intro to family&childcare

7/29/2019 Intro to Family&ChildCare

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Career PathwaysChild Care & Family


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Key Vocabulary

Infant a child who is less than 2 years oldand cant walk or talk.

Toddler a child who is about 2 years old

and is learning to walk. Preschooler a child who is 3-5 years old. DAP developmentally appropriate practice.

Family

people you are related to/live with.

Child Abuse hurting a child (physical,verbal, emotional, or neglect).


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Job Description

Care for young children.

Keep safe.

Feed

Change diapers

Clean

Discipline

Teach


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Child Development Child Care Worker

Nanny

Preschool Teacher Elementary Teacher

FACS teacher

Camp Counselor

Career Pathways


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Career PathwaysFamily & Human Services

School Counselor/Psychologist Social Worker Adoption/Foster Care

Health Science: Nursing

Pediatrician Physical Therapist EMT Dentist

Health teacher


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Child Care Skills

Working withPeople

Communication

Problem Solving

Hard Work

Leadership

Understanding

Creativity School Skills


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Child Development

Get the Facts: Child care workers held about 1.4 million

jobs in 2006.

18% of child care workers work in daycare.20% work for private households.

About 35% are self-employed.

Child development jobs are in high demandand are expected to increase 9-17% by 2014.

Child development jobs require high skillsand are nontraditional for males.


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Family & Human ServicesGet the Facts:

Family Family and Community Serviceemployees hold about 2.2 million jobs.

Social Service jobs are one of thefastest growing occupations, especiallythose that work with the elderly.

Family & Human Service jobs are in

high demand. Family & Human Service jobs

are nontraditional for males.


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Health CareGet the Facts:

Health care is the largest and fastestgrowing industry in the United States.

Health care employs more than 10 million

workers in more than 200 careers. Registered nursed are the largest health

care occupation. Physical Therapy is one of the top 10 fields. EMTs are growing at 39% in Utah every year. The dental industry is in critical need of

dental assistants. Medical assistants is one of the fastest

growing occupations.


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Related FACS classes FACS Exploration Teen Living Child Development

Human Development Early Childhood Education 1 & 2 Elementary Tutoring Adult Roles & Responsibilities

Adult Roles & Financial Literacy Early Childhood Intern


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Example: Change to fit the classes available in your area.

FACS Classes You Can Take

FACS Exploration (8th)

Teen Living (9th)

Child Development (10-12)

Early Childhood Education 1 & 2 (11-12)

Elementary Tutoring (11-12)

Adult Roles & Responsibilities (11-12)

Check out Intro to Health Science& Technology and Certified NurseAssisting at the GTI.

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