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# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
- Capacity
- The maximum amount something can contain.
- Caregiving Strategies
- This refers to the type of approach that is used to care for a person.
- Centre Director
- Involved in the daily running and maintenance of one or more centres.
- Channels of Communication
- Means of approach, a course into which something may be directed. The passing on or sharing of thoughts, opinions or information.
- Characters
- The sum of qualities that sets one person or thing apart from others. The moral quality of person or persons. The idea held of a person's character, either good or bad.
- Child Care Assistance
- Funding allocation (usually from a Government agency) to assist with child care fees.
- Child Care Assistant
- Unqualified team member.
- Child Care Worker
- Term used to describe qualified or unqualified staff who work at a child care centre.
- Children's Services Board
- An industry regulating body.
- Clarity
- Certainty, to have clear understanding.
- Closed questions
- Requiring a specific response.
- Cognitive Skills
- The skills required to process information and apply knowledge to tasks. Intellectual abilities.
- Collaboratively
- To work with one another, to work together.
- Colloquial
- Suitable for conversational speech or writing in which they feel free to choose words from the informal or slang elements of the language.
- Community Based Centres
- Child care centres that are erected by the government and are not-for-profit organisations.
- Compassionate
- Showing of sorrow or pity.
- Consensus
- General agreement, an opinion held by all or most.
- Consultative
- A meeting to discuss or plan something. An application for professional advice.
- Contact Co-ordinator
- Involved in both the daily running of the centre and working with the children.
- Controversial
- Subject to different points of view. Debatable.
- Coping Mechanisms
- A means of handling something difficult.
- Courteous
- A respectful way of treating a person.
- Creative and Aesthetic Development
- Able to create; original and/or productive. Relating to the sense of what is beautiful. Evolution, growth, expansion.
- Cues
- Verbal and non-verbal signs that people use to indicate their needs.
- Culturally Appropriate
- A suitable experience for a person dependent on their culture.
- Cybertots Accreditation Committee
- A group of people made up of parents, staff and interested community people who guide the centre on Quality Assurance matters.