Lawhon can help you achieve NAEYC accreditation for early childhood learning centers

Because children learn best in clean, healthy environments

The National Associate for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) accreditation represents the mark of quality in early childhood education. NAEYC Standard 9 is the accreditation gold standard for safe, healthy learning environments.  The criteria for NAEYC Standard 9.D, Environmental Health, covers numerous aspects of the physical environment within early childhood learning centers and specifies that there must be documentary evidence that "the building has been assessed for lead, radon, radiation, asbestos, fiberglass or any other friable material"; and, that the learning program "has taken remedial or containment action to prevent exposure if warranted by the assessment". In addition to these conditions specified by NAEYC standard, there are many other building-related conditions that can have potentially serious adverse effects on the health of children and staff in early childhood learning centers.  For example - molds, allergens, biological agents such as Legionella, and chemical exposures from consumer products, mercury, and petroleum are frequently a health concern. 

For over 25 years, Lawhon & Associates Inc. (L&A) has been assisting clients with the assessment and resolution of issues that affect the quality of the indoor environment.  Sensitive environments such as health care facilities and schools are just a few of our specialties.  Our capabilities and staff expertise include:

• Asbestos and lead certified risk assessors and remediation designers
• Certified radon assessor
• Industrial Hygiene
• Environmental public health toxicology & epidemiology
• Microbiology and mycology (molds)
• Specialists in the infrastructure of indoor environments

 L&A scientists and engineers can help you to achieve NAEYC accreditation for the physical environment of your early childhood learning center.  We can also assist you with diagnosing and managing many of the other challenges involved in maintaining a clean, healthy environment for young children.

L&A provides full-service environmental and engineering consulting services to solve environmental issues for the public and private sector. L&A is a woman-owned small business (WBE) and is a licensed engineering company with offices in Columbus, Cleveland, and Dayton, Ohio. L&A maintains numerous local and state government DBE certifications. L&A is an Ohio EDGE Certified Business.