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The increasing concern over the effect of day care on children’s lives has focused attention on the quality of that care. Since most out-of-home care is provided in family day care homes, the need has grown for an accessible, reliable, and thorough means of assessing the quality and suitability of such settings.Developed through lengthy field testing, research, and revision, the Family Day Care Rating Scale consists of 32 items, organized under six major headings:
- Space and Furnishings for Care and Learning
- Basic Care
- Language and Reasoning
- Learning Activities
- Social Development
- Adult Needs
Eight additional items are included for rating a day care home’s provisions for special-needs children. Each book contains one score sheet. Packages of 30 score sheets can be ordered separately.
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Click here for FDCRS Video Guide & Training Workbook.
Click here for FDCRS scoring sheets.
