Sharon Woodward is the owner of Woodward Consulting. In addition, she has been the owner/director of a large childcare center, as well as a licensing specialist for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for twenty years. Sharon has provided consultation, advocacy, and training for early child care professionals throughout her long early child care career. In addition to The Redleaf Family Child Care Curriculum she is the author of Protecting Your Family Child Care Business: Preventing and Addressing Regulatory Issues , and co-authored the Family Child Care Guide to Visits, Inspections, and Interviews and The Home Visitor's Manual: Tools and Strategies for Effective Interactions with Family Child Care Providers , all from Redleaf Press. Sharon currently provides training and customized strategies and solutions for family child care providers throughout the United States.