Training & Technical Assistance

What are the Key Components of Quality?

Protection encompasses:
1. Health including nutrition, sanitation, personal hygiene, hand washing and education.

• Nutrition is provided and taught
• Sanitation is adequate and taught
• Personal hygiene including self help are included
• Hand washing and other measures to reduce the spread of disease are practiced
• Parent education materials and referrals are provided

2. Safety including avoiding injuries, supervision, prevention of abuse and neglect and education.

• Precautions are taken to avoid injury from mishaps (ex. avoiding access to- choking hazards, ‘keep out of reach of children’ items and provide resilient ground cover under fall zones)
• Supervision is appropriate
• Prevention of abuse and neglect is practiced
• Parent education materials are shared

Building Relationships encompasses:
1. Children with focus on separation, continuity of care, consistent care giver, positive approaches to discipline, and developing good social skills.

• Addressing separation from parents is handled appropriately
• Continuity of care; primary caregiver is consistent
• Positive approaches to discipline are practiced
• Develop social skills through supervised experiences

2. Parents with a focus on communication, building trust, support, education and anti-bias, cultural sensitivity and being tuned into the child’s community.

• Opportunities for communication are practiced- formal and informal
• Building trust over time
• Parent support and education
• Anti-bias approach, cultural sensitivity are integral to the program
• Providers being tuned into the child’s community

Opportunities for stimulation and learning by offering hand-on opportunities, open-ended materials and activities, schedule that works, language And concepts, balance of quiet and active play free choice

• Offering a variety of hands-on learning opportunities
• Activities that are appropriate for group and individual needs
• Many open-ended materials are available
• Schedule that handles routines gracefully and leaves ample time for activities
• Language related to activities
• Concepts brought out of play
• Developmentally appropriate practices
• Balance of quiet and active play
• Ample opportunities for free choice