Infant-Toddler Development
Characteristics of a DAP Infant-Toddler Room
Space: Infant-Toddler Environment
Specific Areas
Adaptations for Children with Special Needs
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What did Piaget call the stage before the age of 2, when children learn by experiencing their environment with all their senses?
What is the sensorimotor period.
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What is synchrony?
What is a bidirectional interaction that is responsive to the baby's needs.
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What are the 6 criterion for supervision of sleeping infants as per the NAEYC?
What is 1) Teachers must be capable of hearing and seeing all sleeping children, 2) Visual check every 5 minutes, 3) Must be able to respond quickly, 4) Sound monitors may be used, 5) Video monitors cannot replace visual checks, 6) Infants must be placed to sleep on their backs.
100
What does the psychosocial area povide for?
What is interactions between adults and children and among the children themselves.
100
What can infants and toddlers with special needs benefit from?
What is mainstreaming.
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What did Erik Erikson call the stage from birth until one year of age in which infants are learning to trust themselves and others?
What is trust vs. mistrust.
200
Why do parents need to be involved?
What is to manage their anxiety about placing their infant in child care.
200
What do infants and toddlers use to explore their environment and to organized information about the world around them?
What is their senses.
200
During what year do children learn to use words to express their ideas, thoughts, and feelings?
What is during the second year.
200
Name 4 things a quaility program will provide for children with special needs.
What is 1) albums with photos fo the children and their families, 2) picutres at the children's eye level, 3) books adults can read to or share with children, 4) activities children need to optimize their development.
300
Babies with the strongest attachments to parents or caregivers are the most comfortable doing what?
What is moving away from their caregiver, while still returning at intervals for reassurance.
300
What is the first step (in a child care center) toward encouraging children to use language skills?
What is choosing caregivers who have good language skills themselves.
300
What are 2 ways to support cultural diversity in the classroom?
What is providing books and pictures of families from other cultures, decorating with cultural objects, playing ethnic musics or singing folk songs, and using mirrors.
300
What 2 areas do we need to consider when planing space for large motor activities?
What is indoor and outdoor.
300
What should a director do before planning an environment or program for children with special needs?
What is seek out community resources and consultation.
400
At about what age do infants begin to express some anxiety over seperation?
What is 9 months.
400
What is "especially important to infants and toddlers" regarding staff?
What is consistency.
400
Why do infants and toddlers require flexibility?
What is because they are growing and changing so rapidly.
400
What do fine motor activities help children do?
What is strengthen their small muscles such as their fingers and hands.
400
What basic need is especially important for children with special needs?
What is attainment of control over themselves and their environment.
500
About when does the child's ability to tell others exactly what is needed develop?
What is about the second year.
500
What should the environment of an infant-toddler program be like?
What is safe, while allowing the maximum possibility for exploration.
500
Name 3 safety precautions to be taken in an infant-toddler classroom.
What is secure heavy furniture, cover electrical outlets, pad sharp corners on furniture, check for thing that might entrap a baby's head, use gates or grates, and always have a telephone or intercom in the room.
500
What will a well set up diapering area foster?
What is significant social play and interaction.
500
In order to achieve mastery, the environment should:
What is 1) be appropriate for each child's capabilities, 2) offer challenges while also ensuring success, 3) be safe, 4) provide appropriate sensory stimulation, 5) provide an assortment of tactile materials, 6) provide auditory material, and 7) include orthopedic equipment.
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