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Family Child Day Care Home and In-Home Provider Orientation
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Family Child Day Care Home and In-Home Provider Orientation

Understanding your role and responsibilities as a family home provider
Created byR. Manuel, Effie Toliver, Karen Powell
Last updated 4/2015
English
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What you'll learn

  • Understand role as an In-home and family home child care provider
  • Explore ideas on increasing level of professionalism
  • Gain information on setting up child care environment
  • Understand how to maintain compliance with the Provider Agreement
  • Become familiar with child development
  • Gain information about required Record-Keeping procedures
  • Learn more about keeping children healthy and safe

Course content

2 sections • 37 lectures • 2h 24m total length

  • Part 1 Introduction2:10

    Introduce part one of the family child care home and in-home provider orientation, covering four-hour structure, two segments, course creators, and access to regional child care resource and referral agencies.

  • Course Overview and Part 1 Objectives0:58

    Explore your role as a family child care home or in-home provider, learn how to set up your environment, boost professionalism, and create a parent handbook while understanding compliance.

  • Part 1 Pre-test2:54

    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.

  • Part 1 Course Components0:51

    Define role and responsibilities of a family child care home provider, covering professionalism, marketing, decorating home, setting up environment, policy development, and compliance items like background checks and first aid.

  • Introduction to Role of the Family Child Day Care Home Provider0:22

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  • Role of Family Child Day Care Home Provider4:24

    Explore the role of a family child care home provider as a professional, registered caregiver offering a safe, warm home-like setting that supports healthy development and partnerships with families.

  • Marketing Your Business7:37

    present yourself as a professional in family childcare and market your program through business cards, flyers, branding, word of mouth, and community outreach while obtaining parent permission for social media.

  • Separating Home from Business5:32

    Balance home and business by posting hours, safeguarding privacy, ensuring only you supervise unless staff pass criminal background checks, and maintaining a professional appearance and organized learning space.

  • Managing the Environment1:34

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  • Setting up the Environment5:01

    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.

  • Introduction to Creating Policies2:29

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  • Creating Polices8:43

    Create a professional parent handbook and contract that spell out policies and hours, enrollment procedures, holidays, absences, fees, meals, illness rules, behavior management, and termination.

  • Professional Development5:10

    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.

  • Provider Directory7:49

    Learn how to navigate the provider agreement and stay compliant with regulatory requirements for family child day care, including fire safety inspections, rate reporting, attendance logs, and mandated training.

  • Criminal Background Checks and Other Important Information5:39

    Understand mandatory criminal background checks for all adults in or working at your home, plus required CPR certification, security measures, and compliance steps for equipment installation, training, and ongoing records.

  • Compliance Scenarios and Recap7:00

    Explore common family childcare scenarios, from visitors and background checks to counting six children and safe transport, with a recap of compliant practices.

  • Part 1 Post-test6:13

    Explore essential policies, safety practices, and regulatory requirements for family child care home and in-home providers, including written procedures, permission for photos, supervision, professional development, and registration.

Requirements

  • Students will need paper and a pen/pencil to write responses to pre/post-test items, and to jot down notes.

Description

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.

Who this course is for:

  • Family Home and In-Home Child Care Providers in the state of Louisiana

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