
Assess your prior knowledge through true/false questions about home-based family childcare and sharing policies with parents. Explore professional development and regulatory requirements, plus provider agreements for receiving child care payments.
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Set up a safe, child-sized space with furniture and low bookcases. Use thrift stores and agency resources for materials, displays, menus, policies, and outdoor play.
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Explore state and national programs that support professional development for Louisiana family child care providers, including pathways, scholarships, and required competencies to earn the CTA credential.
Explore part two of the orientation, focusing on professionalism and compliance, record keeping for children and business records, and key resources to support daily planning and safety.
Apply sound business principles while prioritizing child development across physical, cognitive, social-emotional, and language domains; cover milestones, fine and gross motor skills, and health and safety.
Identify age-appropriate developmental milestones and adapt activities to each child's pace, supporting physical, cognitive, language, social and emotional growth through secure relationships and varied play.
Avoid television for children under two and do not use tv as a babysitter, while outlining teaching approaches that respect each child's developmental milestones, age, and routines.
Plan healthy meals for children with fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low fat dairy, and lean protein while managing allergies, sids prevention, shaken baby syndrome, and medication administration and transport safety.
The Family Child Day Care Home and In-Home Provider Orientation course is designed for all newly registered Family Child Day Care Home and In-Home Providers in Louisiana. This course is divided into two parts in which each part includes a series of lectures. In part 1, providers will understand their role as a Family Child Care Provider, gain information on setting up their child care environment, explore ideas on increasing their level of professionalism, identify tools to help them create a parent handbook, and understand how to maintain compliance with the Provider Agreement. In part 2, providers will gain information about required record-keeping procedures, become familiar with child development, learn how to create a daily schedule for children, and learn more about keeping children healthy and safe. This course is worth 4 training credit hours.