Family Child Care Home Entry Level Training
Introduction to Course
Welcome to Family Child Care Home Entry Level Training. This course will introduce you to the basics of being a family child care home operator.
Course Objectives
After taking this course you will be able to:
- Explain how to begin a child care business and how to adjust to the demands of providing child care in your home
- Define developmentally appropriate practice and describe how to implement it in your child care program
- Identify ways to plan your program to meet the needs of children
- Recognize methods to create productive relationships with children and their families
- Recall licensing requirements for family child care homes and indicate ways to meet the health, safety, and nutritional criteria
- Explain the importance of professional development and discuss how to hire qualified staff
This course is designed to give you a broad overview of how to operate a child care business out of your home. It will also provide tools and resources on different topics to expand your knowledge of child care.
The course will include quizzes to check your understanding of the material. These quizzes allow you to see the areas in which you are knowledgeable. They also show you areas for improvement. Please read the questions carefully and select the best answer. At the end of each unit there is a test that covers content from all of the lessons in the unit.
Course Material:
- Online Chapters
- Flash Presentations
- Quizzes and Tests
Modules
(FHELT) Unit 1
Lessons
- FHELT Pre-Test
- Introduction to Course
- Your Family Child Care Home Business
- Beginning a Family Child Care Home Business
- Is This Right for Me and My Family?
- How to Begin
- Oklahoma Licensing Requirements for Family Child Care Homes
- Oklahoma Licensing Requirements for Family Child Care Homes II
- Oklahoma Licensing Requirements for Family Child Care Homes III
- Oklahoma Licensing Requirements for Family Child Care Homes IV
- Local Regulations
- Homeowner’s Insurance
- Oklahoma Child Care Resource and Referral Association
- Family Child Care Home (FCCH) Associations
- Food Program
- Ethics and Legality
- Start-up Costs
- Balancing Work and Family
- Set Ground Rules
- Manage Your Time
- Try to Schedule Time Off
- Creating Contracts and Policies
- Contracts with Parents
- Written Policies
- Communicating and Enforcing Policies
- Unit 1: First
- Reducing the Risks of Running a Business
- Background Checks
- General Security
- Health and Safety Training
- Screening Families
- Establishing a Release Policy
- Liability Insurance
- Unit 1: Second
- Record Keeping
- Budgetary Issues and Taxes
- Income
- Taxes and Keeping Tax Records
- Marketing
- Community Relations
- Using Technology to Promote Your Business
- Unit 1: Third
(FHELT) Unit 2
Lessons
- Child Development and Developmentally Appropriate Practice
- Summary of Child Development
- Infants
- Toddlers
- Toddlers II
- Toddlers III
- Preschool
- Preschool II
- Preschool III
- School Age
- School Age II
- Unit 2: First
- Development and Children With Special Needs
- Early Learning Guidelines
- Developmentally Appropriate Practice
- The Provider’s Role
- Parent Input
- Activities
- Unit 2: Second
- Child Observation and Assessment
- Tools for Assessment
- Tools for Assessment II
- Special Needs
- Applying Children’s Assessments
- Unit 2: Third
(FHELT) Unit 3
Lessons
- Program Planning, Development, and Evaluation
- Philosophy, Goals, and Planning Multi-age Programs
- Planning the Day
- Planning the Day II
- Multi-age Grouping
- Multi-age Grouping II
- The Importance of Play
- Napping/Sleeping
- Transitions/Routines
- Unit 3: First
- Positive Guidance
- Working with Different Ages
- Guiding Behavior
- Guiding Behavior II
- Guiding Behavior III
- Guiding Behavior IV
- Guiding Behavior V
- Guiding Behavior VI
- Guiding Behavior VII
- Aggressive Behavior and Other Challenges
- Aggressive Behavior and Other Challenges II
- Aggressive Behavior and Other Challenges III
- Aggressive Behavior and Other Challenges IV
- Handling Stress
- Unit 3: Second
- Curriculum
- Anti-bias Curriculum
- Early Learning Guidelines
- Inclusive Programming
- Child Care and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Child Care and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) II
- The Environment
- Making the Home a Place for Learning
- Making the Home a Place for Learning II
- Making the Home a Place for Learning III
- Making the Home a Place for Learning IV
- Unit 3: Third
- Program Evaluation
- Environmental Rating Scales
- Environmental Rating Scales II
- Unit 3: Fourth
(FHELT) Unit 4
Lessons
- Relationships with Parents and Families
- Relationships with Families and Parents II
- Relationships with Families and Parents III
- Relationships with Parents and Families IV
- Relationships with Parents and Families V
- Relationships with Parents and Families VI
- Relationships with Parents and Families VII
- Relationships with Parents and Families VIII
- Family Involvement
- Family Support / Offering Support
- Family Support / Offering Support II
- Family Support / Offering Support III
- Family Support / Offering Support IV
- Parent Evalutions
- Parent Evaluations II
- Parent Evaluations III
- Unit 4: First
(FHELT) Unit 5
Lessons
- Health, Safety, and Nutrition
- Keeping Children Safe Indoors and Outdoors
- Keeping Children Safe Indoors and Outdoors II
- Evaluation of Indoor and Outdoor Space
- Evaluation of Indoor and Outdoor Space II
- Evaluation of Indoor and Outdoor Space III
- Evaluation of Indoor and Outdoor Space IV
- Unit 5: First
- Keeping Children Healthy
- Keeping Children Healthy II
- Preventing the Spread of Germs
- Preventing the Spread of Germs II
- Preventing the Spread of Germs III
- Preventing the Spread of Germs IV
- Administering Medication
- Plans for When Children Get Ill in Care
- Plans for Dealing with Medical Emergencies
- Resources
- Unit 5: Second
- Providing Healthy and Safe Meals and Snacks
- Providing Healthy and Safe Meals and Snacks II
- Providing Healthy and Safe Meals and Snacks III
- Providing Healthy and Safe Meals and Snacks IV
- Nutritious Foods
- Nutritious Foods II
- Nutritious Foods III
- Nutritious Foods IV
- Sharing Meals
- Food Programs and Resources
- Unit 5: Third
(FHELT) Unit 6
Lessons
- Staff Qualifications
- Oklahoma Licensing Requirements
- Oklahoma Licensing Requirements II
- Oklahoma Licensing Requirements III
- Qualifications of Caregivers
- Qualifications of Caregivers II
- Qualifications of Caregivers III
- Unit 6: First
- Core Knowledge and Skills for Early Childhood Practitioners
- Characteristics of Good Childcare Providers
- Hiring Assistants and Substitutes
- Recruit, and Collect Applications
- Recruit, and Collect Applications II
- Recruit, and Collect Applications III
- Oklahoma DHS Registry Information for FHELT