As teachers of your child we will strive to:
Please plan to visit your child in the classroom. We would like you to see your child and the CSC in action together. Open and continuing communication about home and Center child rearing practices is needed to minimize potential conflicts and confusion for children.
Child Study Center staff are eager to communicate often and effectively with families. Several factors come into play when attempting to communicate with working families who have children in full-time care. The following are some methods we have developed to help keep you informed about your child's stay at the Child Study Center:
We are truly concerned about family communication and how to make it useful for everyone involved. Classroom teachers and administrative staff are always open to new and/or better methods of communication with families. Please help the classroom teachers and administrative staff understand the best ways to communicate with your family. The children will benefit most if parents /guardians and childcare staff communicate effectively!
Your child’s teacher would enjoy the privilege of visiting your child in his/her home setting as soon as possible after enrollment in the CSC programs. This is not a requirement to be able to attend the Center; however, we feel a home visit would help us get to know your child and family in ways that may not happen if we didn’t make this effort.
It is our goal at the Child Study Center to help children learn to take responsibility for their own behavior. With this in mind, teachers use positive approaches to help children behave constructively. Guidance methods include redirection, positive reinforcement, encouragement, and consistent, clear rules that are explained to the children. Teachers strive to model behavior that teaches children how to resolve problems and conflicts.
Communication about discipline between parents and the Center is very important. Although families and the Center may not have identical methods of helping children develop responsibility for their behavior, it is important that we strive to communicate with each other and model behavior that teaches children how to resolve problems and conflicts.
If a child's behavior is believed to put other children or staff members at risk, we at the Child Study Center reserve the right to ask parents to immediately remove the child from the Center. We will continue to work with parents to help change the behavior; however, in the event that this is not successful, the parents may be asked to permanently withdraw the child from the Center. Parents will be given assistance in identifying other professional resources.