Deck 11: Responsive Programs: Quality, Health, Safety, and Nutrition

Question 1

Structural variables that affect the quality of programs for infants and toddlers refers to features such as:

A) adult to child ratios and group sizes
B) the curriculum implementation
C) comforting children when they are distressed
D) the funding source of the program

Answer 1

adult to child ratios and group sizes

Question 2

It is important that infant-toddler teachers pay attention to quality structural variables because:

A) handwashing is important
B) they increase the salaries of infant-toddler teachers
C) they support responsive caregiving
D) infant-toddler teacher warmth is important

Answer 2

they support responsive caregiving

Question 3

Laney and the other infant-toddler teachers in the infant room decided that each child needed a special relationship with a caring teacher who tried to be the one to rock, feed, and diaper the baby. They were developing a system of:

A) continuity of care
B) process care
C) primary care
D) principal care

Answer 3

primary care

Question 4

Continuity of care is an important practice because:

A) better ratios result in less distressed infants and toddlers
B) infant-toddler teachers may feel more competent with specific age groups
C) infants and toddlers feel stress when relationships are repeatedly disrupted
D) small group sizes promote children's emotional well-being

Question 5

Which of the following is likely to happen when infant-toddler teachers acquire more education?

A) Turnover is higher because infant-toddler teachers move to different jobs
B) Infant-toddler teachers become less warm
C) Children are encouraged to be dependent
D) Children have better outcomes

Question 6

Process variables that affect the quality of programs include:

A) Responsive caregiving
B) Cultural and linguistic discontinuity
C) Meeting the needs of the group
D) Group size

Question 7

The primary defense against illness in a program for children is:

A) sanitizing toys
B) diapering correctly
C) handwashing
D) giving medication properly

Question 8

Diapers should be changed:

A) every two hours
B) when infants or toddlers cry or complain
C) when children are wet or soiled
D) when a care teacher smells that a child should be changed

Question 9

One of the most challenging aspects of promoting safety and preventing injuries is:

A) choosing age appropriate toys
B) being vigilant at all times
C) scanning the environment
D) keeping balloons, popcorn, peanuts, hot dogs, grapes, gums, and hard candies away from babies

Question 10

To be safe, infants should always sleep:

A) on their sides
B) on their backs (supine)
C) on their tummies (prone)
D) in the position that is comfortable to them

Question 11

When a child does not gain weight one of the possible factors that infant-toddler teachers need to consider is:

A) that the child needs time outdoors
B) that the child is not hungry
C) physical and emotional abuse
D) that the child is eating too much "fast food"

Question 12

If infants or toddlers are wary, hesitant, easily tired, less attentive or playful than other children, one of the factors that infant-toddler teachers need to consider is that the child is:

A) eating too much salt
B) iron deficiency
C) eating too much sugar
D) magnesium deficiency

Question 13

When Dawson's wise infant-toddler teacher sat with the toddlers, talked with them, and helped them serve themselves more food, she was primarily thinking about:

A) the safety of the children
B) the social environment of feeding
C) the safe handling of food and utensils
D) good nutrition

Question 14

An instrument such as the ITERS is used to:

A) evaluate and improve the quality of programs
B) monitor whether programs are providing the required services
C) determine if programs are meeting state requirements
D) provide accreditation

Question 15

The ratios required by licensing may vary:

A) by county
B) by program within a state
C) by state
D) according to a tiered quality rating system

Question 16

The Infant CLASS and Q-CCIIT assess:

A) classroom cleanliness
B) home-visitor efficacy
C) creativity in the environment
D) sensitivity of infant-toddler teacher's interactions

Question 17

Licensing of child care and learning programs:

A) assures all children are receiving high quality care
B) is tightly enforced
C) often provides minimal requirements for safety
D) is done federally through the CCDF

Question 18

Accreditation by a national professional organization requires:

A) an in-depth self-study and a validation visit
B) a recommendation from that state's CCDF administrator
C) long-term outcome studies on children they have served
D) a good score on the ITERS-R

Question 19

Funding to subsidize the cost of child care comes from:

A) QRIS
B) CCDF
C) ITERS
D) NAEYC

Question 20

Human milk is the best food for infants because:

A) it carries immune agents and is well absorbed
B) formula is too expensive for young families
C) infants can't swallow cereal until they are 4-6 months
D) drinking from bottles leads to tooth decay

Question 21

List all of the structural variables and describe how several of them affect process variables.

Question 22

Why are health and safety issues of particular importance in group care?

Question 23

What questions might you ask a health consultant to an infant-toddler program?