Stress and Day Care 

(book course) 

"This was a great course! The best yet!"   – Eddy, Texas

This is a book course sent through the US mail or by UPS.  It is also offered in electronic course format.  Click here for more information: E-Courses and E-Learning at Care Courses

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25 Clock Hours / 2.5  CEUs for CDA renewal 

Course fee for one student — $55.00

This excellent course will help you learn how to cope with different types of stress in child care, increase your happiness, and help children better enjoy their time at your facility. Stress and Day Care covers many different sources of stress, including child abuse and poorly behaved children.

Chapters cover: Stress; Families and Stress; Stress in Day Care; Serious Stress in Children; The Caregiver and the Day Care Facility

This is the same course as Stress and Daycare E-Course, only in book format.  This means you will receive the book in the mail or via UPS. You will not receive an electronic version of the course.  The $55.00 entitles one person to receive the 25 clock hours granted by this course (assuming you pass each lesson/chapter with a 70% or better). Your book will include an enrollment card which you must include when you send in your work for grading. Once you have completed the course and mailed in your answers to us, you can expect to receive your certificate within 1-3 weeks (depending on the grading option you choose).  Click here for grading options.

25 clock hours:

5 hours in professionalism

5 hours in relationships with families

5 hours in positive guidance (behavior management)

10 hours in managing an effective early childhood program

[6 hours in teacher/child interaction - these hours overlap with guidance and professionalism]

Topics covered in this course:

1. Signs of stress in adults and children
2. Causes of stress in adults and children
3. Ways of handling stress
4. Diversity in family structure and child-rearing practices
5. The function of the family
6. Ways to involve parents in the early childhood facility
7. How to evaluate parent-caregiver conferences
8. How to identify parental needs that should be met by day care services
9. Sources of stress in the day care environment
10. Strategies to reduce stress in the day care environment
11. Ways to help children solve their own problems and develop
12. Signs of serious stress in children
13. Characteristics of families who mistreat children
14. Strategies for handling children who are experiencing stress
15. Community resources that assist families in stress
16. Keeping records of children's behavior
17. The physical and emotional needs of caregivers and ways to meet these needs
18. Ways to reduce and manage stress in your own life
19. How policies and procedures in the day care facility can cause or reduce stress for workers, children, and parents
20. Ways to work with Protective Services to protect at-risk children

Comments on Stress and Day Care:
"Dear Care Courses Family, I just wanted to let you know how great it was to be able to do this course at my own pace. I really enjoyed it. Day Care has such long hours, even after the day is over, there is always things to do to get ready for the next day, that it was nice to be able to ready this book in my own time. The course was very interesting and helpful. Thank you so much for offering such a wonderful, stress free way to get my credit hours. -- Orrington, Maine