Child Care Training Questions?
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Why use Care Courses? Because they're convenient, affordable and you learn so much!
"I thoroughly enjoyed the course and found its structure and vernacular to be modern and comprehensible. I was able to finish the course in a timely manner with ease. I entered my first day at my new daycare with the confidence and knowledge necessary to be an ideal caregiver. Thanks!"
Faren, Wylie, Texas
“I think Care Courses are the best online courses! They are easy to understand, navigate and prices are very reasonable."
Kellie, Nowata, Oklahoma
“Thank you for your support and help. I really appreciate and love the courses. They made a light bulb go on above my head.”
Zoica, Schiller Park, Illinois
Care Courses offers distance-learning courses for child care providers 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.
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. 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 30 years; we love what we do and truly want to make your experience fantastic.

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Care Courses
Texas Child Care Training
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National Childcare Credentials in Texas:
Use our courses toward a CDA as well as to renew your CDA, NAC or CCP.
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Texas Childcare Training Requirements
All Care Courses are accepted by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services for training requirements for those who work in child care centers, school age and before and after school programs, and registered and licensed child care homes. This includes clock hours for directors, operation directors, site directors, program directors, caregivers, primary caregivers, assistant caregivers, substitute caregivers, substitutes and volunteers.
Need a specific requirement like Texas SIDS, Preservice, Director license, Recognizing Child Abuse or Transportation Safety? Specific Texas requirements are listed below.
Care Courses are accepted by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (TDFPS) in accordance with their continuing education requirement for all childcare providers according to §746.1317/§747.1315.
Care Courses are self-instruction courses.
Type of provider
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Number of clock hours allowed from self-instruction courses (such as Care Courses)
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Caregivers and site directors in school-age programs.
Caregivers and site directors in before or after-school programs.
Caregivers in registered child care homes.
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Up to 12 hours of annual training
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Operation directors and program directors in school-age and before or after-school programs.
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Up to 16 hours of annual training
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Caregivers in child care centers.
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Up to 19 hours of annual training
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Primary caregivers in child care homes.
Directors in child care centers.
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Up to 24 hours of annual training
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Specific Texas Childcare Training Requirements:
SIDS and Shaken Baby, Director Training and Qualifications, Preservice, Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse, and Transportation Safety
Our courses may also be used by foster parents in Texas for their annual training requirements. Please email info@CareCourses.com for details.
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Opening a child care facility in Texas:
For those of you interested in starting a day care or home-based child care facility in Texas, please contact your state licensing agency using the contact information below. The licensing agency can give you advice on the requirements, rules and regulations of your state.
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