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Early Care & Learning and Afterschool Acronyms

Afterschool

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OAN Quality Self Assessment Tool (QSAT) Practical strategies gathered from the afterschool field to assist and support afterschool programs as they formalize and build upon existing improvement efforts to assure better experiences for everyone involved.
Quality Self Assessment Tool

Afterschool Core Knowledge and Competencies aims to increase the quality and professionalism of Ohio's afterschool programs. This document identifies the knowledge and skills that afterschool professionals must strive for if children in their care are to thrive.
Afterschool Core Knowledge and Competencies

Ohio Quality Guidelines for Ohio's Afterschool Programs can assist with setting benchmarks for providers serving children from elementary age through high school age, to use for self–assessment and quality improvement. The tool is also aimed toward program funders, both public and private, to use in evaluating programs and/or quality–improvement initiatives for funding purposes.
Ohio Quality Guidelines for Ohio's Afterschool Program

Ohio Kids on the Move: Physical Activity Guidelines for Afterschool Programs is a collaboration between the Ohio Afterschool Network (OAN) and the Ohio Department of Health (ODH). These guidelines are not requirements, but rather recommendations to support afterschool programs with activities and resources to increase the physical activities of their children.
Ohio Kids on the Move: Physical Activity Guidelines for Afterschool Programs

SUTQ Coordinator and Technical Assistance Directory is designed to share contact information about the Step Up To Licensing Specialists and the Child Care Resource & Referral Association's staff who provide technical assistance to programs participating in SUTQ. This directory can be used to become better acquainted with one another and can serve as a resource when you are in the field.
SUTQ Coordinator and Technical Assistance Directory

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Healthy Child Care Ohio (HCCO)

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Local Child Care Resource & Referral Agency

PD Track is an online tool that allows professionals to search and register for statewide trainings delivered by multiple agencies.

Community Health Departments provide a wide range of information and services. Locate your local health department.

Ohio Department of Health – www.odh.ohio.gov

Ohio Department of Mental Health – www.mh.state.oh.us

Prevent Blindness Ohio and Wise About Eyes provides information on vision screening, training and vision health and safety. – ohio.preventblindness.org

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Information for the health and well-being of all children – www.aap.org

Choking hazards – www.aap.org/publiced/BR_Choking.htm

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ) Health and safety topics – www.cdc.gov

Overweight and obesity – www.cdc.gov/obesity

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Infant & Toddler (I/T)

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Ohio's Infant and Toddler Guidelines–Early Experiences Last a Lifetime captures infant/toddler development in three distinct ages of infancy throughout six developmental domains.
Ohio's Infant & Toddler Guidelines

The Standards of Care & Teaching for Ohio's Infants and Toddlers identifies six program standards that are essential for early care and education programs to establish and maintain to support the development and learning of infants/toddlers. It builds on Ohio's current licensing standards to promote positive outcomes for infants and toddlers.
Ohio Infant & Toddler Standards of Care

Ohio's Infant & Toddler Field Guide–Strengthening Professional Practices of Infant Toddler Care Teachers presents 69 vignettes, or scenarios, that capture a moment in time in an infant/toddler program based on real–life child care challenges. The vignettes enable readers to “see” and “hear” children and teachers during play, learning and routines. Each vignette poses questions and teaching practices to address the challenging issue. Then the vignette is revised depicting a more developmentally appropriate child–teacher encounter. Vignettes address infant (Birth 8 months), mobile infant ( 6–18 months), and toddler (16–36 months).
Ohio's Infant & Toddler Field Guide : User Guide
Ohio's Infant & Toddler Field Guide : Infant (Birth–8 months) Section
Ohio's Infant & Toddler Field Guide : Mobile Infant (6-18 months) Section
Ohio's Infant & Toddler Field Guide : Toddler (16-36months) Section

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Preschool

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Ohio Early Childhood Core Knowledge and Competencies aims to increase the quality and professionalism of Ohio's early childhood programs. This document identifies the knowledge and skills that early childhood professionals must strive for if children in their care are to thrive.
Ohio Early Childhood Core Knowledge and Competencies

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