Terms of Use

The use of Penn State Extension Better Kid Care’s (BKC) print and online resources is protected under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license. Under this license, you may make copies and redistribute the materials that can be accessed from our website in any medium or format for educational purposes only. Commercial use is prohibited. With use, you must give appropriate credit to Penn State Extension Better Kid Care and cannot alter, edit, or build upon the content in any way without prior written permission from Better Kid Care.

Appropriate attribution is required as follows:

Used with permission from: Penn State Extension Better Kid Care <http://extension.psu.edu/programs/betterkidcare>, The Pennsylvania State University, Jill Cox, MS, RD, Director.

Specifics for various Better Kid Care materials and resources

Print or web-based resources

Permission is granted to reprint and reuse Better Kid Care articles, handouts, Family Forums, and research-to-practice guides for educational purposes only. No part of the written content may be deleted or altered in any way. The resources may not be printed in other products sold or used commercially.

Appropriate attribution is required as follows:

Used with permission from: Penn State Extension Better Kid Care <http://extension.psu.edu/programs/betterkidcare>, The Pennsylvania State University, Jill Cox, MS, RD, Director.

Better Kid Care On Demand course content

Reprint and distribution of handouts found within courses is allowed without written permission for educational purposes only and without modification. Use of BKC On Demand course content, except for handouts, is strictly prohibited.

BKC On Demand Terms and Conditions: Terms and Conditions

Appropriate attribution for handouts is required as follows:

Used with permission from: Penn State Extension Better Kid Care <http://extension.psu.edu/programs/betterkidcare>, The Pennsylvania State University, Jill Cox, MS, RD, Director.

Videos

Permission is granted to link to Better Kid Care vodcasts and other videos available publicly on our website for educational purposes only. No part of any BKC video may be deleted or altered in any way. The video program or segment may not be sold or used commercially. Credits contained within the video must remain as part of the video. Use of BKC On Demand course videos is strictly prohibited. If a video segment is used, credit the Better Kid Care program in supporting print documentation as follows:

Used with permission from: Penn State Better Kid Care <http://extension.psu.edu/programs/betterkidcare>, The Pennsylvania State University, Jill Cox, MS, RD, Director.

Images and graphics

Written permission is required to use images and graphics included in Better Kid Care resources. Much of Better Kid Care’s graphic content has royalty-free licensing with Getty Images, allowing us to publish educational materials for public use as-is. That license does not extend to anyone outside of Penn State to use in any other way without renegotiating a new license with Getty Images for their own use.

• BKC’s license is in perpetuity for BKC and extends to Penn State University as the parent entity.
• Licensing also covers derivative content that BKC has created based on Getty content.
• Not all images used by Better Kid Care fall under the Getty agreement. Refer to the “Image credits” screen at the end of each course for information about specific photos. If image credits aren’t included in the course, contact Better Kid Care for permission to use them.

Conference/Presentation slides and material

Written permission is required to use Better Kid Care On Demand course content in conference proposals or presentation materials.

Permission to use

Fill out this Penn State BKC Permission to Use Request Form to request permission to use Better Kid Care resources as outlined above. Permission decisions will be emailed to the requestor within four to six weeks after submitting the request, so please plan accordingly.