Unit Early Childhood Development & Services Study Guide 2024

People who must legally report suspected instances of child neglect and abuse. - ANSWERSmandated reporters Programs provided in a center and not in a home, and may serve a few or many children. - ANSWERScenter-based child care programs Parenting style that tends to offer support while setting clear limits - ANSWERSauthoritative style Help, assistance, leadership, and regulation for children learning to behave acceptably. - ANSWERSguidance Physical tasks involving small muscle movements. - ANSWERSfine-motor skills Age-appropriate activities and teaching methods that consider each child's strengths, interests, and culture. - ANSWERSdevelopmentally appropriate practices Threatening to or inflicting harm on a child. - ANSWERSchild abuse Parenting style that tends to let children control situations, making the decisions with few limits or controls. - ANSWERSpermissive style Programs operated in the child care worker's private home for a small number of children. - ANSWERSfamily child care centers Process of ensuring an environment is safe for children. - ANSWERSchildproofing Not-for-profit programs businesses may run for their employees' children. - ANSWERSwork-related child care programs Physical tasks involving large muscle movements. - ANSWERSgross-motor skills Techniques and methods caregivers use to teach children to behave acceptably. - ANSWERSdiscipline Programs for children who will be in kindergarten the following year - ANSWERSprekindergarten programs Activities that utilize only one type of teaching or caregiving strategy without variation or adjustment for a child's individual needs. - ANSWERSdevelopmentally inappropriate practices Parenting style that tends to be controlling and corrective. - ANSWERSauthoritarian style Endangerment of or harm to a child caused by an adult's failure to provide for the child's basic needs. - ANSWERSchild neglect Programs for children two through four years of age. - ANSWERSpreschool programs