To Exclude or Not to Exclude: Illness in Child Care - online course

Course Description:

Understanding illnesses, how they spread, and how to prevent them from spreading is a critical element to providing a safe and healthy child care environment. Caregivers who are able to identify potential hazards regarding the spread of germs and illness are better capable of mitigating the potential for multiple illnesses. Providers working with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers in all child care settings will benefit from this 2 hour training where they will:
Describe how illness is spread in child care settings.
Identify ways to prevent illness in the child care setting.
Describe best practice procedures for excluding an ill child from care.
Identify non-exclusionary illnesses.
Armed with this important information, providers will be able to establish safe and effective practices to benefit children, families, and staff.

Objectives / Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this training, the learner will be able to:

1. Describe how illness is spread in child care settings.
2. Identify ways to prevent illness in the child care setting.
3. Describe best practice procedures for excluding an ill child from care.
4. Identify non-exclusionary illnesses.

Learning Methodology: Online material will be presented in the form of slides, accompanied with speech. Videos will be used to demonstrate ideas and concepts. Charts and tables will be used for illustration.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites are required for the completion of this course.

Proprietary or conflict of interest disclosure: Unless otherwise stated in the course description none of H & H subject matter experts and editor has any conflict or proprietary interests related to the material they prepared in this course.

Logistics/Required Technology: A stable internet connection is required for the completion of this course. Users are highly encouraged to take their online course on Google Chrome on either a laptop or desktop computer. Speakers and/or headphones are also required to hear speech.

Learning Assessment Method: Learners will be assessed through questions after every section is completed. Learners will not be allowed to proceed to the next section of the training until all questions have been answered correctly. Learners will be presented with a final test composed of true/false and multiple choice questions. Upon successful completion of the training, learners will receive their certificate by email.

Criteria to earn CEUs:

Certificates are awarded when the following criteria have been met by the learner:

1. Class has been paid in full
2. All material has been reviewed
3. All review questions and final test have been completed with a passing score of 80% or higher.

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Payment Policy:

Payments need to be made in full. No refunds will be issued after starting the class.