FL DCF Child Care Understanding Developmentally
Appropriate Practices (UDAP) (2024-2025)
When you yell at a child, they have trouble thinking logically
because - <<Answers>>>their limbic system is controlling the
brain. This is often called "fight or flight."
According to the Florida Statutes: - <<Answers>>>Children
shall not be subjected to discipline that is severe, humiliating,
or frightening
Discipline shall not be associated with food, rest, or toileting
Spanking, or any other form of physical punishment is
prohibited
Basic Needs and
Learning Experiences Examples: - <<Answers>>>Children
need breakfast in the morning and nutritious meals throughout
the day to be able to play, grow and learn
A predictable routine is necessary so children know what to
expect and feel safe
Each child needs responsive adults who encourage and
support them as they develop the skills they need
Children need to experience success
Erik Erikson's Social Theory - <<Answers>>>explores what a
person learns when development proceeds successfully
,throughout life, from birth to old age. This theory suggests the
way adults interact with children in the initial stages
determines how the children will develop, because each stage
is built upon the previous stage.
Erikson's eight stages are defined as: - <<Answers>>>1. Trust
vs. Mistrust (birth to 1 year) - "I am all right."
2. Autonomy vs. Doubt/Shame (1 to 3 years) - "I can make
choices."
3. Initiative vs. Guilt (4 to 5 years) - "I can do and I can
make."
4. Industry vs. Inferiority (6 to 12 years) - "I can join with
others in doing and making things."
5. Identity vs. Role Confusion (adolescence) - "I can be to
others what I am to myself."
6. Intimacy vs. Isolation (later adolescence) - "I can risk
offering myself to another."
7. Generativity vs. Stagnation (adulthood) - "I am concerned
for others."
8. Integrity vs. Despair (older adult) - "I can accept my life."
If trust is never developed, - <<Answers>>>children can't
fully develop autonomy.
Erik Erikson's Stages of
,Social Development Examples: - <<Answers>>>-Allow
children to make appropriate choices throughout the day.
Where would they like to play? What would they like to do or
make?
-Offer choices when guiding behavior. Offer two acceptable
choices, such as: "Would you like to join us in blocks or read
a book at the table?"
-Encourage initiative.
-Draw attention to accomplishments by identifying what they
have done versus general statements (I see you painted the
whole page vs. I like your painting).
-Allow children to correct their own mistakes. If they spill
their milk, do not shame them. Let them feel success by
allowing them to clean it up with your assistance.
Jean Piaget's Four Stages
of Cognitive Development - <<Answers>>>Jean Piaget
asserts that humans go through certain stages of intellectual
development. The first two stages are the most relevant to
development in early childhood.
Sensorimotor (birth to approximately 2 years) - -
<<Answers>>>Children learn through sensory perception and
motor activity.
Preoperational (2 years to 7 years) - - <<Answers>>>Children
are bound by what they experience directly and not by what
, they think. Children begin to use symbols (one thing that
represents another). For example, using sand to make a cake.
Children are egocentric; their thinking centers on themselves.
They can't see things from another point of view or from
another perspective. For example, they do not realize that
when they stand in front of the TV, no one else can see it.
Concrete-Operational (7 years to 11 years) - -
<<Answers>>>Children become more rational in their
thinking. For example, realizing that Santa Claus probably
doesn't exist.
Formal Operations (11 years and beyond) - -
<<Answers>>>The final stage of cognitive development, in
which thinking becomes very abstract. Children think beyond
the present and think about ideal situations.
According to Jean Piaget, the greatest role of the caregiver is -
<<Answers>>>to help the child reach an understanding by
providing the child with appropriate activities that stimulate
thinking. Piaget believed children build knowledge and
understanding through their physical development and
through their interactions with the environment.
Lev Vygotsky - <<Answers>>>Piaget thought children create
their own knowledge individually, by interacting with their
environment. Vygotsky extended this thought by stating
children create knowledge by interacting with their
Appropriate Practices (UDAP) (2024-2025)
When you yell at a child, they have trouble thinking logically
because - <<Answers>>>their limbic system is controlling the
brain. This is often called "fight or flight."
According to the Florida Statutes: - <<Answers>>>Children
shall not be subjected to discipline that is severe, humiliating,
or frightening
Discipline shall not be associated with food, rest, or toileting
Spanking, or any other form of physical punishment is
prohibited
Basic Needs and
Learning Experiences Examples: - <<Answers>>>Children
need breakfast in the morning and nutritious meals throughout
the day to be able to play, grow and learn
A predictable routine is necessary so children know what to
expect and feel safe
Each child needs responsive adults who encourage and
support them as they develop the skills they need
Children need to experience success
Erik Erikson's Social Theory - <<Answers>>>explores what a
person learns when development proceeds successfully
,throughout life, from birth to old age. This theory suggests the
way adults interact with children in the initial stages
determines how the children will develop, because each stage
is built upon the previous stage.
Erikson's eight stages are defined as: - <<Answers>>>1. Trust
vs. Mistrust (birth to 1 year) - "I am all right."
2. Autonomy vs. Doubt/Shame (1 to 3 years) - "I can make
choices."
3. Initiative vs. Guilt (4 to 5 years) - "I can do and I can
make."
4. Industry vs. Inferiority (6 to 12 years) - "I can join with
others in doing and making things."
5. Identity vs. Role Confusion (adolescence) - "I can be to
others what I am to myself."
6. Intimacy vs. Isolation (later adolescence) - "I can risk
offering myself to another."
7. Generativity vs. Stagnation (adulthood) - "I am concerned
for others."
8. Integrity vs. Despair (older adult) - "I can accept my life."
If trust is never developed, - <<Answers>>>children can't
fully develop autonomy.
Erik Erikson's Stages of
,Social Development Examples: - <<Answers>>>-Allow
children to make appropriate choices throughout the day.
Where would they like to play? What would they like to do or
make?
-Offer choices when guiding behavior. Offer two acceptable
choices, such as: "Would you like to join us in blocks or read
a book at the table?"
-Encourage initiative.
-Draw attention to accomplishments by identifying what they
have done versus general statements (I see you painted the
whole page vs. I like your painting).
-Allow children to correct their own mistakes. If they spill
their milk, do not shame them. Let them feel success by
allowing them to clean it up with your assistance.
Jean Piaget's Four Stages
of Cognitive Development - <<Answers>>>Jean Piaget
asserts that humans go through certain stages of intellectual
development. The first two stages are the most relevant to
development in early childhood.
Sensorimotor (birth to approximately 2 years) - -
<<Answers>>>Children learn through sensory perception and
motor activity.
Preoperational (2 years to 7 years) - - <<Answers>>>Children
are bound by what they experience directly and not by what
, they think. Children begin to use symbols (one thing that
represents another). For example, using sand to make a cake.
Children are egocentric; their thinking centers on themselves.
They can't see things from another point of view or from
another perspective. For example, they do not realize that
when they stand in front of the TV, no one else can see it.
Concrete-Operational (7 years to 11 years) - -
<<Answers>>>Children become more rational in their
thinking. For example, realizing that Santa Claus probably
doesn't exist.
Formal Operations (11 years and beyond) - -
<<Answers>>>The final stage of cognitive development, in
which thinking becomes very abstract. Children think beyond
the present and think about ideal situations.
According to Jean Piaget, the greatest role of the caregiver is -
<<Answers>>>to help the child reach an understanding by
providing the child with appropriate activities that stimulate
thinking. Piaget believed children build knowledge and
understanding through their physical development and
through their interactions with the environment.
Lev Vygotsky - <<Answers>>>Piaget thought children create
their own knowledge individually, by interacting with their
environment. Vygotsky extended this thought by stating
children create knowledge by interacting with their
