Early Childhood Chats19 Sep 2024

Health and Nutrition for Obesity and Diabetes Prevention

Today we sat down with Jackie Rivera who has been a Health Administrator at a Head Start in central Missouri for over 10 years and is a certified Community Action professional. Before becoming a nurse, Jackie spent 10 years as an early childhood education teacher. Jackie oversees health and safety at her agency and is project manager for the agency’s Childhood Obesity and Diabetes Prevention Project and Women and Infant Relief program. Jackie is a licensed practical nurse, child development associate, and lactation counselor. Jackie is certified to train in many topics, such as Compassion Fatigue, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (or CPR)/First Aid Motivational Interviewing, I Am Moving, I Am Learning, Family Wellness, Infant Massage, Mind in The Making, and Experiential Facilitation. Jackie has had the honor of being named for a National Child Plus Community Service Award and received MOCAN Healthcare Profession award. You can follow her on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackie-rivera-a0437b34/ Early Childhood Chats is hosted by Andrew Roszak - JD, MPA, EMT-P Executive Director at the Institute for Childhood Preparedness. The Institute for Childhood Preparedness is proud to use its decades of experience to offer comprehensive and expert disaster and emergency preparedness trainings live in-person, via webinar, and on-demand online. //Visit: https://www.childhoodpreparedness.org/ to find out more // Schedule your training today https://www.childhoodpreparedness.org/training FOLLOW US https://www.instagram.com/childhoodpreparedness/ https://www.facebook.com/ChildPrepared https://twitter.com/ChildPrepared https://www.linkedin.com/company/institute-for-childhood-preparedness © Institute for Childhood Preparedness 2024 all rights reserved

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