Safe Kids Week 2025: Kids and Concussions
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- June 2 - June 8, 2025
Build concussion awareness in a fun, hands-on way while strengthening safety practices in your dayhome. Challenge yourself to complete the entire SKW Bingo Card and send it back to us by June 9 to be entered into our prize draw! Each square completed equals one entry. Earn 10 additional entries for a full card!
June 2-8, 2025 | Focus: Kids and Concussions
Each year, we participate in Safe Kids Week, a national campaign led by Parachute Canada to raise awareness about preventable injuries in children. This year’s theme is #KidsAndConcussions, shining a spotlight on how concussions impact children and what caregivers can do to prevent, recognize, and respond to them.
We’re sharing fun and educational ways for dayhomes to get involved and make safety a priority in a hands-on, engaging way.
Safe Kids Week Bingo
Our Safe Kids Week Bingo is a hands-on way to build awareness and encourage safety in your dayhome community.
How It Works
Complete as many of the bingo squares as you can during Safe Kids Week. Each square features a safety-related task, from teaching kids about helmet use to reviewing your play area for fall hazards. You don’t need to complete the entire card to be eligible for our prize draw. Each square completed equals one entry into our draw.
What’s Up for Grabs
Send us back your bingo card, and we’ll enter you into our draw for a $50 Amazon Gift Card and 50% off a new 1-Year ADSN Membership.
Why Participate
Learn important information about preventing and responding to concussions — and explore practical tips and tools to help you keep children safe and respond confidently in your dayhome
Make safety fun and engaging
Build habits that prevent injuries
Involve your dayhome families
Join a province-wide awareness effort
How to Join
Download the Bingo Card
Challenge yourself to complete the entire card – each completed card will receive an additional 10 entries
Share your completed card or photos of your activities using the hashtag #KidsAndConcussions and #SafeKidsWeek
Email your completed card back to us to be entered in a draw for a $50 Amazon Gift Card and 50% off a new 1-Year ADSN Membership.
By building your awareness and taking small, intentional steps, you can make a big impact on children’s safety and well-being. Safe Kids Week is a chance to learn, reflect, and take action — not just for one week, but all year long. Together, we can help protect growing brains and support healthy development in every dayhome.
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Understanding Concussions: What Every Dayhome Provider Should Know
As dayhome providers, safety is part of everything we do. Despite our best efforts, accidents happen, and sometimes, those incidents result in a concussion.
This year, Safe Kids Week (June 2–8, 2025) focuses on #KidsAndConcussions. It’s a reminder that with the right information, we can prevent injuries and respond confidently when they happen.
What is a concussion?
A concussion is a type of brain injury that happens when the brain moves quickly inside the skull. This can happen after a blow to the head, but also from a fall, a bump to the body, or anything that causes the brain to jolt.
A child doesn’t have to hit their head directly or lose consciousness to have a concussion.
Signs and symptoms to watch for:
In children, concussion symptoms can be subtle. You may notice:
🔸 Mood or behaviour changes (cranky, withdrawn, emotional)
🔸 Unusual tiredness or sluggishness
🔸 Balance or coordination issues
🔸 Trouble speaking or understanding
🔸 Headaches, nausea, or vomiting
If you suspect a concussion:
⚠️ Stop the activity
📞 Inform the family
👩⚕️ Seek medical attention as needed
Recovery has changed:
We now know that sitting in a dark room for days is not the best approach. Updated recovery guidelines recommend:
✅ Brief rest (24–48 hours)
✅ Gradual return to light activity
✅ Avoiding high-risk play
✅ Support from a healthcare provider
How to help prevent concussions:
You can’t prevent every fall, but you can reduce risk by:
🟢 Using soft surfaces in play areas
🟢 Supervising climbing and active play
🟢 Securing heavy furniture
🟢 Encouraging proper helmet use
🟢 Watching for environmental hazards
A resource for your dayhome:
Our digital brochure, Preventing and Responding to Concussions in a Dayhome Setting, is designed for use in your program.
🧠 Download it here.
Let’s keep kids safe, together!
Concussions can be serious, but with awareness, early action, and support, children can recover safely. Safe Kids Week is the perfect time to review your safety practices and ensure your dayhome is concussion-aware.
CHECK OUT THESE HELPFUL ADSN RESOURCES
Digital Concussion Brochure
This digital brochure is a great resource that shares important information on preventing and responding to concussions in a dayhome setting.
Securing Furniture Blog Post
Learn how to take this critical step in ensuring that your dayhome children are safe from injuries due to unsecured furniture.
Dayhome Safety Checklist
Our Dayhome Safety Checklist is designed to help you quickly and efficiently assess and remedy safety hazards within your dayhome space.
EXPLORE THESE TRUSTED SAFETY RESOURCES!
The Injury Prevention Centre has many great safety related resources that dayhomes can make use of. They are an Alberta organization based out of the University of Alberta.
Parachute is Canada’s leader in injury prevention focused on three key areas where people are unintentionally injured: in the home, at play, and on the move.
The Living Guideline for Pediatric Concussion shares Up-to-date clinical practice guideline recommendations and tools for preventing, diagnosing, and managing pediatric concussion.
