Sanford Health

Out of School Time (OST)

Today, many parents need to find someone to care for their school-age children for an hour or two before school starts, or anywhere from two to four hours after the school day ends. Not to mention finding care on holidays, early dismissals and during summer vacation. When you add it up, that’s a lot of time out of a school-age child’s life – time that can be spent in activities which help him or her develop physical, mental, social, and emotional skills.

School-age children do not need someone just to watch them; they require skilled caregivers that provide supervision and a safe place to be while their parents work. These caregivers need to assist children in finding their interests and talents and encourage them to practice and apply new concepts they may have learned at school.

 

Trainings:

  • Training opportunities for licensed or registered childcare providers.
     
  • Class instructors strive to help caregivers obtain information and confidence in one's ability to provide quality care for children.

Technical Assistance:

  • CHILD Staff are available to do an on site observation.  This observation provides the means to develop an action plan to assist child care programs with program improvement efforts.

 

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To access services contact us at (605) 333-0698 email us at childsrv@sanfordhealth.org

 

 

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OST Basic Enrichment Trainings

Science in Seconds – Providers will have an interactive experience with quick and inexpensive science experiments for school age children.

Safe Food Handling -  In order to keep the children we serve healthy, there are certain precautions that need to be taken during food preparation and storage. This class will cover how you can keep everyone safe from food related illness.

OST Summer Fun - Participants will identify safety considerations in planning and preparing for OST summer fun.

OST Summer Kickoff – Participants will have a better understanding of the effects of labeling and discrimination on individuals AND the importance of having a “winning attitude” in the workplace.

Schedules & Routines – This class will provide school-age care staff with the tools to plan an effective out-of-school time schedule.

Teambuilding Activities for Providers – Participants will recognize the importance of being a team member while participating in interactive activities.

OST Fall Kickoff

 Behavior Management – Experiencing some challenging behaviors within your OST program? If so, this class will present strategies that will help children learn to be in charge of their behavior.

Teambuilding Activities for Providers – Participants will recognize the importance of being a team member while participating in interactive activities.

For information on specific classes click here to go back to the main page; next select the ‘Publications’ tab. All OST newsletters contain a listing of current classes.  Select the most recent newsletter for a list of available classes.

9/10/2008

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