Safety
True or False: You can leave your pocketbook out, as long as there are no choking hazards or dangerous items inside.
What is False?
Regulation: 418 - 1.5 (aa) pg. 16
The following items must be used and stored in such a manner that they are not accessible to children: Handbags, backpacks, or briefcases belonging to adults; plastic bags; and toys and objects small enough for young children to swallow.
These two (health related) activities are performed as soon as a child enters the classroom.
What is hand washing and Daily Health Check?
VCLC adopted a positive behavior support system, the ________ _________. It is a comprehensive, multi-tiered framework of evidence-based practices that promotes the social, emotional, and behavioral development of young children.
What is the Pyramid Model?
(The emphasis of this framework is to support all children at the universal level, (Tier 1) thereby decreasing the need for more intensive intervention. Physical classroom design, visual schedule, transition routines, rules and expectations, etc.)
Children cannot be left without this at any time. It includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. This requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed.
What is Competent Supervision?
Your back should never be towards the children at all times.
Regulation: 418 - 1.8 (a) pg. 21
This is the first thing you need to do before handling a child's open wound or touching blood.
What is put on disposable gloves?
Protective caps, covers, or installed devices must be used to cover these.
What are Electrical Outlets?
All VCLC employees are these____________ as per NYS regulation and are required by law to report any suspicions of child abuse or maltreatment.
What are Mandated Reporters?
True or False: Photo Identification and the adult name listed on the child's paperwork are required before a child can be released to an unfamiliar adult?
What is true?
This can be used when soap and running water is not available?
What is hand sanitizer?
Regulation: 418 - 1.11 (i)(4)(ii) pg. 45
Hand sanitizer may be used by children, staff and volunteers on visibly clean hands. Package directions must be followed including supervision of children so that ingestion does not occur.
i. When soap and running water is not available and hands are visibly soiled, individual wipes may be used in combination with hand sanitizer.
Best Practice-Children should always be brought to a sink with soap and water.
True or False: Withholding food, rest or eliminating outdoor playtime is allowed due to challenging behavior from a child.
False: All of these are prohibited and are not allowed.
What must be stated positively, include a visual image and posted and visible to children in the classroom.
What are rules?
This must be kept covered and clean and emptied by our maintenance staff as needed.
What is garbage cans?
True or False: Staff and volunteers must take suitable precautions to prevent children from receiving burns caused by contact with hot liquids.
What is True?
Regulation 418 - 1.5(ac) pg 17
This includes hot coffee, hot tea, or any warmed beverage. Best practice suggests adults should only drink water in front of the children, and it must be labelled with your first and last name.
True or False; Proof of child abuse or maltreatment is necessary in order to make a call to the SCR?This means that a child's physical, mental, or emotional condition has been impaired or placed in imminent danger of impairment.
What is False.
You only need to have Reasonable Cause to Suspect. Based on your rational observations, professional training and experience you have a suspicion that a parent or person responsible for the child is harming that child or placing that child in imminent danger of harm.
Name something that must be repaired if it is damaged?
What is paint, plaster, toys, or furniture?
_____ must be available to children at all times and offered at intervals throughout the day.
What is drinking water?
True or False: Behavior Management must promote positive self-esteem in children and guide children in such a way as to help each child develop self-control.
What is True
Daily Double
What is it when staff carefully plan where they will position themselves on the playground to protect children from harm. This includes positioning themselves to see and hear all children?
What is zone Supervision?
Equipment that is frequently used or touched by children on a daily basis must be _________ and then __________ when soiled and at least once weekly.
What is cleaned and then disinfected or sanitized?
_______ must be turned off when not part of a planned developmentally appropriate program activity and during mealtime.
What is electronic media device- smartboard, IPAD.
i.e. The use of any type of electronic media device for social or entertainment purposes (phone, headphones, earbuds) while supervising children is prohibited.
This means that a child's physical, mental, or emotional condition has been impaired or placed in imminent danger of impairment.
What is Maltreatment?
An operable ________ must be kept in the classroom. Such equipment must be properly maintained for use in the event of a power failure.
What is a flashlight?
When disposable diapers are used, how should they be disposed of?
What is placed in a plastic bag and disposed in the diaper only pail.
These forms are used to document a student's challenging behavior.
What is Behavior Incident Form (BIR)?
On the attendance form in your red book, what must be completed daily? Name at least 4 out of 5
What is:
-attendance, including arrival and dismissal times,
-daily health check,
-Staff attendance,
-Therapy in/out
-Staff lunch in/out
All containers, cups and other individualized food items and personal hygiene items must be clearly marked with ____.
What is The Child's Complete Name? (first and last)
Regulation 418 - 1.12 (z) pg. 50
Programs must offer daily supervised _____ _____, except during inclement or extreme weather.
What is outdoor play?
This is when a parent or a person who is responsible for the child inflicts or allows an injury to be inflicted upon a child.
What is Child Abuse?
This document needs to be posted next to every doorway.
What is emergency evacuation plan (map).
Name at least 4 occurrences when children and staff are required to wash their hands.
1. Beginning of each day
2. When they are visibly dirty
3. After toileting or changing a diaper
4. Before & After food handling or eating
5. After handling pets or other animals
6. After contact with any bodily secretion or fluid
7. When coming in from outdoors
True or False: Physical Intervention is permitted.
What is True?
Physical Intervention is the act of using bodily contact as a short-term immediate response to prevent children from incurring substantial or serious injury to themselves or injuring others.
Physical restraint is not permitted. Physical restraint is the act of using force to limit a child's body movements for a lengthy period of time.
Reg: 418. 1.9 (i) (h)
Describe the processes of name to face attendance.
What is line children up and say each child's name aloud and look at their face.
Must be taken at regular intervals throughout the day, at every transition, and prior to leaving one area and arriving at anther.
Space must be provided so that children's _____ _____ may be stored separately.
What are Personal Items? Backpacks, clothing items, diapers.
Regulation 418 - 1.3(s) pg.9
OCFS states that evacuation drills must be conducted at least _________.
What is at least monthly.
(They must be conducted during various hours of operation)
Daily Double
What agency must you call if you suspect incidents of child abuse or maltreatment concerning a child.
What is the SCR- Statewide Cental Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment?
The SCR then relays the information to the local CPS Office