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Chapter Fourteen: Creating Linkages

This chapter explores policies and strategies for creating linkages within child care communities, emphasizing communication skills, managing diversity, accessing community resources, and developing effective advocacy. It also highlights the importance of creating a team approach to enhance communication skills and promote trust and respect.

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Chapter Fourteen: Creating Linkages

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  1. Chapter Fourteen:Creating Linkages

  2. Policies For Linkages Within child care Within community For advocacy For teamwork

  3. Policies Should Include Communication skills Managing diversity Accessing community resources Developing effective advocacy Creating a team approach

  4. Toward Better Communication Skills Five Cs Communication Caring Confidentiality Common Sense Consistency

  5. Developing trust and respect Be consistent and predictable Be supportive and responsive

  6. Developing a system of communication in child care Within child care With parents Verbal and face to face—best Notes After hours phone calls

  7. Managing Diversity Preparing for diversity Examine your own feelings Appreciate your own uniqueness Help children to appreciate sameness and celebrate differences Understand family values and beliefs of other cultures

  8. Personal interactions Realize families are more alike than different SES level may have a greater effect on parenting styles Understanding family actions Acculturation Bicultural conflict

  9. Integrate diversity into child care Show diverse images Include diverse staff Encourage diversity participation from community Initiate self-esteem and well-being activities Respond positively about diversity questions Provide books and storytelling of diversity

  10. Accessing Community Resources Survey community for resources Public Private Local and state Federal National organizations Colleges and universities

  11. Organize resources Keep a file of resources available

  12. Developing Effective Advocacy For the Child Care Center Teachers for children with director and families Directors for children with families and community

  13. For the Family Child Caregiver Approaching family needs good communication Networking with other family child caregivers Child care resource and referrals

  14. For the Nanny With families for children Support group National organization The Health Advocate Designated health advocate—caregiver

  15. Leadership Grassroots/local State National

  16. Creating a Team Approach Team members Caregiver Family Community resources

  17. Provide atmosphere Responsive Respectful Good communication Warmth Accessibility Positive attitude

  18. Survey parents for needs/information Open dialogue Parent center for information Home visits, if possible

  19. Providing linkages to community Resources Volunteers Using for prevention/intervention

  20. Reality Check:Bananas—A Few People Can Make a Difference First Resource and Referral in U.S. Group of mothers banned together to create it

  21. One of the most effective linkages in the nation Nurse handles health and safety issues Provides linkages for parents and caregivers Actively advocates for education Helps deal with special needs Team effort

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