National Family Resiliency Center

Needs Assessment

Part 11: Providing for your Child's Supervision and Physical Safety

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a. How much time does your child spend alone without adult supervision?

1. How does your child react to being alone?

2. How is your child prepared to handle emergencies?

a. What is the emergency plan? When/what was your child told about the plan?

3. Do both parents have access to friends'/relatives' phone numbers at each parent's house?

4. What arrangements (rules, tasks, reporting back to parent) do you make when your oldest child is responsible for younger children?

b. Babysitting/Childcare arrangements:

1. How are both parents involved in the selection of childcare?

2. What criteria are used to select childcare (check all that apply)?
Licensing
Age-appropriate activities
Age of your child
Age of other children in provider's care
Experience of provider
Ratio of providers to other children
Number of other children in provider's care
Provider references
Cost
Other:

3. List the contact information for your child's childcare provider(s), including after school care and evening/weekend sitters:

Provider 1 - open/view
Provider 2 - open/view
Provider 3 - open/view

Provider 4 - open/view
Provider 5 - open/view
Provider 6 - open/view

Sections

1. Needs Assessment Introduction

2. Getting to Know Your Child

3. Helping Your Child Understand Family Change

4. Your Relationship with Your Child

5. Your Child's Living Arrangements

6. Your Child's Educational Needs

7. Your Child's Important Interpersonal Relationships

8. Your Child's Extracurricular Activities

9. Nurturing Your Child's Spiritual Beliefs and Practices