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Developing Policies, Procedures and Statements in Early Childhood Education and Care ServicesA Practical GuideCopyright Tusla Child and Family Agency, 2018This publication should be cited as: Tusla (2018) Developing Policies, Procedures and Statements in Early Childhood Education and Care Services: A Practical Guide , Dublin: Early Years Inspectorate, 1ContentsForeword vAbout this Guide viiSection 1: Your responsibilities under the law and the regulations 1Policies, procedures and statements required by regulation 2Other legislative and regulatory requirements 4Section 2: The importance of policies, procedures and statements for quality practice 7Developing child-centred policies, procedures and statements 8Why policies, procedures and statements matter 9Section 3.

» Administration of medication; » Infection control; » Managing behaviour; » Safe sleep; » Fire safety; » Inclusion; » Outings where children attending the service are brought on such outings; » Accidents and incidents; » Authorisation to collect children; » Healthy eating; » Outdoor play;

  Administration, Medication, Authorisation, Administration of medication