WKU Family Child Care Network

Register for Caring For Infants In a Mixed-age Family Child Care Setting

Location: Online, Live Zoom Training
Audience: Family Child Care Providers
The cost of this training is $5.00.

Join us for a 1 hour live Zoom Caring For Infants In a Mixed-age Family Child Care Setting training.

Caring for infants and older children at the same time in a family child care home can be very challenging. While it is important for family child care professionals to understand current licensing regulations regarding caring for all ages, it is also important to be aware of current research specific to infant care (birth to eleven months). This training presents strategies and examples of best practice for communication, supervision, programming, and infant care routines in a family child care setting with different ages and abilities.  This training will help you evaluate your current practices in relation to best practices to offer the best infant care possible.


Training Outcomes:

• Understand the relationship between basic regulatory standards and best practice goals in infant care.
• Describe some typical infant development milestones (birth-eleven months) in cognitive, physical, and socio-emotional domains.
• State examples of best infant care practices in a mixed-age, home setting.
• Evaluate current infant care practices and determine if/what improvements should be made to meet infants' development needs through best care practices.

Trainer:
Tracy Sizemore, Family Child Care Specialist
Training Level: 1
Core Content: Program Management and Evaluation
CDA Subject Area: Planning a safe, healthy learning environment and Principles of child development and learning

Directions:
The Zoom link will be emailed at least 24 hours before the start of the event.
Please make sure that you log in with your first and last name so that you can receive credit for the training. 

Technology Guidelines: https://www.wku.edu/fccn/training/guidelines.php

For questions regarding this training, please contact us at (800) 621-5908 or fccnkyinfo@wku.edu


The Family Child Care Network at WKU
270-745-2216
800-621-5908
fccnkyinfo@wku.edu

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