Learn effective practices for legal nonlicensed childcare providers to promote a safe and healthy environment. Explore health and safety standards and best practices related to medication administration, allergy response, standard precautions, food safety, physical premises safety, hazardous materials handling, risk reduction, mandated reporting, emergency preparedness, active supervision, all within the context of understanding children’s developmental abilities and needs. (This 8-hour course is designed to meet the health and safety training orientation requirement and is required if you are providing legal nonlicensed child care to an unrelated child and want to be paid by the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP).)

Knowledge and Competency Framework Areas

II.C: Promoting Social and Emotional Development (2 Hours)

VII.A: Establishing Healthy Practices (2 Hours)

VII.B: Ensuring Safety (4 Hours)

CDA Content Areas

Content Area I: Planning a safe, healthy learning environment (6 Hours)

Content Area III: Positive ways to support children’ social and emotional development (2 Hours)