Know

Most of us become child development professionals because we love working with young children. It is difficult imagining anyone in our profession intentionally harming a child. Unfortunately, it has occurred in child care and other youth-serving organizations. Your program has policies in place that help protect you and protect children. This lesson will help you learn about these policies.

The Department of Defense makes every effort to ensure the safety and well-being of children involved in DoD facilities, such as schools and child development centers, or DoD-sponsored activities, such as youth sports or recreation programs. This includes conducting thorough background checks and training all staff and volunteers involved with these facilities and programs.

Facility Operations

Your building has been designed and furnished to prevent opportunities for child abuse. Watch this video to learn more.

您的计划还有政策和程序，以防止儿童虐待和忽视。花些时间了解您的计划的具体程序。以下是您的计划阻止儿童虐待和忽视的方式概述：

Hiring & Staffing Procedures

All staff members are carefully screened before hiring. Background checks are conducted and records are maintained. While your background check is in process, you will not work alone with children. All children must remain under the supervision of an employee who has passed the background check.

在调查案件的同时，将重新分配在该计划中被指控在该计划中或忽视该计划的工作人员。将保持记录，因此在不同的设施或安装中没有重新雇用犯罪或忽视记录的个人。

最大组大小和问责制

您的计划遵循高质量早期护理和教育设施的标准。小组规模和充足的成人监督指南最大限度地降低了儿童虐待和忽视的风险。您将在安全课程中了解有关成人儿童比率和最大组规模的更多信息。

成人儿童比率有两部分：（a）每个员工成员的儿童人数和（b）最大组规模。

Naeyc计划标准（2007年），美国儿科学院（2011年）和国家早期童年计划认证（NECPA）提供了比例和小组规模的指导方针。Naeyc建议生出生15个月的儿童八个八个，比例至少为1：4。当儿童患21至36个月时，最大组大小可以达到12名儿童（比率1：6）。小组规模和比率是指导方针。您的具体计划可能具有不同的标准，基于员工支持，培训和监控等级，如视频或闭路电视。

在大多数儿童发展中心、比率和maximum group sizes are as follows:

• Children ages 6 weeks through 12 months the ratio is 1:4 with maximum group size of 8.
• 13个月至24个月的儿童比例为1：5，最大组大小为10。
• 25个月至36个月的儿童比例为1：7，最大组大小为14。

Your program will have additional requirements with regard to maintaining accountability. Talk to your T&Cs about your specific program requirements.

与您的教练或经理联系，了解您的计划或服务的特定人员配置。

Guidance and Discipline Policy

Your program has a guidance and discipline policy米尔（或服务等同物）这代表了该领域的最佳实践。在本课程的探索部分中，您将与您的经理合作，以便为您的计划提供指导和纪律政策的副本。此策略声明描述了您的计划中可接受和不可接受的指导和纪律。

对于所有婴儿和幼儿看护人，指导应基于关系。您正在帮助孩子学习积极的技能和互动方式。使用这些策略：

• 为行为设置简单的规则或指南。例子可能包括“安全”或“温柔”。对于年轻婴儿，考虑制定成人行为的规则或指导方针。例如，“我会让你安全。”
• Say and show what children should do. You might say, “Tasha, be safe. Sit on your bottom,” while patting the chair or sitting down.
• Redirect children to a different behavior that is OK. For example, hand a child a rubber teething toy if he is chewing on objects. Provide duplicates of toys, so children do not have to wait.
• Offer simple choices. For example, you might say, “Do you want to hold my hand or Ms. Dee’s hand?”
• 做出改变。如果一个孩子想要爬升，可能是外面或搬到攀岩区的完美时间。

婴儿和幼儿护理人员不应该：

• 使用体罚（打屁股，打击，划桨等）
• 叫喊或羞辱孩子
• Isolate a child
• 扣留食物，水或舒适
• 绑定或限制孩子的动作（即，将小孩带入椅子，所以他不能留下小组时间）

儿童责任与监督：入学和释放

Your program has standard operating procedures for the admission and release of children. Learn about your program’s policies related to releasing children. Children should only be released to:

• Parents or legal guardians
• 个人父母或法律监护人授权书面授权
• 在紧急情况下，合法授权的个人，如紧急医疗响应者，警察或儿童福利工作者

在进行孩子的教室之前，应要求抵达孩子的未知个人。前台工作人员将核实个体有权授权拿起孩子，然后通知课堂以外的人以外的人正在挑选孩子。

开门政策

Parents and families should have access to all parts of the building while their child is in the program’s care. This does not mean strangers can roam the building. Rather, programs must provide controlled access (sign-in, secure entrances). Providing an open door to families makes the program more family-friendly, encourages partnerships between families and staff, and makes the program’s operations more transparent. There should be no “secret” spaces.

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在中心设置中识别儿童虐待和忽视

照顾孩子可能是一个压力的工作。在不适当的护理措施和虐待儿童之间可以有一条罚款。有疑问，与您的经理交谈米尔or the FAP。在防止子环境中虐待的课程中，您将更多地了解积极的指导策略。有时候，护理措施将线路划分为虐待甚至虐待。您将在下一课程中了解更多信息。本课程侧重于虐待儿童滥用或忽视中心设置的情况。如果您看到任何这些迹象或行为的模式，您可能怀疑您的环境中的虐待或忽视：

滥用类型	Signs of Abuse
身体的	A staff member becomes frustrated by a child’s crying and shakes or swings the baby roughly. 在咬人的事件之后，一名工作人员告诉孩子“难以咬他，所以他记得它的感受。”
sexual	工作人员拍摄婴儿的生殖器或图形图像的幼儿厕所。
Emotional	A staff member picks up a crying child and calls him names like “evil” and “spoiled.” A staff member screams at an infant to “stop crying.”
忽略	工作人员占用未划分的休息，并将课堂脱落。 一位工作人员远离一个更换桌子的孩子，让婴儿无人驾驶和无人监督。 一名工作人员拒绝喂养饥饿的婴儿，因为宝宝需要“学习时间表”。 工作人员讲述了一个带有污染的裤子的小孩，他必须“只是坐在肮脏的裤子里”，直到他学习使用厕所。

Do

• 阅读您的计划的指导和触控政策。确保你理解它。询问您的经理您可能有任何问题。遵循与儿童的所有互动中政策的指导方针。
• Communicate the value of facility security features like closed-circuit television, vision panels, fencing, and security check-in procedures.
• Observe children for signs of abuse or neglect in the program. When you have a concern, make a report米尔在您的服务和安装政策之后，在陆军计划中fap（或您的报告联系人（RPOC））。他们会调查。