Licensing and Training

Licensing:
Almost Mom is Licensed with the State of Texas Department of Health and Protective Services Keller, TX 10/06/06 thru Current

• To learn more check out: www.dfps.state.tx.us
• Frequent state inspections by local licensing office
• Certified Infant/Child CPR and First Aid
• Food Program - Frequent food inspections by Nutritional Advantage, Inc. CACFP
• Criminal Background checks

Registered daycare provider in Keller, Texas 4/06/06 thru 10/6/09
Registered daycare provider in Republic, Missouri 11/26/01 thru 6/3/05
Licensed daycare provider in Lincoln, Nebraska 11/10/98 thru 2/2/01

Child Care Associations:
The below associations seek to improve the quality of in-home childcare by providing caregivers with moral, educational and professional support as well as training opportunities.

• Actively involved in Keller Association of Family Child Care
• Actively involved in Texas Association for Family Child Care www.TAFCC.org
• Constantly updating training in child development

Training:
2008

• Income Tax Training - Keller Association for Family Child Care
• TAFCC (Self Instruction Training) . Texas Association of Family Child Care
  • Assessing Aggression
  • How to Promote Your Business During a Recession
• Day Care Professional Incorporate or Not? - Keller Association for Family Child Care- Keller Association for Family Child Care
• TAFCC (Self Instruction Training) - Texas Association of Family Child Care
  • What Licensing Forms/Statements Each Child Should Have
  • Children + Trauma/Disaster = Stress
• Happy Mealtime for Healthy Children - Nutritional Advantage, Inc.
• Civil Rights for Special Nutrition Programs - Nutritional Advantage, Inc.
• TAFCC (Self Instruction Training) - Texas Association of Family Child Care
  • Providing Safe and Secure Feeding Time Experiences for Infants
  • Learning Centers
  • Positive Guidance for Young Children
  • Family/Teacher Relationships
  • The Multicultural Classroom
  • Using a Portfolio to Assess Children
  • Marketing Your Day Care
• TAFCC Seminar - Texas Association for Family Child Care
  • Networking
  • Storytelling Workshop
  • Personal & Business Safety
  • Implementing a Montessori Method
  • Taking Care of the Caregiver
• Methods to Manage Risks - Keller Association for Family Child Care
• Nutrition Training - Keller Association of Family Child Care
• Autism - Keller Association of Family Child Care
• TAFCC (Self Instruction Training) - Texas Association for Family Child Care
  • Affection-Interaction and Infants
  • Systematize for success
  • Why does my child eat like this
  • Nurturing Art, Creativity and Expression
• TAFCC Annual Conference - Texas Association for Family Child Care
  • How to talk to kids about touching
  • How to save a dollar when you have a dime
  • Organization of your business
  • It matters what you say around kids they are listening
  • On-line Food Program business
  • You protect them protect yourself
  • Bring out the best in children
  • Discipline
  • Hospitality
  • Life after Friday
  • Supervise with your eyes
  • Exhibits
  • Networking
  • Get set get ready read read read
  • Questions for the State of Texas
    
• National Association of Family Child Care "What's going on in our Professional Nationally" - Keller Association of Family Child Care
• TAFCC Training Seminar - Texas Association for Family Child Care
• School Ready - ECI of North Central Texas
• You are being investigated, so what
• What would you do if your child was in the Judicial System
• "Books, Books" Importance of Reading
• TDFPS State Investigator Licensing Representative
• Early Brain Development, Shaken Baby Syndrome, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - Keller Association of Family Child Care
• Shaken Baby, Sudden Infant Death - Child Abuse Prevention Center
• Who Me, A Child Abuser? - Texas Department of Family & Protective Services
• CPR (adult, child and infant), Basic First Aid Training, Shaken Baby Syndrome - LifeQuest

2007

• Infectious Diseases - Texas Association for Family Child Care
• Dispelling the Myths About Home Day Care - Texas Association for Family Child Care
• Insurance for In Home Day Care - Texas Association for Family Child Care
• Starting a Home Day Care Business - Texas Association for Family Child Care
• The Importance of Attendance Records - Texas Association for Family Child Care
• A Plan to Eliminate Illegal Child Care - Texas Association for Family Child Care
• Nutrition Training - Nutritional Advantage, Inc. CACFP
• Civil Rights for the Special Nutrition Programs - Nutritional Advantage, Inc CACFP
• Changes in Standards - Keller Association of Family Child Care
• Positive Guidance for Young Children - Texas Association for Family Child Care
• Early Childhood Intervention - ECI of North Central Texas
• Infant Brain Development, Shaken Baby Syndrome and SIDS - Texas Association for Family Child Care
• Insurance - State Farm
• Professionalism Training - Keller Association of Family Child Care
• Hand Washing - DFW Area Heath Education Center
• Immunizations - Cheryl Millican

2006

• Professionalism Training - Keller Association of Family Child Care
• A Complete Bookkeeping & Tax Service - M & M Associates
• Healthy Home and Wellness - Gary Ricks
• Food For Thought - Keller Association of Family Child Care
• Early Brain Development, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Shaken Baby Syndrome - Keller Association of Family Child Care
• Snack Time - Keller Association of Family Child Care
• City of Keller Fire Rescue "Emergency Medical Services" - Keller Association of Family Child Care
• Policies/Contracts for your Business - Keller Association of Family Child Care
• The Working Family "What Do I Do When I'm Blue" - Keller Association of Family Child Care
• CPR (adult, child and infant), Basic First Aid Training, Shaken Baby Syndrome - LifeQuest
• Minimum Standards for Registered and Licensed Child-Care Homes - Department of Family and Protective Services
• Civil Rights for the Special Nutrition Programs - Nutritional Advantage, Inc CACFP