Caring for infants and older children at the same time in family child care is challenging. Family care professionals need to understand current licensing and research regarding infant care (birth - eleven months). This lesson presents strategies and examples of best practice for communication, supervision, programming, and infant care routines in a mixed-ability, home setting. Evaluate your current practices in relation to best practice policies to offer the best infant care possible. (2 hours)
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Objectives
- Name the state regulatory and national resources/organizations that establish standards of care for infants.
- Understand the relationship between basic regulatory standards and best practice goals in infant care.
- Describe typical infant development milestones (birth-eleven months) in cognitive, physical, and socio-emotional domains.
- Based on typical infant development, review 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.
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