Forms and guidelines presented in this manual were compiled and/or developed by staff of agencies serving nursery schools, group day care centers, and family day care homes. The health and safety guidelines focus on excluding ill children and staff, caring for ill children, safety policies, emergency procedures, fire emergencies, pets, bites, and sanitation. Health forms provided include a health care summary and a health history for preschool/school age children, an immunization exemption form, a medication permission sheet, an emergency card, a model parental consent form regarding accidental ingestion and use of syrup of ipecac, a field trip permission form, and accident and fire drill logs. Materials concerning child abuse include a child abuse/neglect statement for parents and employee handbooks, suggested procedures for recording and reporting child abuse, a list of barriers to reporting, recording to document suspected abuse/neglect, a child abuse/neglect recording form, and a suspected child maltreatment reporting form. Material pertaining to infants and toddlers offers guidelines for diapering and toileting, health care summary and health history forms, and an infant's daily record. Food handling and nutrition is discussed in terms of safe food for healthy children, sanitation, hints for feeding infants, making baby food, and foods to avoid when feeding infants and toddlers. A 24-hour food guide for infants is provided. Resources for health and safety information are listed. (RH)