Consultation Services
Council offers consultation services for all modalities of care and all types of early childhood settings.
Our goals:
- Improve the quality of care provided to children
- Improve the health and safety of the environment
- Develop and expand existing programs
We offer two types of technical assistance services:
Basic - free of charge and takes place through written and verbal communications including phone, email or fax. This services is limited to less than one hour.
Sample topics:
- Best practices for providing child care
- Indicators of quality child care programs
- Information on business administration practices
- Regulations governing program compliance issues specific to that program
- Information for prospective providers interested in developing a child care program
On Site - may or may not be free of charge, depending on the specific situation (i.e. a request from NYS OCFS Licensing to assist a program in a corrective action plan, a provider requesting technical assistance with individualized criteria, linked to a training series, etc.). A qualified technical assistance specialist will come into your program. Sessions are in one-hour increments and include observations, feedback, evaluations, and quality improvement plans that are assessment-driven and results-oriented.
Sample topics:
- Infant/toddler issues
- Preschool issues
- Challenging behaviors
- Staff development (30 hour mandated training plan)
- Family or staff policies and procedures
- Room arrangement
- Age/developmentally/culturally appropriate materials
- Business practices
- Recruitment of children and/or staff
- Accreditation Assessment and Advisement (NAEYC for center-based programs and NAFCC for Family Child Care programs)
- QUALITYstarsNY Assessment
- Developing and/or reviewing health care plans
- Health Care Consultant of Record services
To arrange for consultation services for your program, please call the Early Childhood Services Department at 516-358-9250 ext. 134