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Why use Care Courses? Because they're convenient, affordable and you learn so much!

Cynthia“I want to thank you very much for what you do. The lessons were excellent. The reading kept my interest which is very rare in a lot of reading literature. I would highly recommend Care Courses to all friends, family and other providers... keep up the good work!”  

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Nancy“I thoroughly enjoyed the experience as I gained much knowledge and insight into the lives and needs of children. Thank you for providing a resource that provides a wealth of information that can be immediately applied to the child care setting for an affordable price!” 

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Care Courses offers online training classes and book courses for child care providers, home visitors and parents. Use our childcare professional development clock hours for most US States continuing education inservice requirements and registries, for CDA Certification (Child Development Associate Credential), for CDA Renewal and for NAC Renewal. All our professional development courses give both Clock Hours and IACET CEUs toward CDA Renewal.

Our informative child care training programs can be completed anywhere and at any time. Study at home, at the park, or wherever is most convenient for you. Then go online to complete and submit your coursework. Our friendly, knowledgeable instructors offer unlimited free student support by phone or email, and are always happy to help!

Early childhood child care training can be fun, interesting, and relevant to your daily work and experience! We've been offering professional development classes for over 20 years; we love what we do and truly want to make your experience fantastic.

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CDA 101: A Practical Guide to Understanding the CDA Process

This free tutorial will help you understand the CDA process. It is non-credit and does not award clock hours or CEUs or a certificate.

The Art of Child Care online childcare training course
CDA 101: A Practical Guide to Understanding the CDA Process Description: 

This free online tutorial is for all early care and education professionals who are interested in applying for the early childhood national CDA Credential. 

Learn about eligibility requirements and the specific steps for applying, demonstrating, and earning your CDA. Gain a solid sense of the full credentialing process with this short and straightforward instructional program. Applies to Infant/Toddler Center-Based, Preschool Center-Based, and Family Child Care CDAs.


Course Formats
Course IDCourse FormatCourse LanguageClock HoursIACET CEUsQuantityTuition 
CDX-21A9 Online Course English00 $0.00

Please note: CDA 101: A Practical Guide to Understanding the CDA Process is a  free non-credit online tutorial. It does not offer clock hours or a certificate. To receive an enrollment code for this program, please add it to your cart and proceed through our checkout process.



Care Courses Information:

Care Courses has free unlimited assistance! Call us: 1-800-685-7610, Monday through Friday, 9-5 ET for help with your training or for billing and technical support questions. Or email us days, evenings and weekends: info@CareCourses.com, billing@CareCourses.com, or techsupport@CareCourses.com. Our friendly support team is here to help!

Care Courses offers over 60 professional development courses and one non-credit training tutorial on the CDA process. All courses offer clock hours and an official mailed certificate of completion. The CDA tutorial does not offer clock hours or a certificate.

Care Courses' course tuition entitles one person to receive the clock hours granted by a course upon successful completion.  Bundle pricing covers tuition for all the courses included in a bundle.

To receive the CEUs and Clock Hours for a course, you must follow directions on written assignments and show comprehension of the course content. You must make 70% or better on all course quizzes. Less than 70% will result in trainer review and evaluation. If review indicates the need for discussion, you will be informed that you must speak with a trainer. You will be given a second chance to make 70% or better. Should you fail to do so, you will receive a letter indicating that you did not pass the course and may not retake the course for 12 months.

Clock hours and CEUs are documented on original Care Courses certificates of completion mailed through the US Post Office. All course formats receive an original mailed certificate. Once you have completed a course and submitted your answers to us you can expect to receive your certificate within 10 business days (depending on the grading & certificate option you choose).

More information on how Care Courses works can be found by clicking here. For a navigation video tutorial of our online course portal, please click here.

Click here to review the minimum system requirements for online courses.