Podcast

During this podcast, Priscilla Weigel talks with CICC team members, Beth Menninga and Brenda Lowe about building routines of support for adults who provide care to children in child care settings. How do we plan for each day? What does a shared task schedule look like and what does it need to include?

Licensed child care providers in Minnesota can make sure that they are providing updated information about their child care setting to families by using the Business Update Tool. Deb Spaeth and Priscilla Weigel walk through the process.  

Guest Vicki Thrasher Cronin joins us again to discuss how to meet the needs of unique learners as well as those children with differing physical needs in the family child care setting. Family child care supports varied needs in that it already provides multi-age learning experiences. How do those connect to planning for care of a child with special needs?

Guest Vicki Thrasher Cronin gives strategies to provide a family child care environment to care for and educate children with special needs. She shares the essentials of creating an accepting and inclusive environment that supports children of all abilities.

When developing policies around confidential information what type of documentation do you need to have in place to ensure that it is secure?  Cindy Croft and Priscilla Weigel discuss key components of a Consent to Release Information Form that you should have in place.

Cindy Croft and Priscilla Weigel discuss scenarios that come up in a child care setting related to confidential data.  What is appropriate for you to share?  The hosts examine the essential factors necessary to review when gathering and sharing private data.