How to Select a High Quality

Child Care Center

PRESENTED BY: HEATHER FINSTER, BROOKE MOSS, & LIZA

BANNISTER

A quality caregiver is:

Loving and Responsive

Respects the babys

individuality

Provides a stimulating and

child friendly environment
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What to look for in a child care

program.

Staff members training and

qualifications

Attitudes and enthusiasm of

staff

Discipline strategies

Conflict management

Curriculum
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What to look for in a child care

program.

Stimulating environment

Sanitation

Parental involvement

Support for diversity

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Final Considerations
Get personal
recommendations

Go observe multiple facilities

with your child

See how your child reacts

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Contact local experts for facts.

North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services

To view child care options in your

area:

http://
ncchildcaresearch.dhhs.state.nc.us/
search.asp
.

Star rated license information

Sanitation scores

Complaint investigations
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Any administrative actions

Child Care Resource & Referral

Children & Family Resource Center
of Henderson County
851 Case Street
Hendersonville, NC 28792
Contact: Linda Carter
828-698-0674
Toll free: 877-752-5955
lindac@childrenandfamily.org

Smart Start Quality Initiative

Smart Start

851 Case Street

Hendersonville, NC 28793
Contact: Sonia Gironda
828-693-1580
Sonia@smartstarthc.org

Social Services Day Care

Supervisor

Henderson County DSS

1200 Spartanburg Hwy
Suite 300

Hendersonville, NC 28792
Contact: Jennie Pace
828-698-4439
PaceJ@hendersoncountydss.org
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References

Children and Family Resource Center. (2015). Child care and parenting
resources in one location. Retrieved October 19, 2015 from http
://www.childrenandfamily.org /.

Henderson County. (2015). Child day care. Retrieved October 19, 2015
from http://www.hendersoncountync.org/dss/child_day_care.html .

NC Department of Health and Human Services. (2015). Choosing

quality child care. Retrieved October 19, 2015 from
http://ncchildcare.dhhs.state.nc.us/parents/pr_sn2_ov.asp .

Smart Start of Henderson County. (2010). Our mission. Retrieved

October 19, 2015 from http://www.smartstarthc.org/.

Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families.

(2015). Choosing quality child care. Retrieved October 19, 2015 from
www.zerotothree.org/early-care-education/child-care/choosing-qualitychild-care.html
.