DCF CHILD CARE 40-HOUR CERTIFICATION
INFANT AND TODDLER
APPROPRIATE PRACTICES (FLORIDA) 2026/2027
LATEST EXAM
Flexible Personality - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Easy- 40 percent of children
adapt easily, easy to toilet train, generally cheerful, low intensity, low
sensitivity
Seldom fuss- need special attention to not get lost in the group
Fearful Personality - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Cautious temperaments
get attached to care givers slow to adapt, withdrawn,
Feisty Personality -✔✔✔ANSWER-Spirited/fun but need managed so
intense they are a handful
zesty, vocal and animated about needs and wants, moody, irregular,
sensitive, distractable,
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, to deal with feistiness:
redirection- empathy then redirect the attention of the child and help
them move on
Young Infants NAEYC - ✔✔✔ANSWER-birth to 9 months motivated
by security
Mobile Infants NAEYC - ✔✔✔ANSWER-engage in exploration 9- 18
months
Toddlers NAEYC - ✔✔✔ANSWER-18-36 months forming identity
The goal of the Infant and Toddler Appropriate Practices course -
✔ ✔✔ANSWER-is to guide child care professionals responsible for
the care of children birth through 36 months through the principles of
developmentally appropriate practice.
Infant - ✔✔✔ANSWER-"infant" comes from theLatin word "infans"
which means unable or incapable of speech. first stage of their life,
until around 18 months of age.
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INFANT AND TODDLER
APPROPRIATE PRACTICES (FLORIDA) 2026/2027
LATEST EXAM
Flexible Personality - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Easy- 40 percent of children
adapt easily, easy to toilet train, generally cheerful, low intensity, low
sensitivity
Seldom fuss- need special attention to not get lost in the group
Fearful Personality - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Cautious temperaments
get attached to care givers slow to adapt, withdrawn,
Feisty Personality -✔✔✔ANSWER-Spirited/fun but need managed so
intense they are a handful
zesty, vocal and animated about needs and wants, moody, irregular,
sensitive, distractable,
1
, to deal with feistiness:
redirection- empathy then redirect the attention of the child and help
them move on
Young Infants NAEYC - ✔✔✔ANSWER-birth to 9 months motivated
by security
Mobile Infants NAEYC - ✔✔✔ANSWER-engage in exploration 9- 18
months
Toddlers NAEYC - ✔✔✔ANSWER-18-36 months forming identity
The goal of the Infant and Toddler Appropriate Practices course -
✔ ✔✔ANSWER-is to guide child care professionals responsible for
the care of children birth through 36 months through the principles of
developmentally appropriate practice.
Infant - ✔✔✔ANSWER-"infant" comes from theLatin word "infans"
which means unable or incapable of speech. first stage of their life,
until around 18 months of age.
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