| Child Care Schools concern themselves with teaching | | | | paraprofessionals. Graduates will understand the |
| skills and competencies for child care and child | | | | importance of providing for health, safety, and |
| development. Students can choose programs to earn | | | | appropriate environments for proper learning and |
| certificates or two-year associate degrees through | | | | development. Students learn how to care for children |
| vocational and trade schools, through community | | | | in family homes as well as in child care centers, |
| colleges, or in four-year or more institutions. There are | | | | nursery schools, preschool facilities, public and private |
| also schools dedicated specifically to educating adults | | | | schools.Child Care School students may be able to |
| for providing child care. These Schools offer certificate | | | | choose specializations in infant and toddler care, |
| programs in child care and provide in-depth study of | | | | preschool, special needs, family child care, or |
| children and hands-on experience learning laboratory | | | | administration. Other specializations may include child |
| environments.Vocational and trade or technical Child | | | | care facility food and nutrition programs, child care |
| Care Schools have no educational prerequisites or | | | | resource personnel, and referral agencies.Graduates |
| experience requirements, however, participants | | | | from Child Care Schools can anticipate qualifying as |
| attending any child care institutions may be required to | | | | assistant teachers and paraprofessionals in educational |
| pass background checks required by states. Students | | | | institutions and licensed child care facilities.If you are |
| in any educational program must be qualified with | | | | interested in learning more about Child Care Schools |
| reading and math skills to progress through any | | | | and other types of schools, please search our site for |
| secondary educational programs, including child care | | | | more information and resources.DISCLAIMER: Above |
| programs.Associate (AA, AS), Bachelor (BA, BS), | | | | is a GENERAL OVERVIEW and may or may not |
| Master (MA, MS), and Doctorate (PhD, EdD) Degrees | | | | reflect specific practices, courses and/or services |
| are possible in child care. Child Care School students | | | | associated with ANY ONE particular school(s) that is |
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| child socialization.Course work may likely include | | | | writer for Media Positive Communications, Inc. in |
| development of skills for providing careful guidance of | | | | association with Find Schools, Colleges, Universities, |
| children, children with special needs, sign language, care | | | | Vocational Schools and Distance Learning Schools at |
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| child development, and the responsibilities of | | | | educational resource to locate schools. |