Financial assistance received by a grantee from the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to administer a Head Start program pursuant to the Head Start Act.
What is a grant?
100
30 college credit hours in ECE classes or an Early Childhood Professional Credential Level II Certificate.
What is a Center Director Certificate?
100
If a child refuses food, staff and parents are encouraged to offer such food again at some future time. Children may require a number ofexposures to new food before accepting it.
What steps are taken to encourage children to try new foods?
200
To enhance bonding and to establish a sense of security as well as to preventing choking, ear infections, or dental problems such as baby bottle tooth decay.
Why are infants held while being fed and not laid down to sleep with a bottle?
200
Nurse and Parent Child Advocate
Who completes the pre-natal home visit with mom and baby?
200
Use of child-resistant covers, installation of child-protection outlets, or use of safety plugs.
What is preventing electrical shock?
200
All information obtained about children, families and employees is to be held in confidence. Only to be shared on a "need to know" basis with other employees and/or professional consultants providing services to children, families or employees.
What is the confidentiality policy?
200
These activities are done throughout the day, art activities, sand and water play, blocks building, shape sorting, feeding, solving puzzles, exploring textures, stringing beads.
What are motor activities for preschool-age children?
300
Be a learner or be a cheerleader!
What can Dad's do?
300
Food, Housing, EHS, United Way/211, etc.
(What ever resources the family might need at that time.)
What resource information is given to the Mom from the Advocate?
300
Storage of soiled diapers in containters separate from other waste.
Provide a sufficient number of diaper containers to hold all of the diapers that accumulate between periods of removal from premises.
Use separately labeled containers for disposable diapers.
What are the procedures for the disposal of soiled diapers?
300
Officers, employees, or any person acting as an agent for MHM may not accept gratuities, favors or anything of monetary value from contractors or potential contractors.
What is the Gifts/Gratuities policy?
300
Teachers acknowledge feelings, verbalize feelings, listen to all sides, anticipate and redirect challenging behavior when needed.
How do teachers engage children in problem-solving strategies and support positive guidance?
400
False
True or False
Breast fed babies have a higher risk of other childhood problems like diabetes, obesity and cancer.
400
Nurse
Who completes the PHQ 9 questionaire and baby assessment at the pre-natal home visit?
400
35 square feet indoors and at least 75 square feet space per child.
What is the usable indoor and outdoor play space per child?
400
The results of this tool are used to identify staff training and professional development needs, and assist each staff member in improving his/her skills and professional competencies.
What is a Performance Appraisal?
400
15 %
What is the percent that can be charged to Head Start for Administrative costs?
The post natal visit must be completed within _________ weeks once the baby is born.
500
Prohibiting the use of tobacco, alcohol, and illegal drugs on MHM property, educating families about the harmful effects of smoking, including secondhand smoke on children. Protecting children from the harmful effects of pesticides, herbicides, fungicides or unhealthy chemicals.
What is an environment free of toxins?
500
This resource can help with stress and burnout along with helping plan for a party, moving, legal matters, counseling and financial matters to name a few.
What is the Employee Assistance Program or EAP?
500
Staff must report directly to their Program Director/Immediate Supervisor any suspected/reported child abuse or neglect by a parent, guardian, child, or other adult.
What steps do you take if you suspect child abuse or neglect?