Writing Homework Help

Scenario:

You are a childcare director who just enrolled two new families. Within the Smith family, you have one child who has a calcium and protein deficiency. This child is not allowed anything with pork or pork products, such as gelatin, due to religious beliefs. The Cannon family has two children, both of whom are lacto-ovo-vegetarians, who are all diagnosed with an iron deficiency. Their eldest child also has an allergy to citrus fruits.

Assignment:

Knowing each child’s dietary needs and restrictions, you will create a lunch option for each child (using the chart below) and then answer the corresponding questions. Keep in mind each child’s deficiency! Use chapter 14 as a resource.

**When creating the lunch option, you will need to use the CACFP Meal Pattern planning tool found on the DCDEE website (found in Moodle) in order to determine how much of each component is needed for each child depending on their ages**

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Child’s Name	Components	Serving Size	Lunch Menu
Anna Smith Age: 3 years Deficiency: Calcium & Protein Religious Preference: No pork or pork products (such as gelatin)	Fluid Milk
	Vegetable
	Fruit
	Meat(Protein)
	Grains
Sarah Cannon Age: 1 year Deficiency: Iron Parent Preference: Lacto-ovo-vegetarian	Fluid Milk
	Vegetable
	Fruit
	Meat(Protein)
	Grains
Adam Cannon Age: 6 years Deficiency: Iron Parent Preference: Lacto-ovo-vegetarian Allergy: Citrus fruits	Fluid Milk
	Vegetable
	Fruit
	Meat(Protein)
	Grains

Questions:

1. When having to create these different lunch options, what thoughts came to your mind?

2. What are 2 things that were easy and 2 things that were difficult when creating these lunch menus?

3. Imagine you have a center of 150 students. Of these 150 students, 50 of them have some sort of allergy, deficiency, religious or parental preference when it comes to their child’s meals. How would you plan for these students when it came to breakfast, lunch and snack?

4. Review the Nutrition Opt-Out Form provided to us by the DCDEE. Read the whole form and answer the following questions:

a. Name 2 pros you see in this option

b. Name 2 cons you see in this option

c. How often do you think parents would provide a breakfast, lunch and snack option every day?

d. How would you handle a situation when a parent who has signed the nutrition opt-out form keeps bringing in peanut butter sandwiches after you have explicitly explained on multiple days that your center is a peanut free center due to having multiple children and staff who are HIGHLY allergic to peanuts?

e. Who you utilize the opt-out form? Why or why not?