more information visit: www.rmsunscreen.com
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About our Caregivers
Before being hired they must submit:
• Proof of citizenship
• Clearance from NYS Central Registry of Child Abuse and Maltreatment
• Their fingerprints are filed with NYS
During their employment:
• They are required to complete 30 hours of ongoing training every licensing period
• They complete and renew: Pediatric Basic Life Support Skills Program sponsored by the American Heart Association.
ALL HAZARDS NOAA WEATHER RADIO
This radio, with battery backup, is always on guard to alert us to severe weather conditions, terrorist threats, and other emergencies in our area, even when other communication lines are unavailable.
DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY
When a State of Emergency is declared during business hours,
please make arrangements to pick up your child as soon as possible.
When a State of Emergency is declared off hours, our closing
information is posted on:
R NEWS
13 WHAM TV
13WHAM.COM
CW-WHAM (CABLE CHANNEL 16)
NEWSRADIO 1180 WHAM
100.5 THE DRIVE
106.7 KISS-FM
107.3 ROCHESTERÕS COUNTRY
102 SUNNY-FM
To check Small World call 381-4647—our answering machine will tell you the latest.
REGIONAL EMERGENCY
If our locality, or premises, experiences an emergency that would force us to close (loss of power, high winds that endanger trees, fallen wires, dangerous road conditions, etc.):
Call Small World at 381-4647.
If the phone rings, but the machine does not answer, we are
experiencing a power failure. All other emergencies will be updated on our answering machine phone message. We will post closing information as soon as we can on the stations listed above..
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What safety systems do you have to protect the safety of my child?
- Our external surveillance cameras monitor and record each of our outdoor areas 24 hours a day. Our classroom cameras monitor but do not record. The monitor is secured in the Director’s office.
- Each parent is issued an access card to enter the building.
- When an unauthorized person is needed to pick up a child, the parent notifies the office of his/her name and phone number. They ring the doorbell and identify themselves, are let in, show identification, and sign in and out.
- Every delivery person and visitor is met at the door and escorted while inside the building.
- Our access system allows us to do an instant lock-down of the building.
- The Penfield Fire Department, which answers emergencies, has a master key which unlocks the lockbox at the main entrance
What if my child doesn't have a complete outdoor outfit at the center?
We will remind you to bring the missing item to school. We do have some spares, but know that you will want to dress your child in his/her personal clothing.
What if I ask that my child stays indoors today?
We usually have to say no. We would like to individualize, but staff-child ratios rarely allow us to do this.
Do you ever make exceptions to your going outside policies?
We never say never. Because the office monitors staffing and attendance numbers:
PLEASE CALL THE OFFICE WITH YOUR REQUEST. DO NOT ASK A CAREGIVER. If you definitely think your child is not well enough to go outside, call before you bring him/her.
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