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Accessibility: Refers to the availability of child care when and where a family needs it.
Accreditation: A process through which child care programs voluntarily meet specific and higher standards to receive endorsement from a professional agency. The National Association of the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the National Accreditation Commission for Early Care and Education Programs (NAC) are among the top two organizations that offer accreditation programs for child care.
Accommodation: Refers to an alteration of environment, curriculum format, or equipment that allows an individual with a disability to gain access to content and/or complete assigned tasks.
Adult-Child Ratio: Refers to the number of qualified adult caregivers relative to the number of children in a child care program. in determining the regulatory adult-to-child ratio, the ages of children served are also considered. In high quality programs, there is typically a low adult-child/staff-child ratio.
Affordability: The degree to which the price of child care is a reasonable or feasible family expense. States maintain different definitions of "affordable" child care, taking various factors into consideration, such as family income, child care Market rates, and Subsidy acceptance, among others.
Approaches to Learning: Refers to the ways in which children learn, including children's openness and curiosity to tasks and challenges, task persistence, imagination, attentiveness, and cognitive learning style.
At Risk: A term used to describe children who are considered to have a higher probability of non-optimal Child Development and learning.
Attachment: The emotional and psychological bond between a child and adult, typically a parent or caregiver, that contributes to the child's sense of security and safety. It is believed that secure attachment leads to psychological well-being, and resilience throughout the child's lifetime and is considered a key predictor of positive Child Development and learning.
Accreditation: A process through which child care programs voluntarily meet specific and higher standards to receive endorsement from a professional agency. The National Association of the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the National Accreditation Commission for Early Care and Education Programs (NAC) are among the top two organizations that offer accreditation programs for child care.
Accommodation: Refers to an alteration of environment, curriculum format, or equipment that allows an individual with a disability to gain access to content and/or complete assigned tasks.
Adult-Child Ratio: Refers to the number of qualified adult caregivers relative to the number of children in a child care program. in determining the regulatory adult-to-child ratio, the ages of children served are also considered. In high quality programs, there is typically a low adult-child/staff-child ratio.
Affordability: The degree to which the price of child care is a reasonable or feasible family expense. States maintain different definitions of "affordable" child care, taking various factors into consideration, such as family income, child care Market rates, and Subsidy acceptance, among others.
Approaches to Learning: Refers to the ways in which children learn, including children's openness and curiosity to tasks and challenges, task persistence, imagination, attentiveness, and cognitive learning style.
At Risk: A term used to describe children who are considered to have a higher probability of non-optimal Child Development and learning.
Attachment: The emotional and psychological bond between a child and adult, typically a parent or caregiver, that contributes to the child's sense of security and safety. It is believed that secure attachment leads to psychological well-being, and resilience throughout the child's lifetime and is considered a key predictor of positive Child Development and learning.
