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Event Details

G/FDC: Health and Safety: Competencies for Becoming a Family or Group Family Day Care Provider

:130968
Quality Assured Tier 2
Saturday, March 25 - Tuesday, March 28, 2017  
03/25/2017 9:30 am to 2:30 pm
03/27/2017 9:30 am to 2:30 pm
03/28/2017 9:30 am to 2:30 pm
(15.00 Hours / 0.00 Additional Hours)

Description

Course ID 34299
Caring for children in family day care or group family day care program is a big responsibility. The health and safety of children in care is the highest priority for both the provider and for the New York State Office of Children and Family Services. To ensure that new providers are prepared for this responsibility, they must complete health and safety training approved by the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS). This requirement affects anyone applying to become a family or group family day care provider after March 5, 2001.

The course, Competencies for Becoming a Family or Group Family Day Care Provider, is a minimum of 15 hours and each module of training includes a written exam and/or a demonstration of skills.

Individual Providers can apply for a rebate up to $235 to offset the cost of this training. Rebate applications can be found here - http://www.ecetp.pdp.albany.edu/hs_rebate.shtm.

45 Laurel Street
 BuffaloBuffalo, NY 14209
County Erie

Registration

Event Fee
Registration Closed
Register By
3/22/2017
Required?
Yes

Contact

Tonie Rivera (Email)
45 Laurel Street
Buffalo, NY 14209
Phone (716) 602-8930

A Child Based Organization, Inc

Instructional Methods and Strategies

Case Scenarios/Case Studies
Demonstration and Practice
Games/Activities
Handouts
Hands-On Activities
Power Point Presentation
Q&A
Task Excercises
Video/CD/DVD

Assessment/Evaluation

Description

Caring for children in family day care or group family day care program is a big responsibility. The health and safety of children in care is the highest priority for both the provider and for the New York State Office of Children and Family Services. To ensure that new providers are prepared for this responsibility, they must complete health and safety training approved by the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS). This requirement affects anyone applying to become a family or group family day care provider after March 5, 2001.

The course, Competencies for Becoming a Family or Group Family Day Care Provider, is a minimum of 15 hours and each module of training includes a written exam and/or a demonstration of skills.

Individual Providers can apply for a rebate up to $235 to offset the cost of this training. Rebate applications can be found here - http://www.ecetp.pdp.albany.edu/hs_rebate.shtm.

15.00 Hours

Course Level

Quality Assured Tier 2

Professional Development Session

Course Category

Early Childhood

Quality Assured
SUNY Health and Safety

(10 Hours)
(2.5 Hours)
(2.5 Hours)

OCFS Training Topics

(2) Nutrition and Health (4 Hours)
(4) Safety and security procedures (3 Hours)
(5) Business record maintenance and management (1.5 Hours)
(6) Child abuse and maltreatment identification and prevention (2 Hours)
(7) Statutes and regulations pertaining to child day care (3 Hours)
(8) Statutes and regulations pertaining to child abuse and maltreatment (0.5 Hours)
(9) Education and information on the identification, diagnosis and prevention of shaken baby syndrome (1 Hour)

Family Child Care Providers

Infants
Toddlers
Preschoolers
School age