Session 3: Meeting the Needs of Children

The aim of this session is to help you consider how you will meet the needs of children by planning routines and activities into your childminding day. This includes:

• Exploring the needs of children.
• Establishing a routine to meet the needs of more than one family.
• Planning what you are going to do with the children.
• Play opportunities in the community.
• Anti-bias approach.
• Caring for a child with special needs.
• The information provided in this session will help you complete Section 3 in the application form. It will also offer guidance on how to meet Care Standards 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9.

Session 4: Environment

The aim of this session is to explore how you can provide for the safety and well-being of the children in your care. This includes:

• Carrying out risk assessment on your home and garden.
• Choosing and maintaining equipment.
• Safety issues away from your home - travelling by car, outings, etc.
• Fire safety, developing and practising an escape plan.
• Establishing and maintaining good standards of hygiene in all areas of work.
• Family pets.
• Positive Behaviour Management.
• The information provided in this session will help you complete Section 3 & 5 in the application form. It will also offer guidance as to how to meet Care Standards 2 & 3.

Trainer: Shirley Murchison

Course Fees are met by SCMA, thanks to ESF funding, for those residents in the Highlands and Islands EU assisted areas.