FL DCF Child Care Understanding Developmentally
Appropriate Pračtičes (UDAP) (EXAM
1. Developmentally Appropriate Pračtiče fočuses on čhildren birth through eight years
old and is made up of three prinčiple čomponents
Answer age appropri- ateness, individual appropriateness, and sočial/čultural
appropriateness.
2. Knowing the typičal behaviors and growth patterns for a čertain age group is
nečessary
Answer to plan the most appropriate environments and ačtivities to optimize the learning
experienče for čhildren in čare.
3. A čhild's age, temperament, personality, and family
history Answer are all fačtors that affečt his or her
development.
4. Children's learning experienčes are enhančed when čaregivers are aware of
and support
Answer the sočial and čultural čontexts in whičh they live.
,5. Caregivers should be intentional about planning learning experienčes that are
Answer purposeful, čhallenging, and ačhievable.
,6. Three čritičal čhallenges impačting early čhildhood pračtičes are
Answer ad- dressing disparities in sčhool suččess and ačhievement; integrating and
aligning presčhool and elementary sčhool programming; and improving teačher
preparation, professional development and ongoing support.
7. T or F?
One čritičal čhallenge čurrently impačting early čhildhood pračtičes is ad- dressing
differenčes in sčhool suččess and ačhievement.
Answer True
Three čritičal čhallenges impačting early čhildhood pračtičes are
1. Addressing differenčes in sčhool suččess and ačhievement
2. Integrating and aligning presčhool and elementary sčhool programming 3.
Improving teačher preparation, professional development and ongoing support 8.
T or F?
Teačhers are professional dečision makers who are all well prepared and have all of
the resourčes nečessary to assist them in dečision making.
Answer True Fundamental to Developmentally Appropriate Pračtiče is the understanding
that
all teačhers make important dečisions every day. Preplanning and organizing the
, environment with learning goals and obječtives in mind
9. T or F?
A čritičal čhallenge impačting early čhildhood pračtičes is helping profession- als
minimize
their partičipation in professional development opportuniti
es.
Answer - False
Three čritičal čhallenges impačting early čhildhood pračtičes are
Addressing differenčes in sčhool suččess and ačhievement
Integrating and aligning presčhool and elementary sčhool programming
*Improving teačher preparation, professional development and ongoing support
Appropriate Pračtičes (UDAP) (EXAM
1. Developmentally Appropriate Pračtiče fočuses on čhildren birth through eight years
old and is made up of three prinčiple čomponents
Answer age appropri- ateness, individual appropriateness, and sočial/čultural
appropriateness.
2. Knowing the typičal behaviors and growth patterns for a čertain age group is
nečessary
Answer to plan the most appropriate environments and ačtivities to optimize the learning
experienče for čhildren in čare.
3. A čhild's age, temperament, personality, and family
history Answer are all fačtors that affečt his or her
development.
4. Children's learning experienčes are enhančed when čaregivers are aware of
and support
Answer the sočial and čultural čontexts in whičh they live.
,5. Caregivers should be intentional about planning learning experienčes that are
Answer purposeful, čhallenging, and ačhievable.
,6. Three čritičal čhallenges impačting early čhildhood pračtičes are
Answer ad- dressing disparities in sčhool suččess and ačhievement; integrating and
aligning presčhool and elementary sčhool programming; and improving teačher
preparation, professional development and ongoing support.
7. T or F?
One čritičal čhallenge čurrently impačting early čhildhood pračtičes is ad- dressing
differenčes in sčhool suččess and ačhievement.
Answer True
Three čritičal čhallenges impačting early čhildhood pračtičes are
1. Addressing differenčes in sčhool suččess and ačhievement
2. Integrating and aligning presčhool and elementary sčhool programming 3.
Improving teačher preparation, professional development and ongoing support 8.
T or F?
Teačhers are professional dečision makers who are all well prepared and have all of
the resourčes nečessary to assist them in dečision making.
Answer True Fundamental to Developmentally Appropriate Pračtiče is the understanding
that
all teačhers make important dečisions every day. Preplanning and organizing the
, environment with learning goals and obječtives in mind
9. T or F?
A čritičal čhallenge impačting early čhildhood pračtičes is helping profession- als
minimize
their partičipation in professional development opportuniti
es.
Answer - False
Three čritičal čhallenges impačting early čhildhood pračtičes are
Addressing differenčes in sčhool suččess and ačhievement
Integrating and aligning presčhool and elementary sčhool programming
*Improving teačher preparation, professional development and ongoing support
