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Observation when a child care worker recognizes and notes an identifiable performance or behavior and uses instruments such as checklists, anecdotal records and running records. The instruments are used to measure progress against a standard and to share results with assessment experts. Screening instrument intended to identify and monitor normal development or possible developmental delay. Screening programs are not diagnostic, and are not based on whether a child has passed a certai...

What affect does quality early care on children? "...children who have high-quality care see academic benefits lasting into high school." DAP Developmentally Appropriate Practice focuses on children birth to eight years old and is made up of three principle components: age appropriateness, individual appropriateness, and social/cultural appropriateness. Age appropriateness considering what is typical for a child within a given age group. Individual appropriateness cons...

Appetite A desire to eat. Isolation Area A designated area for a child who becomes ill at the facility, which must be away from the other, healthy children. Safety Hazards Things in the environment that can be identified as dangerous to one's health and welfare. Communicable Disease Disease that can be spread from one person to another. Disinfect To kill germs on surfaces or objects by using chemicals. This process does not necessarily clean dirty surfaces or re...

DCF Department of Children and Families DCF Responsibilities Administration of child care licensing and training 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. Child Care Professionals Roles and Responsibilities -must know, understand, and follow the law...

Regulation is a law, rule, ordinance, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct. Child care the care, protection, and supervision of a child for a period of less than 24 hours a day on a regular basis A child care program is either licensed, registered or exempt from licensure. The main types of child care programs in Florida are: child care facilities, specialized child care mildly ill facilities, family day care homes, large family child care ho...

Florida Law Bill passed and signed by FL legislators Rules implement, interpret, and describe law Ordinance local laws that only apply within jurisdiction Regulation law, rule, or ordinance to regulate conduct Florida Statutes permanent collection of the states laws, updated annually Florida Administrative Code official compilation of administrative rules for the state of Florida. F.A.C Rules developed by DCF Office of Child Care Regulation a...

Why do childcare professionals observe and screen children? So they can facilitate the growth and development of every child in their program, detect early signs of development, delay or disability, and identify signs of child abuse or neglect. Observation an ongoing process in which child care professionals recognize and document identifiable developmental milestones as they appear using tools such as checklists, anecdotal records, and running records Screening is an ongoing pr...

establish justice make a fair and honest system for all form a more perfect union create an even better government that will make life better for all insure domestic tranquility government will protect citizens from conflict in the country and make sure that states do not go to war with each other ordain to establish something by law Preamble the introduction to the U.S. Constitution promote the general welfare government is focused on the public interest...

What are the two types of cell Prokaryotic cell and eukaryotic cell I put a Pop-Tart in the toaster. Electrical energy is transformed to thermal energy to make my Pop-Tart hot. Based on the Law of Conservation of Energy, once my Pop-Tart starts to cool, is energy lost? Energy cannot be created or destroyed At a constant velocity, a 5kg bag of cement is pulled straight up a 7m wall. How much work is done by the puller? (Gravitational pull is 9.8m/s2, W(J)=F(N)*D(m) 343J Wh...

What are Darwin's three conditions for natural selection? 1) Heritable characters 2) Characters show variation between individuals 3) Differential fitness (= survival, reproduction) between individuals What is the definition of evolution? genetic change over time in a population Is all evolution caused by natural selection? no Is natural selection the only consistent force leading to adaptations? yes What types of evidence can be gathered for evolution? Fossil...