DCF Child Care 40-Hour Certification Exam Prep | Complete Study Guide with Practice Questions & Answers

DCF Child Care 40-Hour Certification
Exam Prep | Complete Study Guide with
Practice Questions & Answers




Why do childcare professionals observe and screen children? - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----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 - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----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 - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----is an ongoing process in which child care
professionals use specialized observation and documentation tools to identify,
document, and monitor typical development or possible developmental delay



Developmental milestones - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----are observable behaviors,
traits, skills, or abilities that typically appear at specific age ranges

,3 main reasons child care programs observe and screen children are to: - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER-----foster growth and development
- detect early signs of delay
-identify signs of child abuse or neglect



Early intervention - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----a system of services that helps
children who have a developmental disability or delay



Atypical - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----same as not typical or not expected



Mandatory Reporters - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----people that must identify
themselves and must report suspected abuse or neglect



Documented evidence - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----written data collected by the
program



Observation session - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----trained adult monitors a child as
they demonstrate identified skills or abilities within a developmental domain, in
their natural environment



Developmental Domain - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Characterize children's
skills and abilties


-Physical Health and Motor Development

,-Cognitive Development and General Knowledge
-Language and Communication
-Social and Emotional
-Approaches to learning



Natural Environment - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----places the child would
typically be such as home, the child care program, school, rather than a directors
office or doctors office.



Developmentally Appropriate Practice - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----research
based framework based on meeting children where they are individually,
chronologically, and culturally



Individualized Care - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----attention paid to a child that
recognizes and adapts to his or her unique character and physical emotional, and
cognitive traits.



Screening Session - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Trained adults identify and
measure specific skills and abilities as indicated by a screening instrument



Screening takes place - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----recurrently using an
instrument that is proven to be valid, accurate., and reliable



Family members involvement in screening - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----May be
active or passive, but always involved

, Benefits of Screening - ---✔✔✔ANSWER-----identify specific areas of
concern
-determine if assessment or evaluation may be necessary
-basis for referral
-give info to parents to make decisions
-open ongoing communication with parents and others



Assessment - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----an agency or organization gathers and
reviews multiple sources of info about a child's suspected or confirmed
developmental delay or disability and uses data to improve a child's outcomes



Evaluation - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----procedures used by qualifies personnel
that determines a child's eligibility for federal, state, and local programs and
services



Role as a child care professional - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Observation,
Screening and Referral



Guideline - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----general course of action taken to achieve a
desired result



Best Practice - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----specific action taken by experts in the
field to achieve a desired result