Ratios, Group Sizes, & Capacity
The maximum number of children allowed in a classroom/activity area/home based on the ages of the children in care.
What is Group Size? page 14
This is referred to as an active process that involves developmentally appropriate observation, listening, interacting, monitoring, and providing guidance while proactively minimizing risks to children.
What is child supervision? page 21
These requirements and systems are implemented simultaneously and continuously.
What is supervision requirements and accountability systems? page 32
These can be used as an accountability tool to determine who is in the facility and where.
What is Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV)? page 53
To support these requirements, programs shall provide CYP Professionals with an adequate number of color-coded shirts, sweatshirts, smocks., all containing the CYP logo.
What is to support LOSS requirements? page 63
1:4, 1:5, 1:7, 1:12, and 1:15 refers to ______ for each program type within CYP.
What is the required Staff: Child Ratio? page 15
This age group, while typically developing more refined fine and gross motor movements--have yet to develop depth perception or general awareness about safety hazards.
What are PreToddlers? page 22
Accountability for children is a 100% endeavor for the following.
Each CYP Professional, each child, and each moment. page 32
Navy policy requires that during program operating hours, all children, families, employees, contractors, visitors, and volunteers must enter and exit the CYP through these.
What is the program's front door ONLY? page 52
This color identifier is granted to CYP Professionals and contractors who have a favorable final suitability determination background check or have met reverification requirements.
What is the color green?
Management and Training Teams must observe the application of positioning strategies to ensure that direct care staff understand them and are implementing them consistently and effectively when implementing this staffing procedure.
What is Single Ratio Staffing? page 17
This supervision approach transforms the presence of a CYP Professional from a passive requirement into the application of effective skills that protect children.
What is active supervision? page 24
This practice must be performed of an entire area immediately before leaving an environment to ensure that no child is left behind and unsupervised after a transition.
What is a visual sweep (also known as a visual scan)? page 34
This must be done if the Operations Clerk does not recognize a parent when he/she comes to pick up a child.
What is check the parent's ID and compare it to the information on the child's registration form? page 53
This color identifier is granted to CYP Professionals and contractors who have pending suitability determination and are approved for provisional hire.
What is the color red? page 64
These individuals should be notified immediately if exceeding the room capacity is imminent and there is not a pre-determined plan of action.
What is the management team? page 20
Establishing trustful relationships and clarifying rules and expectations in order to empower youth to take ownership of their behaviors and participation is critical to this supervision strategy.
What is youth engagement. page 26
This act involves quick, simple, and vocal counting the number of children in care.
What is a head count? page 33
These individuals are responsible for signing in/out or clocking in/out at the beginning of their shifts, for authorized meal breaks, and at the end of their shifts.
What is all CYP staff members. page 55
CYP Professionals and contractors who sport the color purple have this type of suitability.
What is none, Navy CYP no longer utilizes the color purple as a color coded identifier?
This count is conducted to compare the amount of children in care to the number of CYP Professionals present to ensure that the requirement is being met.
What is staff: child ratios? page 37
This count must be performed by both the departing and the incoming CYP Professional BEFORE ANY staff transition in or out of ratio for any reason.
What is the staff transition count? page 37
This count is a quality assurance measure in which a designated CYP Professional conducts a head count in each classroom and compares that number to the Attendance Roster.
What is a verification count? page 38
An assigned CYP professional must follow which procedure to ensure that it is safe to close the facility.
What is conduct a thorough visual sweep of the building, making sure that all windows and external doors are locked, gates are secured, panic hardware alarms are operable and turned on, and no one remains in any room of the building? page 57
It is appropriate for a Military Family Life Counselor to work with a child individually when the parent and program have determined and agreed on the MFLC support services, the parent has signed the MFLC Parent Authorization form and...
What is the program has provided appropriate supervision within line of sight of a CYP Professional unless the parent is present? page 66