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Attempting to view your center from the standpoint of the children who attend it is known as:

A bottom-up approach.

A medical home means:

A concepts or approach to providing healthcare services

How does a key claim differ from a key proof?

A key proof provides some evidence to support a key claim.

What is the chief difference between licensing and accreditation?

Accreditation has higher standards than licensing.

If your center is able to practice phased enrollment, this technique is beneficial to:

All of the above

To reduce the amount of infections spread from one child to another, children should wash their hands.

All of the above

Which of the following is a good principle of customer service?

All of the above

How does the Reggio Emilia approach view children?

As capable, competent people who have a right to learn at their own pace.

The parenting style of a mother who always tells her son, just because whenever he asks why he has to do something would most likely be classified by Diana Baumrind as:

Authoritarian

What is a primary reason for assigning a primary caregiver to each infant or toddler in care?

Babies need extended contact with the same caregiver.

The term servicescape means:

Both physical and social environment of your center

Menus that have a predictable 15- to 20-day sequence of foods that are offered over and over are known as:

Cycle Menus

How do recommendations of the division for early childhood (known as DEC) of the council for exceptional children differ from the guidelines of NAEYC?

DEC guidelines focus specifically on children who have disabilities or who are at risk for acquiring disabilities.

The parents of one of the children at your center insist that they do not want their child to eat the centerâ s food. Instead, they send food with the child. Unfortunately, the meals that they send consistently fail to meet the nutritional guidelines that you have to follow. What is the best thing for you to try first?

Discuss the problem with the parents.

In Reggio Emilia, the practice with meals is to:

Eat at tables, with the children in charge of table settings and seating arrangements

Food is such a small part of a center's operating expenses that monitoring its costs is not worth the effort.

False

Someone that you have not seen before arrives at your center. She says that she is Audrie's aunt and has come to pick her up.Although your records do not show that she is authorized to pick up anyone at your center, Audrie seems to recognize her. It is all right to let Audrie leave with this person.

False

The regulations governing childcare are uniform throughout the entire United States.

False

When is comes to decisions about what children should eat, advertising and peer pressure are much less potent forces than the guidance of parents.

False

You do not have to worry parents of children at your center by telling them of every little bump or bruise that their children might get during the day.

False

A developmentally appropriate program believes that children need intensive instruction in the areas in which they are weak.

False.

A developmentally appropriate program believes that if children are allowed to think for themselves, they will develop wrong ways of thinking that will hurt them later in school.

False.

Because a newsletter costs so much to produce, it is wise to send it only to the families of the children in your center.

False.

Dull, routine information about such things as the history of the center and its philosophy are normally not included in a family handbook.

False.

For parents visiting a center before enrolling their child, large-group orientations are more effective than individual visits.

False.

In considering issues of childrenâ s health and safety, having the children immunized against childhood diseases is not really necessary.

False.

In order to become a Reggio Emilia certified school, the manager of the school must study in Italy.

False.

NAEYC accreditation has to do only with standards for physical space, nutrition, and teacher qualifications. It has nothing to do with how a center is administered.

False.

The Childrenâ s Health Insurance Program enacted in 2009 forbids the use of tax dollars for medical care of children in low-income families.

False.

The mother of one of your centerâ s children is a skilled carpenter. She volunteers to come in on a weekend to help build new storage shelves. You should decline her offer because it probably means that she will later expect special treatment for her child.

False.

When evaluating food service, as long as the children are eating the food and it does not cost too much, that is all that you need to worry about.

False.

You should let an answering machine field all calls from prospective clients. If you answer yourself, youâ ll give the impression of not caring about the children.

False.

If you shadow a boy in your center for a day, you:

Follow him and keep a record of what he says and does.

The Montessori approach calls children's play work because:

It shows respect for the children's activities

The primary purpose of having group parent meetings is to:

None of the above

What does a CCR&R agency do?

None of the above.

How does marketing differ from public relations?

Public relations aims at a broader audience than marketing does.

A manager tells one of her teachers, Good job of breaking up that argument. Later in the day she witnesses a similar incident and says, I appreciate how well you listened to what both of the children had to say. Which of these statements is true of her actions?

The first time she was engaging in praise, and the second time in encouragement.

Which of the following statements is NOT true of the NAEYC accreditation standards?

The program stresses academics, to prepare each child for kindergarten.

How does the thematic approach differ from the project approach?

The project approach stems from what the children appear to be interested in.

Montessoriâ s idea of the prepared environment means that:

The school has child-sized furnishings and materials displayed on low shelves

A child comes to your center with a fever of 101.6 degrees. You should not let the child stay that day.

True

Being accredited by an agency like NAEYC is a good thing to mention in the publicity for your center.

True

Child-care providers are required by the law to report any suspended incidents of child abuse

True

Licensing standards vary from state to state.

True

Observational assessments are likely to be more authentic than assessments using standardized instruments.

True

Your center should monitor carefully everyone who comes into the facility

True

Your public relations is likely to be most successful if you think in terms of the widest audience possible.

True

A parentâ s insistence that her child eat only vegetarian meals can create a conflict that requires imagination to resolve.

True.

Before deciding on kitchen and other food service equipment, you should always know what might be required by your stateâ s licensing regulations.

True.

Guidelines established by the NAEYC require that centers give parents an active voice in decisions about how their children are cared for.

True.

If state standards focus intently on development in one domain, there is a danger that the result may be to neglect other domains are equally important.

True.

If youâ re good at public relations literacy but donâ t know how to apply what you discover, you arenâ t very good at public relations competency.

True.

In case of possible abuse or neglect, it is critical that families know your policies in advance.

True.

In good marketing, it is important to know a lot about the programs that you are competing with.

True.

It is a good idea to have a written policy specifying when your staff may administer prescription medications to the children at the center.

True.

It is important to consider a familyâ s cultural background when dealing with food-related issues.

True.

Smoke alarms are good equipment to have in child-care facilities.

True.

Standards set a minimum level of quality for a particular purpose.

True.

The parents of the children at your center can be some of your best public relations representatives.

True.

When adults disregard what children are interested in and attempt to teach them things that they will need later in school, there is a real danger that what really happens is that the childrenâ s development will be slowed.

True.

When feeding an infant, the baby should be held to promote one-on-one contact.

True.

When they begin kindergarten, children who have been in childcare are much more likely to be obese than children who have not been in child care.

True.

Mandatory minimum standards for the nutritional content of meals in a childcare facility have been set by:

USDA.

The work of Elena Bodrova and Deborah Leong draws heavily on the theories of:

Vygotsky.

Many early childhood professionals believe that a strong reliance on standardized tests:

Will overshadow the importance of social, emotional and physical development

A medical home means:

a concept or approach to providing healthcare services.

NAEYC accreditation standards require:

a satisfactory score on 80% of the items.

The most important factor in protecting childrenâ s safety is:

adequate supervision.

Normally, licensing regulations require that when people enroll a child in child development programs, they have to be provided with written policies on:

all of the above.

Under which of the following conditions should a child be sent home?

all of the above.

When it comes to scheduling time for various activities, play is considered:

an activity that is absolutely essential to children's development.

Sometimes children are allergic to specific foods, such as peanuts. If a parent says that her daughter has a food allergy, you should:

ask for physicianâ s statement confirming the allergy and then post a note alerting the staff not to serve that food to the child.

In 1995, a Cost, Quality and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers Study found that in the United States, most centers provided care that was:

bad to barely average.

A child who becomes sick during the day should:

be kept separate from others and sent home when her parents arrive.

Cultural responsiveness means:

being able to communicate and work together with people from differing backgrounds.

In deciding when a child is ready to be toilet trained and how it should be done, you should:

confer with the parents and reach agreement.

Many center directors view licensing representatives as government bureaucrats whose job is to watch child-care centers closely. In reality, though, it is best to:

cultivate relations with your licensing representative.

The Program Administration Scale devised by Talon and Bloom:

is broader in scope than many other scales.

Consumers who are not very knowledgeable about child-care issues have the effect of:

lowering incentives to offer high-quality programs.

In contrast to assessment, evaluation:

measures how well a program is doing.

At meal times, an adult should sit and eat with each group of children in order to:

meet socialization goals

If a child does not want to eat the food put before her at your center, you should:

none of the above.

Interesting, enriching experiences for children are most likely to happen if we:

plan activities carefully after noticing what excites their interest.

If you suspect that a child at your center is being abused at home, you are legally required to:

report your suspicions to legal authorities.

Young children sometimes experience catastrophic events, such as a natural disaster, an act of great violence or having a military parent deployed overseas. When such situations arise, a caregiver should:

talk with the children about their fears.

The educational philosophy of the early childhood programs of Reggio Emilia in Italy holds that:

teachers, parents and children are partners in learning.

In performing evaluations of your staff members, it is best to use a system:

that the staff are able to review in advance.

According to recent research in the United States, the most important factor for childrenâ s success in school is:

the involvement of their parents in their education.

In the example in this chapter, the solution to the time and space management issues created by the infant-toddler group and the 3-to-5-year-old group sharing outside time in the same location was building a fence to protect the infant-toddler group. This was a good solution because:

the solution allowed both teachers to find common ground and agree on a resolution.

According to the survey done by the Cost, Quality, & Child Outcomes Team, most parents:

think that their children's childcare is better than it really is.

If parents want to visit a center before enrolling their child in it, they should be encouraged:

to come during operating hours, but to come without their child.

For safe transport of children, it is essential to:

use approved child-restraint devices.