Frederick md child care: Region 12 – Frederick County Field Office
Region 12 – Frederick County Field Office
Contact Information:
Office of Child Care Region 12 (Frederick County)
Maryland State Department of Education
5303 Spectrum Drive, Suite G
Frederick, MD 21703
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Main office phone | 301-696-9766 |
Office e-mail | [email protected] |
Office fax | 301-696-0629 |
Anyone who is interested in starting a child care business in a home or center is required to take the face-to-face orientation training. Please contact the Office of Child Care Regional Licensing Office to schedule the Orientation Training. To prepare for your orientation session, you may wish to view the on-line orientation preview. This does not replace the face-to-face orientation session you are required to attend at your regional Office of Child Care. (Click here to go to the Orientation page)”
To obtain required “local permits” for a child care center license or family child care registration – click here .
For Provider Training (Pre-Service and Continuing) – please click here to find MSDE-approved training courses, trainers and training organizations.
NAME | TITLE | TELEPHONE |
Rousana Soto [email protected] |
Regional Manager | 301-696-9766 – ext. 1 |
Leffson, Patricia [email protected] |
Licensing Specialist Supervisor | 301-696-9766 – ext. 5 |
Huffer, Melissa [email protected] |
Secretary | 301-696-9766 – ext. 3 |
Bozarth, Rebecca [email protected] |
Licensing Specialist | 301-660-6024 |
Barnes, Monica [email protected] |
Licensing Specialist | 301-696-9766 – ext. 2 |
Thompson, Jennifer [email protected] |
Licensing Specialist | 301-696-9766 – ext. 9 |
Chehi, Amy [email protected] |
Licensing Specialist | 301-696-9766 – ext. 7 |
Elliott, Tracey [email protected] |
Licensing Specialist | 301-696-9766 – ext 4 |
Zaccaria, Sarah Sarah [email protected] |
Licensing Specialist | 301-696-9766 – ext 6 |
FCPS Early Childhood Department is seeking the feedback of child care providers in Frederick County. There are many challenges facing child care providers and parents in need of care for their children. FCPS wants to hear your thoughts, ideas, and needs to help transition and provide care for families. Please use this questionnaire to share about your site. Opportunities will be available to comment on the FCPS Board of Education recommended plan for the fall. Complete the survey here.
Upcoming Events and Other Information
Face-to-face trainings are suspended until further notice.
Child Care Center Orientation
Child Care Center Orientation will be offered on the following dates from 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Please call 301-696-9766 and leave a message or email [email protected] to register.
- July 19, 2022
- September 20, 2022
- November 15, 2022
Director Regulation Review Training
This training is required for any Director hired after January 1, 2009. It must be taken within 6 months of the hire date. Directors who would like a “refresher” session may also attend. Please call 301-696-9766 or email [email protected] to register.
All session are from 9:30 am – 12:30 pm.
- July 26, 2022
- October 25, 2022
- January 23, 2023
Family Child Care Orientation
Family Child Care Orientation will be offered on the following dates from 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Please call 301-696-9766 and leave a message or email OCC12Fred. [email protected] to register.
- July 12, 2022
- August 9, 2022
- September 13, 2022
- October 11, 2022
- November 8, 2022
- December 13, 2022
Please contact the office at 301-696-9766 to register for the orientation.
Large Family Child Care Home Orientation – scheduled as needed
Please contact the office at 301-696-9766 to register for the orientations. All trainings are located at the Frederick County Office of Child Care unless otherwise notified.
Roundtables
- Dates to TBD
Other Information
For Training: Search the Statewide Training Clearinghouse on Maryland Family Network’s website: http://www.marylandfamilynetwork.org/training/for-child-care-providers/
To Apply for a Criminal Background Check
Effective April 15, 2012, the FBI moved to an all-electronic criminal background check (CBC) application process and is no longer accepting hard-copy fingerprint cards. Because the Maryland Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) follows FBI guidelines, the use of hard-copy CBC applications at the State level are also being phased out as of that date. Instead, all CBC applicants are being encouraged to submit their applications electronically. However, hard-copy applications are still being accepted by CJIS if electronic submission is not possible. Click here for a list of State-approved private electronic fingerprinting services and State-operated electronic fingerprinting locations. Electronic applications may also be submitted through many State and local police agencies. Child care programs that have their own State-certified electronic fingerprinting equipment and operators may continue to submit CBC applications. When submitting your CBC request, you must include the appropriate OCC Regional Office authorization number.
Online Licensing Inspection Results
Visit the Office of Child Care’s online child care licensing inspection results site – www. CheckCCMD.org! The site offers detailed compliance findings from child care licensing inspections conducted since January 2011. The site may also be used to find licensed child care programs and providers, and to link to a wide variety of information about early care and education in Maryland.
To File a Complaint
If you believe a particular child care program is in violation of State child care licensing laws or regulations, you may file an official complaint against that program. To file a complaint, contact the Regional Licensing Office covering the county where the program is located. Complaints may be filed in person, or by telephone, or in writing by e-mail, fax, or letter. Anonymous complaints are accepted, so complainants do not need to identify themselves. Each complaint is investigated by the Regional Licensing Office. Upon completion of the investigation, a report of findings is created. This report is available upon request if the investigation confirms that the violation occurred, or if it cannot be determined whether or not the violation occurred.
Medication Administration Training for Child Care Providers
The Medication Administration Training (MAT) is a pre-service training required for individuals seeking to acquire a Child Care Center License or a Family Child Care Registration in Maryland. MAT is provided by licensed Maryland Registered Nurses who have completed Medication Administration Trainer training and are apporved by the Nurse Consultant in the Office of Child Care’s Licensing Branch. MAT is a six (6) hour training conducted in a classroom setting with theory and practice. A certificate is awarded upon completetion of the course in addition to passing content and skill tests.
Need to find a MAT trainer in your area? Click here
Registered Nurses interested in becoming a MAT Trainer? Click here
For more information about the MAT course or training, contact the Nurse Consultant at 410-767-1853
The Family Child Care Provider Grant Program
The Family Child Care Provider Grant Program (FCCPGP) exists to help registered family child care providers offset some of the costs of opening their child care programs. For information about the FCCPGP, click here.
Click here to access the Maryland Sex Offenders Registry (SOCEM), which is maintained by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. In addition to providing detailed offender information, the site carries “amber alerts” for abducted children and an information/resource section for parents and educators on preventing and combating youth gangs.
Click here for the Maryland Judiciary Case Search service, which provides free public access to the Maryland District Court and Circuit Court Case Management System. District Court criminal, civil, and traffic case records and Circuit Court criminal and civil case records are available. The amount of historical data may vary by jurisdiction.
Preschool & Daycare Serving Frederick, MD
Easy To Find, And Close To It All
From Verdant Views To Convenient Essentials
Easy To Find, And Close To It All
From Verdant Views To Convenient Essentials
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301-695-1133 -
info@thelearningbee. com -
8311 River Run Rd, Frederick, MD 21701 -
School Day Hours: 6:30 AM – 5:30 PM -
Extended Care Hours: 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM -
Half-Day Preschool: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Convenient Commuting
Either By Car Or By Bus
It is located near the I-70 and adjacent to Liberty Rd. for a zippy commute by car. The bus stop is just minutes from the front door, so you can choose the option that best fits your needs.
Near Essentials And
Family Destinations
Grocery stores, big-name retailers, pharmacies, and business services so you can slash through your to-do list fast. Catch up on quality family time, enjoy one of the many parks nearby, or take the night off chef duty at nearby restaurants.
A Tree-Lined Community
Is A Pretty Sight To See
Your child’s preschool neighborhood is abundant in green. Trees and wide-open spaces are a little slice of zen, and your child enjoys calming views from inside. Lots of natural light for a homey glow, bringing the outside inside.
Convenient Curb-Side
Drop-Off And Pick-Up
A generous set back from the road makes for a safe and easy drop-off and pick-up. Ample parking, and an option for curbside drop-off and pick-up, makes the day run a little smoother, so you can get on to your next destination in a flash.
Outdoor Play And Nature
Walks Your Child Loves
Outdoor play is essential, and your child loves to climb, jump, and play with friends on the playground. Thanks to our proximity to nature, your child goes on guided walks to see the seasons’ changes first-hand and benefit from the boost that comes from fresh air and sun.
An On-Site Cleaning
Crew Keeps It Spotless
Your child’s spaces stay spotless thanks to a dedicated, on-site cleaning service that’s quick to respond to sudden mishaps, and thorough sanitizing of your child’s tools, toys, and high-traffic hot spots, keeping cold and flu causing germs at bay every day.
Your Child’s Safety
Is A Sure Thing
Security cameras and attentive teachers keep a constant watch on your child, while tall privacy fences shield street visibility, ensuring your child is safe. Proximity to police units and hospitals is an extra perk, making response times super short in emergencies.
How Old Is Your Child?
watch your child thrive with
a love of nature
And Respect For Others!
Frederick and Erna Gibbs – Institute of Pediatric Neurology and Epilepsy
Frederick and Erna Gibbs. Very little has been written about them against the background of high-profile pioneers in the field of epilepsy and electrophysiology. But it was thanks to their discoveries and developments that clinical epileptology moved forward in the first half of the 20th century. Frederick’s life’s work was the improvement of the method of clinical electroencephalography and EEG – monitoring for the diagnosis of epilepsy and the precise localization of the focus of pathological activity. A few years after the discovery of Hans Berger, he improved the technology for recording the bioelectrical activity of the cerebral cortex in clinical practice. Gibbs first learned to recognize various forms of EEG waves and created the world’s first classification of pathological EEG patterns. Recording biopotentials of the human cerebral cortex has become and continues to be the only objective method for diagnosing epilepsy, determining the form of the disease and differential diagnosis with other paroxysmal conditions.
Frederick Andrew Gibbs was born in 1903 in Baltimore, a city in the eastern United States in the state of Maryland. He graduated from Johns Hopgins University in 1929 and entered the medical residency at Harvard University. Stanley Cobb offered him a major in neurology. Gibbs soon became interested in a completely “dark” neurological disease – epilepsy, trying to understand the causes and mechanisms of the development of this disease. He studied epilepsy in Boston, in the same laboratory where William Gordon Lennox and Erna Leonhardt worked. These three people will invent and improve the method of EEG – monitoring.
Erna was born in Germany and subsequently emigrated to Boston. She worked for several years as a technical assistant for “America’s premier epileptologist,” Lennox. There they met Frederick Gibbs. Erna, later Mrs. Gibbs, will become his faithful companion and assistant in his work for many years.
They got married in 1930. Out of this marriage union, the union of two great scientists was formed. Over the next fifty years (!) of their life together, they were engaged in improving the method of electroencephalography and developing issues of surgical treatment of epilepsy. They worked together, conducted experiments, published articles and monographs in which they turned over the knowledge of the old meters of neurophysiology.
In the early thirties, the electroencephalography method was practically not used in clinical practice. After all, the German Hans Berger, the discoverer of the electroencephalography method, published his article in German in 1929. Most clinicians have not heard of this diagnostic method, and someone completely rejected it, not believing that using a suspicious machine it is possible to record the activity of the cerebral cortex and “see” an epileptic seizure.
Many believed that Gibbs wasted time, paper and ink, writing down and deciphering some curves. But his wife did not doubt for a moment that he was doing everything right, and that that finest hour had not yet come. The scientist did not give up. He tried to prove that there is an objective, accurate, unmistakable method for detecting epilepsy, even in the absence of epileptic seizures in the patient. The goal of the Gibbs research was to achieve a high-quality recording of the bioelectrical activity of the brain of patients with epilepsy. It was very difficult to do this, since there was no serial production of electroencephalographs yet, and the Gibbs, as well as the pioneer Berger, had to design the apparatus themselves. To do this, they took engineers Hallowell Davis and Lovett Garso to their team. Already at 1934 for clinical and scientific purposes, they designed their portable single-channel EEG apparatus. This invention became one of the steps on the way to the creation and mass production of the first powerful electroencephalograph, which will allow to determine the localization of epileptiform activity in patients with maximum accuracy. The Gibbs, along with their engineers, continued to improve the device. They filed a patent application for an improved model of the device with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In the summer of 1935, Frederic and Erna Gibbs traveled through Europe. They visited Leningrad and Moscow for the International Congress of Physiologists. In Germany, they visited the 62-year-old psychiatrist Hans Berger, the man who created the world’s first machine that records the bioelectrical activity of the human brain.
In 1935, Gibbs asked engineer Albert Grass to build an “advanced” 3-channel EEG apparatus for clinical use. Prior to this, the recording was carried out on a single-channel machine (!).
In 1935, Harvard University doctors Frederick Andrew Gibbs, 32, and Hallowell Davis, 39, succeeded in recording and deciphering the electronic messages of the human brain, creating the first tentative classification of physiological and pathological EEG patterns. Scientists went with a report to Detroit, to the American Academy of Experimental Biology. On April 22, 1935, the TIME newspaper published an article on the “breakthrough in the field of epileptology.” Here are quotes from the Davis and Gibbs interview:
“We found that the brain is pulsing and giving signals that can be picked up and registered with special equipment. We attached electrodes that receive signals from the brain to the patient’s ears and skull and connected them to an EEG machine. We managed to decipher the received signals. Soon it will be possible to determine exactly from which area of the brain these abnormal signals come from, which indicate the presence of a disease in a person. If this part of the brain is not vital, then it can be removed.” Thus, already in 1935, Gibbs and colleagues predicted the development of the most important direction – the surgical treatment of epilepsy.
In 1935, Gibbs, Davis, and Lennox, in the EEG laboratory at Boston City Hospital, first discovered and recorded the appearance of regular spikes in wave patterns during typical absence seizures. At the same time, they had at their disposal a single-channel ink pen on a long roll of paper!
In the mid-30s, William Gordon Lennox, who had the richest clinical experience in the field of epileptology, describes a case of “epileptic encephalopathy with polymorphic seizures and dementia.” And at the end of the 30s, Lennox Gibbs and Davis describe the slow epileptiform activity of the acute-slow wave as a special variant of the peak-wave activity described earlier by the same authors in the absence forms of epilepsy (“petit mal variant”). Later, at 1949, they formulated the main criteria for the disease, which in 1966 would become known as “Lennox-Gastaut syndrome”.
In 1944, a significant event occurs in the life of the Gibbs spouses. Frederick is invited to work at the medical faculty of the University of Illinois. The couple move to Chicago, Frederick receives a professorship and organizes a clinic for patients with epilepsy. Clinical research is taking a new turn.
In 1950, the Gibbs spouses already use the 8-channel EEG model of the Grass apparatus. Scientists are working in the field of studying the EEG of sleep, as well as the features of the bioelectrical activity of the brain in children.
In 1951, 10 years after the first edition, the reissued Atlas of Electroencephalography was published, edited by the Gibbs. Exactly 10 years had to pass until doctors were prepared to accept the method of electroencephalography. The first edition of the Atlas went largely unnoticed by neuroscientists. The monograph revealed the essential advantages of the EEG and EEG monitoring method. The authors showed that many of the mechanistic and empirical methods that doctors still resorted to in detecting epilepsy did not turn out to be as effective as EEG. They gave only an approximate result. While the EEG machine was practically not mistaken in detecting epileptiform activity, and the EEG method was the only objective in the diagnosis of epilepsy.
Also in 1951, Frederick Gibbs and William Lennox were awarded the Albert Lasker Award for their contributions to the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy and for the development of epileptology.
Erna Gibbs dies of cancer in 1987. Frederick lost the closest person and faithful assistant. She was his right hand, without her he would not have made such important discoveries, he would have dropped his hands and did not continue to fight. Erna always pushed him forward and took on some of his duties. The death of his wife instantly undermined Frederick’s health. Their son, Dr. Erich Gibbs, said: “ After the death of my mother, my father shifted responsibility for his affairs to my brother and me. Frederick began to age rapidly, within a few months he practically lost his sight, was constantly ill and often fell into depression. He had to make superhuman efforts to read even a line. By the age of 84, he could no longer distinguish letters. He had symptoms similar to Alzheimer’s. The father became irritable, nervous, he could not stand when he was looked after. It was getting harder and harder to help him. He just didn’t want it0014 »
Gibbs soon developed a real paranoia: he hated everything and everyone around. He did not let anyone near him, did not want to show that he was weak and needed help. He spent his last days on a farm in northeast Indiana. Perhaps for him it was the most peaceful place on Earth. He was surrounded by friends and family, who set a schedule for the care of the aged scientist.
A year before his death, in 1991, an unpleasant incident occurred. Gibbs’ neighbor, disassembling a gun, accidentally shot himself in the side. He immediately ran to the Gibbs house for help. While everyone on the farm took part in his rescue, the great doctor, who had encountered various patients more than once in his life, could not help him. Frederick was not even able to understand what was going on around him. He walked around the house with a detached look, his mind refused to delve into the situation.
At the end of his life, Frederick Gibbs and his family were destined for serious trials. The conservation organization decided to get a large farm in Indiana, where at that time Frederick lived. Members of this organization initially showed a desire to help care for the aged scientist. They got access to his house, to his documents. Then Frederick, who no longer understood what was happening around him, signed documents on the abandonment of the farm in favor of a conservation organization. Frederick Andrew Gibbs died at 1992 at the age of 89.
The sons of Gibbs, as is often the case in the families of doctors, continued the work of their parents. Both work in the field of medicine and medical science. Four grandchildren have grown up.
Photo . III International Congress on Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. Boston, August 1953. Left to right: Albert Grass, Frederic Gibbs, Ellen Grass, Robert Morison, Erna Gibbs. Four of them (except Erna Gibbs) are members of the Grass Board of Trustees.
Interpretation. What is your fatigue? TEST by Frederic Fange and Saverio Tomasella.
Murzaeva Irina Yurievna
Endocrinologist, Doctor of preventive medicine
Now let’s look at which part has more than 4-5 answers.
1 part. reactive fatigue.
Your exhaustion is primarily due to external causes.
You found yourself in a situation where it turned out to be necessary to apply extra effort, you counted on your own energy, but unfortunately you reached the limits of your capabilities without realizing the task.
Your weakness is based on the exhausting rhythm of modern life!
Reactive weakness is typical for those who spend a lot of time on business trips, public transport. And also for those who bring up children alone and have to work hard. When living in small apartments with a high level of noise. Those who are forced to care for elderly parents or a sick family member. When there is no opportunity for a good rest!
2 part. Emotional weakness.
You are involved in a situation or relationship that causes strong and debilitating feelings. They take too much time in your life!
The basis is a crisis in personal life or at work, constant worries because of this, guilt and other emotionally strong feelings. Perhaps you have experienced an emotional trauma that you either continue to remember by scrolling through the possible options for events that were or could be, or it deeply affects your modern attitude to life on an unconscious level.
3 part. mental fatigue.
The person is mentally overloaded. In parallel, there is a feeling of cognitive (mental), physical and emotional fatigue. Anxiety and a constant habit of delving into the past, obsessive thoughts do not give rest.
The basis of this fatigue is constant anxiety! Looking to the future to ensure their own security. Trying to control the “unknown” is tiring. Constant “mental chewing gum” anxiety about the future.
4 part. Decision fatigue.
Tired of constant “ambiguity mode” and guilt about not being able to do “everything”.
Often typical for managers and mothers of many children, overburdened with cares for loved ones.
On the one hand, there are really a lot of urgent matters; on the other hand, your personal peculiarity is making decisions, a poor ability to distinguish between the main and the secondary. Lack of self-confidence, perfectionism, fear of mistakes and the desire to achieve an ideal (!) result in any way!
5 part.