CHAPTER 2: DAILY HEALTH OBSERVATIONS
Answers to Review Questions
ANSWERS TO CHAPTER REVIEW
A. By Yourself
2. A state of well-being and freedom from health conditions allow a child to learn, acquire new
3. When teachers conduct daily health checks it enables them to establish a baseline of
4. Teachers who work with school-aged children must depend on their powers of observation to
5. The answer to this question should reflect the student’s personal feelings and goals.
B. As a Group
1. Information that teachers can use for evaluating children’s health can be gathered from
2. The health check procedure and various health conditions that can be observed during this
check are described in the section entitled, “Method”, and in Teacher Checklist 2-1. For
3. First, it is important to understand why the parent feels this way. Do they need more
information about what the procedure involves or why it is being conducted? Is their child
uncomfortable? Encourage the parent to observe the daily health check. Help them to
4. Information from daily health checks can help teachers be alert to the early signs of
children’s health impairments or illnesses that might otherwise interfere with learning.
5. In most cases, formal health checks require less than a minute to complete. These 60 seconds
6. Teachers have many opportunities to provide families with information about preventive
health care practices. Information can be shared with children and their families during daily
ANSWERS TO CASE STUDY
1. Several ome behaviors that Lynette is exhibiting may suggest be indicative of a vision
2. Objective and subjective information regarding Lynette’s vision was gathered from a
3. A teacher who recommends that Lynette needs glasses is guilty of making a diagnosis;
teachers are not qualified to make such health-related determinations.
4. The answer to this question should reflect the student’s knowledge of appropriate local
resources.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
1. Why is it important to collect health information about a child from more than one source?
What are the advantages of comparing data from multiple sources?
2. Describe the term typical behavior. What are developmental norms? How can they be used to
the best advantage?
3. Teachers are valuable members of the health team. Explain this statement. What is the
teacher’s role in the referral process?
4. At what time of the day should health observations be conducted? Ideally, how often should
they be performed?
5. What should a teacher do if he/she observes something unusual in a child?
ADDITIONAL APPLICATION ACTIVITIES
The following exercises are designed for instructors to assign as individual or group projects.
2. Interview two2 public school teachers and ask about the role they see themselves playing in
promoting children’s preventive health. Present your findings in class or post them online.
3. Develop a presentation for families that explains the purpose of daily health checks and what