# Family Child Care Provider

## Role in developmental screening

Runs a licensed family child care home serving a small mixed-age group of young children, often as the sole provider. Manages screening, family communication, curriculum, and daily care simultaneously. Operates with tight margins and limited time for documentation or training, but cares deeply about each child's development and family relationships.

**Ages served:** Children ages 0-5 in mixed-age licensed family child care homes.

## Role in social-emotional screening

Runs a licensed family child care home, often as the sole provider, and introduces social-emotional screening into a setting with no on-site mental health support. Manages SE screening alongside daily care, family communication, and curriculum. Often the first adult outside the family to notice an SE concern.

**Ages served:** Children ages 0-5 in mixed-age licensed family child care homes.