Family Childcare CDA Subject Areas
As part of the application requirements for a CDA Credential, you must complete 120 hours of formal childcare training. This training must cover eight CDA subject areas as outlined by the Council for Professional
Recognition, and you must complete a minimum of 10 hours of training in each subject area.
Our Family
Child Care CDA Training meets all these requirements.
To learn about how each of the 8 CDA subject areas are addressed, please refer to the following chart.
Family Childcare CDA Subject Areas & Care Courses
| Eight CDA Subject Areas |
Care Courses included in the Family Child Care Training Set and how they apply to the CDA Subject Areas |
|---|---|
|
1. Planning a safe and healthy learning environment
|
Many Ways to Learn for Toddlers and
Preschoolers + Managing Health and Safety
in Child Care |
| 2. Advancing children’s physical and intellectual development |
Child Development and Guidance + Many Ways to Learn for Toddlers and
Preschoolers |
| 3. Supporting children’s social and emotional development | Child Development and Guidance + Nurturing Children’s
Self-Esteem |
| 4. Building productive relationships with families | Parents and Child Care |
| 5. Managing an effective program operation | Parents and Child Care + The Early Childhood Professional |
| 6. Maintaining a commitment to professionalism | The Early Childhood Professional |
| 7. Observing and recording children’s behavior | Observing, Recording and Assessing Children’s Development |
| 8. Understanding principles of child development and learning |
Principles of Child Development and Learning |
| Order all the CDA subject area courses listed above at a discount |
|
|---|---|
| All 8 CDA Subject Areas: $398.00 |
Family Child Care CDA Training Set |
