PRIMARY CARE by Ana Maria Mesa

WHAT IS PRIMARY CARE?

anamesaor — 2024-02-15 17:40:29 UTC

Primary care helps the child to bond with the educators in the childcare. The primary Caregiving approach provides a foundation for healthy, secure relationships and nurtures the individual strengths, areas that require strengthening, and development of each child. Infants and toddlers will have trust in educators.

Caregivers' home-based involvement has been considered to be critically important because it often facilitates children's learning through practice, instruction, scaffolding, and the provision of cognitively stimulating environments.

(Davidson, 2018)

ADVANTAGES OF PRIMARY CARE

anamesaor — 2024-02-15 17:48:18 UTC

A baby develops trust as her primary caregiver learns to respond appropriately to her unique temperament, her needs, and her interests by being the one who almost always diapers her, feeds her, puts her to sleep, and communicates with her family.

(Home Child Development Council)

Primary caregiving allows for quicker, smoother, and more efficient communication between an ECE service and parents. This enables prompt and appropriate responses to a child’s needs resulting in better experiences and developmental outcomes for the child.

(Davidson, 018)

DISADVANTAGES OF PRIMARY CARE

gayathrikanchana999 — 2024-02-15 17:59:04 UTC

Negative effects were few but included an increased lag time for care events, such as diaper changes, and some difficult transition occurrences. If caregiver and children has a bonding gap, care is not effective.

REFERENCE

anamesaor — 2024-02-15 18:14:35 UTC

https://childcareta.acf.hhs.gov/infant-toddler-resource-guide/pd-ta-professionals

Davidson, L. (2018, August 20). Primary caregiving in early childhood settings-report. Medium. https://medium.com/lauren-davidson-educational-scientist-at-set-lab/primary-caregiving-in-early-childhood-settings-report-40b4c2eeedf1

Home. Child Development Council. (n.d.). https://www.childdevelopmentcouncil.org/resources/10-components-of-infant-and-toddler-care/#:~:text=A%20baby%20develops%20trust%20as,and%20communicates%20with%20her%20family