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TYPES of CHILD CARE. TYPES OF CHILD CARE:. Home-Based Care: In-home care from a caregiver who come to their home Center-Based Care: Several adults care for one or more groups of children they accept. CHILD CARE CENTERS.
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TYPES OF CHILD CARE: • Home-Based Care: In-home care from a caregiver who come to their home • Center-Based Care: Several adults care for one or more groups of children they accept 2.01-Child Care
CHILD CARE CENTERS • DESCRIPTION: Primary purpose is to provide a safe environment for children 2.01-Child Care
CHILD CARE CENTERS • ADVANTAGES: • Care for basic needs of the child • DISADVANTAGES: • May be crowded and commercialized • Most only have business hours Monday-Friday 2.01-Child Care
Preschool • DESCRIPTION: Primary purpose is to provide educational services • 3 to 5 years • Usually scheduled for 2 ½ hours in morning or afternoon • Informal play and/or emphasis on the whole child • Organized to provide for age-appropriate growth and development physically, emotionally, and socially 2.01-Child Care
Preschool • ADVANTAGES: • Provide extra stimulation and experiences and social skills prior to formal education • DISADVANTAGES: • Inconvenient unless parents can work out transportation as well as child care the rest of the day • LOCAL PROGRAMS: • Sometimes managed by religious organizations or owned by private organizations. 2.01-Child Care
FAMILY CHILD CARE • DESCRIPTION: Child care within a family residence that provides care for 4 or more children but no more than 6, except for school age. • ADVANTAGES: Homelike, low ratios (1-7 including own children), lower cost • DISADVANTAGES: Not structured, they can go about their daily jobs, and not have total thought to your child. Difficult to enforce licensing and credentials of caregiver. 2.01-Child Care
HEAD START • DESCRIPTION: Federal child care program that helps children from low-income families enter kindergarten at a higher level. • ADVANTAGES: • Meals, shots, health care, professional staff, gov. funded, transportation, counseling provided. • Activities focus on building self-esteem and helping children and families work together to solve problems. • Programs have a strong educational component. • DISADVANTAGES: • Children may have emotional problems 2.01-Child Care
MONTESSORI SCHOOLS • DESCRIPTION: Learn by doing and on their own by playing with Montessori toys. Use concrete objects and 5 senses • ADVANTAGES: Skill-based, teaches self motivation and basic life skills • DISADVANTAGES: Low teacher interaction, high noise 2.01-Child Care
UNIVERSTIY SPONSORED/LABORATORY SCHOOLS • DESCRIPTION: #1 goal is to teach student teachers, not the child • ADVANTAGES: Ratios low, curriculum checked by a professional • DISADVANTAGES: It is a lab to train students, not teach the child 2.01-Child Care
EMPLOYER SPONSOREDCHILD CARE • DESCRIPTION: Parents can work near child and drop in during the day • ADVANTAGES: Promotes families, sick child care provided, parent has less sick days • DISADVANTAGES: Child has a longer ride 2.01-Child Care
North Carolina's nationally recognized and award-winning early childhood initiative designed to ensure that young children enter school healthy and ready to succeed. • A public-private initiative 2.01-Child Care
SMART START • ADVANTAGES: improves the quality of child care, make child care more affordable and accessible, provide access to health services and offer family support. • DISAVANTAGES: Limited Enrollment 2.01-Child Care
NANNY/AU-PAIR • DESCRIPTION: A nanny provides care in a child’s home. An au pair is a person from a foreign country who lives with a family and performs task similar to a nanny. • ADVANTAGES: Great demand for services • DISADVANTAGES : Cost 2.01-Child Care
STAY-AT-HOME PARENT • Advantages- Child is in familiar surrounding • Stability of single-care giver over time • Disadvantages- Less income with one parent working 2.01-Child Care
Factors in choosing child care • adult-child ratio: Number of adults per number of children • cleanliness of facility: Cleanliness rating by Health Department or visual inspection • costs of child care: Total cost for one or multiple children and additional fees • discipline methods used: Age-appropriate strategies used to modify children’s behavior; time-out, rewards, loss of privileges, sets limits, but does not use harsh punishment • equipment and supplies: Items needed to use with the children to run a center or keep a child 2.01-Child Care
hours of operation: Days of the week facility is open and start and stop times • location of facility: Where a child care building is placed in a certain area • personal qualities of caregivers: Characteristics that are valued in someone who cares for children--- caring, patience, gentle demeanor, fairness, consistency and understanding stages of child development 2.01-Child Care
program activities: That promote the physical, intellectual, emotional and social development of child • training and education of staff: Staff development and learning programs for workers in a center • transportation provided:Some programs pick up and deliver back home the children who attend their facility 2.01-Child Care