Infants in Child Care
Course Description
This course applies to infants.
Create an environment that promotes infants’ physical, language, cognitive, and social–emotional development. This informative and comprehensive course covers basic elements of infant care including feeding and diapering infants, understanding infants' various behavioral states, basic aspects of interacting with infants, the role of play in their development, and games and activities to create an appropriate learning environment.
See the learning outcomes and topics below to learn more about what is covered in this course.
Course formats
This course is offered in both our coursebook (with required online component/testing) and our fully online format. This course includes audio narration in most course sections. Click here to learn more about Care Courses’ training formats.
Listen to this page read aloud in a format similar to the online course.
Acceptance information
This course is accepted for child care professional development training requirements in most states and for the CDA credential and for CDA renewal training requirements.
- Colorado: In Colorado this course can be used to fulfill Colorado's social-emotional development training requirement. Visit this page for more courses that fulfill this Colorado requirement.
- Oklahoma: In Oklahoma this course is approved for the Infant/Toddler Certificate of Achievement.
- Kentucky: The Kentucky Division of Child Care and ECE-TRIS do not accept courses that are more than 15 clock hours in length for annual professional development hours. This 20 clock hour course may only be used for CDA and CDA renewal training in Kentucky.
Learning outcomes
After completing Infants in Child Care you will be able to describe the stages of infants’ physical development, including motor skills, sight, hearing, taste, and smell; discuss infant feeding, including the importance of breastfeeding, introduction of solid foods, and food safety; and much more! Click here to view all of this course's learning outcomes.
Topics covered
- Milestones of infants’ physical development
- How to support breastfeeding
- How to handle breast milk and formula
- Proper bottle-feeding procedures
- Introduction of solid foods
- Food safety and nutrition for infants
- Milestones of infants’ language development
- How infants communicate
- Introducing baby signs
- Milestones of infants’ cognitive development
- Object permanence
- Stages of play
- Milestones of social-emotional development
- Sense of self, self-image, self-esteem, and social interactions in infants
- Infants’ behavioral states and ways to comfort distressed infants
- The importance of caregiver interactions with infants
- Relationship with parents of infants
- Separation anxiety
- How to create a learning environment that supports infants’ development
- How to create a safe indoor and outdoor learning environment for infants, and be prepared for emergencies
- Discussion of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), abusive head trauma (AHT), and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)
Prerequisites
Must be able to fluently read and write English.
Instructional methodology
Read written material, view videos, and listen to audio segments.
Assessment methods
Multiple choice quizzes and written assignments.
What our students say about Infants in Child Care
"I am loving the course so far! It is easy to navigate and follow, I am able to implement what I have learned in my current Infant Program. :-) Thank you!" - Steamboat Springs, Colorado
"I am very pleased to say my course arrived even within the week that I ordered it. And that was to Canada too!! Thanks so much. I will definitely be ordering more courses in the future." - Auburn, Ontario, Canada
"Just want to let you know that Care Courses [Child Development and Guidance, Toddlers in Child Care, Principles of Child Development and Learning and Infants in Child Care] is great!!! I get my books mailed to me in a timely manner and the instructions are very thorough and easy to understand!! You guys are the best!" - Middlesex, New Jersey
"I ordered the course Infants in Child Care. I was very happy with the course [Infants in Child Care]. I liked the fact that I was able to spend the weekend completing the course. I work 40 hours a week and take care of my grandchildren after work for about 2 hours. My time during the week is limited. I worked on the course over a 3 day weekend, completed it and mailed it in the next day. I am currently waiting for the results. Everything was very well organized and very well explained. The process was simple to follow and the classes were packed with information. I have recommended the course to my director. I hope my Director takes my advice and orders courses through Care Courses." - Muskego, Wisconsin
“This training has help me better understand how to care for an infant. I was already doing this in my facility, but this training enhances my services to infants.” - Edmond, Oklahoma
“This course gave me wider 'eye' for safety and appropriate learning environment and what I should do as a caregiver.” - Bayside, New York
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Prerequisites
- Language: Fluent reading and writing in the language of instruction (English or Spanish).
- Technology: Internet access and a web-enabled device (computer, smartphone, or tablet).
Access & Completion Deadline
- This training expires 12 months from the date of purchase.
- To receive a certificate of completion, you must successfully finish the course before the expiration date.
Learning Methods
- Read instructor-written material
- Watch videos
- Listen to audio segments
Assessments
- Multiple-choice quizzes
- Written assignments
Requirements for CEUs and Clock Hours
To earn CEUs and Clock Hours for a course, you must:
- Agree to and acknowledge our Honor Code & Policy
- Follow all instructions for written assignments
- Demonstrate comprehension of the course content
- Achieve the passing score specified in your course.
Quizzes and Assessments
- If your score falls below the passing mark, a trainer will review your work. If needed, you may be asked to speak with a trainer.
- You will have a second chance to retake any quiz or assessment.
- If you do not pass on your second attempt, contact us at info@carecourses.com. We will review your course and follow up directly.
- All quizzes are open book; all answers are found in the course material.
Certificates
- Official Care Courses certificates of completion record your clock hours and CEUs.
- Certificates are available in the My Courses area of your account.
- Please note: All course and certificate dates and times are on Eastern Time.
Getting Started
- See how our training works on the training process page.
- Watch our course navigation video for a quick tour of the online portal.
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About Care Courses
- Care Courses offers over 50 professional development courses and one non-credit training tutorial on the CDA process.
- All professional development courses include clock hours, CEUs, and an official online certificate of completion.
- (The free CDA tutorial does not offer clock hours or a certificate.)
Tuition & Bundles
- Course tuition entitles one person to receive the clock hours and CEUs granted upon successful completion.
- Bundle pricing covers tuition for all courses included in the bundle.
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