DCF SCHOOL AGE-APPROPRIATE
PRACTICES SAPR KEY POINTS STUDY
GUIDE COMPLETE 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
>> DCF
Answer: Department of Children and Families
>> DCF Responsibilities
Ensuring children are well cared for in a safe, healthy, positive, and educational
environment by trained, qualified child care staff
This agency determines state rules pertaining to child care and enforces these
rules by licensing and inspecting child care facilities.
Answer: Administration of child care licensing and training
>> Child Care Professionals Roles and Responsibilities
-keep children safe
-provide good nutrition and a healthy environment
-create a quality environment for learning
Answer: -must know, understand, and follow the laws and the rules and
regulations to protect the health and safety of children in care
>> Name the key agencies that partner with the Department to regulate child
care.
County Agencies
Local Licensing Agencies
Answer: Local Fire Departments / Certified Fire Safety Inspectors
>> Child care laws, rules, and regulations are in place to protect
Answer: children, families, and child care professionals
,>> Office of Child Care Regulation and Background Screening
Answer: licensing authority, regulates licensed child care facilities in most
counties in Florida
>> Local County Government Agencies
Answer: Effect childcare through Zoning and Building, Septic and Well,
Etc...
>> City/Municipal Police Dept.
Answer: Effect childcare through back ground checks and screenings of
child care providers
>> Child Care
Answer: care, protection and supervision of a child for a period of less than
24 hours on a regular basis, which supplements parental care, enrichment,
and health supervision for the child in accordance with his or her individual
needs, and for which a payment, fee or grant is made for care. (Defined in
402.302)
>> DCF's Office of Child Care Regulations mission:
Answer: To ensure the health, safety, and well being of the children of the
state while in care through licensing and regulatory activities
>> The licensing standards established by the Department address
Children in Care (health, nutrition, and development)
Answer: Physical Environment (health, sanitation, safety, and physical
surroundings)
>> Regulation
Answer: a law, rule, ordinance, or other order prescribed by authority to
regulate conduct
,>> What is the intent of the Legislature?
To develop
a regulatory framework that promotes the growth and stability of the child care
industry and facilitates the safe physical, intellectual, motor, and social
development of the child.
Answer: To protect the health and welfare of children
>> Child Care Regulation Program
through the inspection of licensed child care programs to ensure the consistent
statewide application of child care standards established in statute and rule, and
the registration of child care providers not subject to inspection.
Answer: is responsible for regulating programs that provide services that
meet the statutory definition of "child care." This is accomplished
>> Minimum Age Requirements
the premises at all times during operating hours.
Answer: A staff person at least 21 years of age must be in charge of the
program and must be on
>> Mixed Age Groups
included, one staff member must be responsible for no more than four children
of any age group, at all times.
B. In groups of mixed age ranges, where children one year of age but under two
years of age are included, one staff member must be responsible for no more
than six children of any age group, at all times
Answer: A. In groups of mixed age ranges, where children under one year of
age are
>> In addition to the number of staff required to meet the staff-to-child ratio,
provide direct supervision. The individual could be a parent volunteer as long as
that person is under direct and constant supervision of a screened and trained
staff member.
, Answer: one additional adult must attend field trips away from the child
care facility to help
>> Nap time supervision
staff required to meet the staff-to-child ratio must be within the building on the
same floor and available to be summoned if needed to ensure the safety of the
children.
Nap time supervision does not apply to children up to 24 months of age, who
must
have direct supervision at all times.
Answer: During nap time, staff must be within sight and hearing of all the
children. All other
>> Evening Supervision
children are awake, direct supervision must be provided.
Answer: During evening child care hours, staff must remain awake at all
times. While
>> Meal time Supervision
tableware. Children must be supervised appropriately for their ages and
developmental abilities, to monitor the size of food and that children are eating
accordingly.
B. Infants must be held for bottle feedings until they are developmentally ready
to
sit in an age appropriate chair with good head control. Children must not be left
in high chairs or other types of feeding chairs other than feeding times. The
use of safety straps is required to prevent children from falling out of the high
chair.
C. There must not be any propped bottles. If a child cannot hold the bottle, a staff
person or volunteer must hold the bottle during feeding. There must be no
automatic feeding devices unless prescribed by a doctor and documentation is
available in the child's file.
Answer: A. During feeding times, children must be individually fed and
provided their own
PRACTICES SAPR KEY POINTS STUDY
GUIDE COMPLETE 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
>> DCF
Answer: Department of Children and Families
>> DCF Responsibilities
Ensuring children are well cared for in a safe, healthy, positive, and educational
environment by trained, qualified child care staff
This agency determines state rules pertaining to child care and enforces these
rules by licensing and inspecting child care facilities.
Answer: Administration of child care licensing and training
>> Child Care Professionals Roles and Responsibilities
-keep children safe
-provide good nutrition and a healthy environment
-create a quality environment for learning
Answer: -must know, understand, and follow the laws and the rules and
regulations to protect the health and safety of children in care
>> Name the key agencies that partner with the Department to regulate child
care.
County Agencies
Local Licensing Agencies
Answer: Local Fire Departments / Certified Fire Safety Inspectors
>> Child care laws, rules, and regulations are in place to protect
Answer: children, families, and child care professionals
,>> Office of Child Care Regulation and Background Screening
Answer: licensing authority, regulates licensed child care facilities in most
counties in Florida
>> Local County Government Agencies
Answer: Effect childcare through Zoning and Building, Septic and Well,
Etc...
>> City/Municipal Police Dept.
Answer: Effect childcare through back ground checks and screenings of
child care providers
>> Child Care
Answer: care, protection and supervision of a child for a period of less than
24 hours on a regular basis, which supplements parental care, enrichment,
and health supervision for the child in accordance with his or her individual
needs, and for which a payment, fee or grant is made for care. (Defined in
402.302)
>> DCF's Office of Child Care Regulations mission:
Answer: To ensure the health, safety, and well being of the children of the
state while in care through licensing and regulatory activities
>> The licensing standards established by the Department address
Children in Care (health, nutrition, and development)
Answer: Physical Environment (health, sanitation, safety, and physical
surroundings)
>> Regulation
Answer: a law, rule, ordinance, or other order prescribed by authority to
regulate conduct
,>> What is the intent of the Legislature?
To develop
a regulatory framework that promotes the growth and stability of the child care
industry and facilitates the safe physical, intellectual, motor, and social
development of the child.
Answer: To protect the health and welfare of children
>> Child Care Regulation Program
through the inspection of licensed child care programs to ensure the consistent
statewide application of child care standards established in statute and rule, and
the registration of child care providers not subject to inspection.
Answer: is responsible for regulating programs that provide services that
meet the statutory definition of "child care." This is accomplished
>> Minimum Age Requirements
the premises at all times during operating hours.
Answer: A staff person at least 21 years of age must be in charge of the
program and must be on
>> Mixed Age Groups
included, one staff member must be responsible for no more than four children
of any age group, at all times.
B. In groups of mixed age ranges, where children one year of age but under two
years of age are included, one staff member must be responsible for no more
than six children of any age group, at all times
Answer: A. In groups of mixed age ranges, where children under one year of
age are
>> In addition to the number of staff required to meet the staff-to-child ratio,
provide direct supervision. The individual could be a parent volunteer as long as
that person is under direct and constant supervision of a screened and trained
staff member.
, Answer: one additional adult must attend field trips away from the child
care facility to help
>> Nap time supervision
staff required to meet the staff-to-child ratio must be within the building on the
same floor and available to be summoned if needed to ensure the safety of the
children.
Nap time supervision does not apply to children up to 24 months of age, who
must
have direct supervision at all times.
Answer: During nap time, staff must be within sight and hearing of all the
children. All other
>> Evening Supervision
children are awake, direct supervision must be provided.
Answer: During evening child care hours, staff must remain awake at all
times. While
>> Meal time Supervision
tableware. Children must be supervised appropriately for their ages and
developmental abilities, to monitor the size of food and that children are eating
accordingly.
B. Infants must be held for bottle feedings until they are developmentally ready
to
sit in an age appropriate chair with good head control. Children must not be left
in high chairs or other types of feeding chairs other than feeding times. The
use of safety straps is required to prevent children from falling out of the high
chair.
C. There must not be any propped bottles. If a child cannot hold the bottle, a staff
person or volunteer must hold the bottle during feeding. There must be no
automatic feeding devices unless prescribed by a doctor and documentation is
available in the child's file.
Answer: A. During feeding times, children must be individually fed and
provided their own
