Objectives / Learning Outcomes:By the end of this training, the learner will be able to:
- Identify different types of risk management common in child care.
- Explain the importance of using contracts and employee training & screening procedures.
- Identify strategies to assist children with food allergies/feeding concerns.
- Identify strategies for integrating culture and diversity into an infant and toddler program
- Define and identify the components of developmentally appropriate practice
- Identify the importance of professional development for child care professionals and strategies to make meaningful choices.
- Demonstrate an understanding of brain development in young children.
- Identify materials and equipment for childcare programs that meet the needs of specific age groups in both shared or permanent space and align with the programs curriculum
- Demonstrate an understanding of the necessary content of employee and parent contracts
- Identify staff evaluation tools and evaluation timelines that will assist with staff supervision and monitoring performance
- Identify stages and milestones of development for ages 1 to 5
- Identify community organizations that have training programs available that focus on child abuse.
- Demonstrate understanding of the roles and responsibilities of an administrator in a child care program.
- Describe positive discipline strategies to use in the classroom.
- Demonstrate understanding of strategies that utilize good time management practices for teachers and child care providers.
- Recognizing and preventing shaken baby syndrome
- Describe the meaning of positive discipline in the classroom.
- Identify ways to examine child behavior to prepare for guidance.
- Identify ways to help parents and infants/toddlers handle separation and attachment.
- Identify vehicle safety hazards that pose a major threat to children.
- Define healthy practices to mitigate the spread of germs and decrease the likelihood of SIDS in infants and toddlers.
- Identify procedures that will promote a safe environment (indoor and outdoor).
- Identify curriculums specific to children birth through age three
- Identify different types of barriers for mixed ages with disabilities and ways to adapt curriculum to fit their needs.
- Demonstrate understanding of appropriate interaction with infants and toddlers.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how positive guidance promotes sound social and emotional development.
- Identify appropriate practice for the identification, prevention, and treatment of communicable diseases in childcare.
- Demonstrate understanding of positive alternatives of timeouts and certain disciplining techniques based on best practices.
- Describe the proper procedures of medication administration including: authorizations forms, documentation, storage, training, emergent issues, and resources.
- Give examples of ways to apply and model ethical behavior and professional integrity with staff and administrators.
- Identify the nutritional needs of children aged four and above.
- Define social emotional development in young children
- Describe the components of emergency preparedness in the child care setting.
- Identify the key elements of an effective staff mentor program.
- Identify necessary information and format for a business plan
- Identify budget line items and basic budget development strategies
- Identify resources that will assist with record keeping
- Demonstrate appropriate/effective responses as they relate to a variety of typical child care scenarios.