Objectives / Learning Outcomes:By the end of this training, the learner will be able to:
- Identify different types of risk management common in child care.
- Identify strategies to assist children with food allergies/feeding concerns.
- Identify strategies for integrating culture and diversity into an infant and toddler program
- Define and identify the components of developmentally appropriate practice
- Identify the importance of professional development for child care professionals and strategies to make meaningful choices.
- Demonstrate an understanding of brain development in young children.
- Identify stages and milestones of development for ages 1 to 5
- Identify community organizations that have training programs available that focus on child abuse.
- Describe positive discipline strategies to use in the classroom.
- Demonstrate understanding of strategies that utilize good time management practices for teachers and child care providers.
- Recognizing and preventing shaken baby syndrome
- Describe the meaning of positive discipline in the classroom.
- Identify ways to examine child behavior to prepare for guidance.
- Identify ways to help parents and infants/toddlers handle separation and attachment.
- Identify vehicle safety hazards that pose a major threat to children.
- Define healthy practices to mitigate the spread of germs and decrease the likelihood of SIDS in infants and toddlers.
- Identify procedures that will promote a safe environment (indoor and outdoor).
- Identify curriculums specific to children birth through age three
- Demonstrate understanding of appropriate interaction with infants and toddlers.
- Identify appropriate practice for the identification, prevention, and treatment of communicable diseases in childcare.
- Describe the proper procedures of medication administration including: authorizations forms, documentation, storage, training, emergent issues, and resources.
- Identify the nutritional needs of children aged four and above.
- Define social emotional development in young children
- Describe the components of emergency preparedness in the child care setting.
- Demonstrate appropriate/effective responses as they relate to a variety of typical child care scenarios.