Session 1

Session 1: Together with Families

Session Summary

Review Session 1 to prepare for writing the quiz. As you review, note the sections that connect with the following points:

• The greatest influence on a child is the family. As a child care provider, it is important that you work in partnership with families to ensure that each child’s needs are being met.
  
  
• It is important to understand challenges families can face and to not be judgemental.
  
  
• A positive relationship with the family is essential to a quality child care experience.
  
  
• By talking with the family, you learn about the child’s home environment and the child’s likes and dislikes.
  
  
• When the family talks with the child care provider, family members find out how the child’s days are spent and they learn more about the child’s interests and concerns and how to respond to them at home.
  
  
• Child care providers can also share with family members valuable information about child development or ideas for dealing with certain types of behaviour. This information is helpful to parents in raising their children.
  
  
• When families and child care providers work together, the environments of both the home and the child care program are enriched and become more supportive of the child.
  
  
• It is important to understand the barriers to positive relations between families and child care providers.
  
  
• It is important to work at reducing barriers to open communication.
  
  
• Problem-solving techniques should be used to work out differences between families and child care providers.
  
  
• There are many ways to enhance communication between parents and child care providers, including
  bulletin boards, newsletters, notes, and parent corners.

Session Quiz

Checking In

Contact your teacher to decide together when and where you will complete the Session 1 Quiz.