Be a Tick Detective and Be Tick Smart

The best way to prevent tickborne diseases is to prevent tick bites. In Vermont, tickborne illnesses are most often transmitted between early spring and late fall since ticks are most active during warm months.

Take action to decrease your risk of infection. Wear a repellent containing up to 30% DEET, check your body daily for ticks, and limit your exposure to ticks and tick habitats.

Poster for kids:  Be a tick detective

Information for adults:  Be tick smart.


Reference card will be sent home soon Be Tick Smart Card

Car Seat Safety

A few facts about the safest way you child can ride in a car.

• Stage 1: Infants and young toddlers  should be in a rear facing car seat, in the back seat, until at least age 2. 
• Stage 2:  Older toddlers and  young  children should be in a forward facing car seat, in the back seat.  Every car seat is different. Please check the label on the seat for the height and weight limits.
• Stage 3:  Children should ride in a booster seat,  in the back seat.
• Stage 4:  Children who outgrow their booster seats should ride in the back seat and wear a lap and shoulder belt.  All children under the age of 13 need to ride in the back seat and wear a lap and shoulder belt.

For more information, click on this link  Be Seat Smart


Your child is coming home today  with this card from the Vermont Department of Health.



Prescription Drug Take Back Day is 4/28/18

Safely dispose of your expired and unwanted medications on Saturday, April 28, 2018.

For more information, click on any of these links:

www.healthvermont.gov/alcohol-drugs/services/prescription-drug-disposal
https://www.chittendenpreventionnetwork.com/rx-disposal-locations.html
https://takebackday.dea.gov/

Influenza (Flu)

The most recent information from the CDC indicates "widespread flu (influenza) activity" in Vermont and across the country. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm.  

Here's a few reminders to help keep your family healthy.

• Wash your hands frequently!! This is the BEST way to keep yourself (and your family) healthy. Lather for 20 seconds; don't forget your thumbs, fingernails, and the back of your hands; turn off the faucet with a paper towel. 

• If you haven't received your flu shot, please consider getting one to help prevent the spread of flu. Even though the effectiveness is lower this year (about 30%)  it is still better than zero protection.  

• Please remember to keep your child home if he or she is sick. Your child should not return to school until at least 24 hours after the fever has resolved (without fever reducing medicine such as Tylenol or Advil)

Is it a cold or the flu?  Should you call your child's pediatrician?  
Click on the  Flu Decision Chart


What are the serious warning signs of flu?  If you or your child has these symptoms, get treatment at the nearest emergency room right away.  Flu symptoms and complications