Types of EC Programs
Observing Children
Birth to Age 2
Toddlers/Preschoolers
Special Needs
100

Facilities that offer full day children's programs

What is Childcare Centers?

100
Process of observing, recording, and documenting children's growth and behavior

What is assessment?

100

Strong emotional connection that develops between people

What is attachment?

100

Reciting numbers in their proper order

What is rote counting?

100
Needs for special care caused by an illness that persists over a period of time

What is chronic health need?

200

Sponsored at the state level for 3 & 4 year olds, high quality, literacy rich environment

What is Universal Pre-Kindergarten?

200

Characteristics and behaviors considered normal for children in specific age groups

What are developmental milestones?

200

An automatic body response to a stimulus

What is a reflex?

200
Ability to speak in clearly pronounced sounds

What is articulation?

200

Directing a parent to obtain a diagnosis from a professional when a problem exists with a child

What is referral?

300

Federally funded program that provides child care and education for 4 & 5 year olds from low income families

What is Head Start?

300

Planned to record the degree to which a quality or trait is present

What is rating scale?

300

Refers to the quality or intensity of emotional reactions

What is temperament?
300

Repeating sounds or words and pausing for unusually long periods of time

What is stuttering?

300

Problems with one or more basic skills of learning (poor memory skills, trouble following directions, poor coordination)

What is learning disability?

400

Standards set to ensure that uniform and safe practices are followed

What are Licensing Rules and Regulations?

400

Designed to record the presence or absence of specific traits or behaviors

What is a checklist?

400

Refers to the order in which a child is able to perform new movements

What is motor sequence?

400
Ability to produce language forms and to express thoughts

What is expressive language?

400

Term used to refer to an education setting in which children with and without special needs are integrated

What is inclusion?

500

Self education, where children "learn how to learn" and explore materials that are meant to instruct

What is Montessori Approach?

500

The simplest form of direct observation, a brief narrative account of a specific incident

What is anecdotal record?

500

Memory and goal oriented thinking where infants think objects still exist even if they cannot see them

What is object permanence?

500
Qualities a child believes they possess, a result of beliefs, feelings, and perceptions a child has of him or herself as part of the world.

What is self concept?

500

Federal law requiring all states to provide education for children who are developmentally delayed

What is Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)?

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